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 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

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70% of Growth at Two-Year Colleges Preliminary Total Change From ‘07 % Change Public Universities 510,73513,5402.7% Public Two-Year Colleges 623,95636,7126.3% All Health-Related 20, % Independent Col. & Univ. 118,7992,5211.4% Total*1,273,95453,7434.4% *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 147,9588, % Hispanic358,81623, % White616,4109, % Other150,77011, % Overall1,273,95453, % *Holds Career College enrollment constant.

THECB 10/2008 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 3.9% 4.7%5.4% 5.8%6.8% 7.2%10.6%9.7%

THECB 10/2008 Target to increase Hispanic enrollment remains a big challenge White Hispanic African Am Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

THECB 10/2008 Increases Are Not Uniform Metroplex 14,260 South Texas 10,626 Upper Rio Grande 1, % 4.4% 4.9% 7.3% 12.9% 3.4% 4.2% 4.9% 1.5% 3.1% Gulf Coast 8,320 Central 9,481 High Plains 393 Southeast 4,290

THECB 10/2008 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

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 % of growth was at two-year colleges Hispanic enrollment continues to grow, but more needed