Texas Higher Education Fall 2008

Preliminary Enrollment

Texas Higher Education Coordinating BoardOctober 23, 2008

Preliminary Headcount

Based on the 12th class day enrollment

Usually drops approximately 5 percent when certified

THECB 10/2008

Hurricane Ike

Galveston College was up approximately 10%, but is currently even with last fall

Texas A&M Galveston was up 10%, but now are expecting to be down a little because of moving all courses to College Station for the semester

Lamar Port Arthur is down 11%

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53,743

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70% of Growth at Two-Year Colleges

Preliminary Total

Change From ‘07

% Change

Public Universities 510,735 13,540 2.7%

Public Two-Year Colleges 623,956 36,712 6.3%

All Health-Related 20,464 970 5.0%

Independent Col. & Univ. 118,799 2,521 1.4%

Total* 1,273,954 53,743 4.4%

*Career College data not included.

THECB 10/2008

Hispanic growth was 44% of the increase

Enrollment Fall 2008 Prelim.*

Change from ’07

% of Increase

African-American 147,958 8,880 16.5%

Hispanic 358,816 23,416 43.6%

White 616,410 9,663 18.0%

Other 150,770 11,784 21.9%

Overall 1,273,954 53,743 100.0%

*Holds Career College enrollment constant.

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Participation Since 2000: 289,209 Increase

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Public two-year colleges enroll an increasing proportion of higher

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Dual credit is an increasing share of the 2-year college enrollment

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Reg. Enrollment Dual Credit

3.9% 4.7% 5.4% 5.8% 6.8% 7.2% 10.6%9.7%

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Target to increase Hispanic enrollment remains a big challenge

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Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

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Increases Are Not Uniform

Metroplex 14,260

South Texas10,626

Upper RioGrande1,362

0.6%

4.4% 4.9% 7.3%

12.9%

3.4%

4.2%

4.9%

1.5%3.1%

Gulf Coast 8,320

Central9,481

High Plains 393

Southeast 4,290

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Majority of large increases are in high growth regions

Lamar Univ. 3,125

Texas A&M 1,584

U. Houston - 1,434 HCCD – 1,445 Lonestar CCD – 2,015

Alamo CCD 2,545

Austin CCD 1,967

South Texas 2,258

Tarrant 5,808

Tyler JC 1,791

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Summary

Overall, we have an increase of almost 290,000 students since 2000

Even with expected declines from preliminary data this will be the largest increases since 2002

70% of growth was at two-year colleges

Hispanic enrollment continues to grow, but more needed