Enrollment Management and Marketing

Fall 2009 12th Day Enrollment Highlights

• Fall enrollment reached a record 30,816 students.

  • 26,011 undergraduates.
  • 4,198 graduate students.
  • 607 postbaccalaureate students.
  • 7,256 Hispanic/Latino.
  • 1,758 African American.
  • 785 Asian/Pacific Islander.
  • 220 American Indian/Alaskan Native. 
  • 20,282 white.
  • 331 international students.
  • 184 unknown/other.
  • Students enrolled from 226 of the 254 Texas counties, 46 states and 68 countries.

• 3,667 freshmen.

  • 991 (27%) Hispanic/Latino.
  • 230 (6%) African American.
  • 73 (2%) Asian/Pacific Islander.
  • 26 (.7%) American Indian/Alaskan Native.
  • 2,327 (64%) white.
  • 51.2% graduated in the top quarter of their high school class.
  • 90.6% graduated in the top half of their high school class.

  3,301 transfer students.

  • 778 (24%) Hispanic/Latino.
  • 175 (5%) African American.
  • 96 (2.9%) Asian/Pacific Islander.
  • 33 (.99%) American Indian/Alaskan Native.
  • 2,179 (67%) white.

   4,198 graduate students.

  • Masters enrollment grew to 3,852--an increase of 10.8%.
  • Doctoral enrollment grew to 346--an increase of 27.7%.
  • Colleges with the largest increases in graduate enrollment included Applied Arts, Liberal Arts, McCoy College of Business Administration, Education, and the College of Science.
  • Hispanic graduate student enrollment increased 19% to 819.
  • African American graduate enrollment grew 11.6% to 221.
  • Asian/Pacific Islander enrollment rose 17.7% to 166.