Student Enrollment Trends

This report is prepared to provide PRELIMINARY information only.

The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s staff is working with each institution and, after a process of checks and edits, the data will be certified in January or February 2006.

System Summary

Changes

  • Transfer and re-admittance student applications are up 1.6%, and transfer and re-admittance student enrollment is down 4.8% from last year.
  • White/Non-Hispanic enrollment decreased by 400 students or 0.6%.
  • Black/Non-Hispanic enrollment decreased by 261 students or 2.2%.
  • Hispanic enrollment increased by 466 students or 2.6%.
  • Asian/Pacific Islander enrollment increased by 187 students or 8.2%
  • American Indian/Alaskan Native enrollment increased by 12 students or 2.0%.
  • Non-Resident Aliens/Foreign Nationals enrollment decreased by 132 students or 2.4%.

Profile

  • Post-Baccalaureate, graduate, and professional student enrollment accounts for 23.5% of the total enrollment.
  • Females are 54.3% and males are 45.7% of the total enrollment.
  • Enrollment is 61.5% White, 18.2% Hispanic, and 11.6% Black.
  • In-state enrollment is 89.4%.