More students than ever before are strolling the campuses of the University of Cincinnati this year.

The school broke its enrollment record, again, welcoming 45,949 students. UC expected to top 45,000 students, but the tally wasn't official until the “census” date, the 15th day of the fall semester.

This is the sixth consecutive year of record enrollment and UC saw the student numbers grow at the undergraduate, graduate and professional levels.

The university also boasts that the incoming class, is the "brightest" in the university’s history with significant increases in average ACT score (26.4), SAT score (1258) and GPA (3.7).

And many of those students are living on campus. A record 6,800 incoming freshmen chose to live in university housing, which is about 400 more than last year.

UC added more than 1,000 students from Fall 2017 and that growth is a trend that UC has seen over the last 10 years.

Caroline Miller, vice provost for enrollment management, oversees that growth. She previously told The Enquirer targeted recruiting efforts and “better” applicants are at the core of UC’s growth.

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More Ohio students are choosing UC, the university is targeting out-of-state students and a stronger, more diverse pool of college-ready students are applying to UC, according to Miller.

This fall, the UC undergraduate student body rose nearly 2 percent to 34,819 students. at the main or Uptown Campus and regional campuses in Blue Ash and Clermont County.

The total graduate and professional student body, which includes law and medical students, increased 5 percent to 11,131.

There was also a rise in international students. UC brought in more than 100 additional international students this fall, making the total record 3,557 students who represent 114 countries.

UC's online programs also hit a record, with nearly 6,000 students enrolled.