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A drop in enrollment in the fall semester of 2017 carried over into the spring semester of 2018 at Northwestern Oklahoma State University.

According to preliminary enrollment data gathered by Northwestern for the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, headcount enrollment totaled 1,857 students, a decrease of 88 from a year ago.

A loss of nearly 100 international students last fall had its effects this spring.

“A number of colleges and universities in Oklahoma experienced smaller enrollments this spring,” Dr. Janet Cunningham, university president, said. “The loss of international studen...