URBANA, Ill. (AP) — Fall enrollment at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign totals 52,331, surpassing by more than 1,000 the record set last year despite the mixture of in-person and online instruction resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic.

University officials say the rise in enrollment numbers is due to a jump in the number of graduate students to 17,802 from a record enrollment of 16,319 in 2019. Undergraduate enrollment is 33,492, a slight drop from the 33,850 last year.

The University of Illinois-Chicago, with 33,518 students, is reporting its sixth consecutive year of record enrollment. The University of Illinois-Springfield is reporting a 3% drop in enrollment to 4,146 from 4,275 students last year.