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The official numbers are in, and Central College has announced this year’s class as their third-largest freshman class ever – and the largest since the 1980s. 443 new students are enrolled for the fall semester, topping the 2004 freshmen enrollment by one. It also marks a nine percent increase from last fall. 457 freshmen were enrolled in 1983, but Central’s all-time high for freshmen came in 1987 when 505 students reported.