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Texas Higher Education Fall 2008 Preliminary Enrollment Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board October 23, 2008. Preliminary Headcount. Based on the 12 th class day enrollment Usually drops approximately 5 percent when certified. Hurricane Ike.
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Texas Higher Education Fall 2008 Preliminary EnrollmentTexas 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% THECB 10/2008
53,743 THECB 10/2008
70% of Growth at Two-Year Colleges THECB 10/2008 *Career College data not included.
Hispanic growth was 44% of the increase THECB 10/2008 *Holds Career College enrollment constant.
Participation Since 2000: 289,209 Increase 289,209 THECB 10/2008
Public two-year colleges enroll an increasing proportion of higher education students THECB 10/2008
Dual credit is an increasing share of the 2-year college enrollment 4.7% 5.4% 7.2% 9.7% 10.6% 3.9% 5.8% 6.8% THECB 10/2008
Target to increase Hispanic enrollment remains a big challenge Hispanic White African Am THECB 10/2008 Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
High Plains 393 Metroplex 14,260 0.6% Upper Rio Grande 1,362 Central 9,481 4.9% 4.4% 7.3% 3.1% 1.5% 12.9% 4.2% 3.4% 4.9% South Texas 10,626 Gulf Coast 8,320 Increases Are Not Uniform Southeast 4,290 THECB 10/2008
Majority of large increases are in high growth regions Tarrant 5,808 Tyler JC 1,791 Texas A&M 1,584 Austin CCD 1,967 Lamar Univ. 3,125 Alamo CCD 2,545 U. Houston - 1,434 HCCD – 1,445 Lonestar CCD – 2,015 South Texas 2,258 THECB 10/2008
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 THECB 10/2008