Mount Marty College in Yankton reported an increase of over sixteen percent in first time students, and a seventeen percent jump in transfer students.

President Marc Long says as part of that growth, they are seeing more international students…

Long says many of the international students were attracted to their sports program….

Long says those students fit in well with the campus and community….

Mount Marty’s total enrollment for this year is seven hundred eighty-one, compared to seven hundred fifty five last year.