TTU System Institutions Reach Record Enrollment, Milestones
October 6, 2017 | Contact Scott Lacefield
For the first time in TTU System history, system-wide enrollment has surpassed 52,000 students with a grand total of 52,926 students enrolled for the fall 2017 semester.
The record accomplishment comes as all four institutions posted record enrollment numbers, and Texas Tech University and Angelo State University reached major milestones.
TTU has a total of 37,010 students enrolled this semester. Of the 30,759 undergraduate students, 27.8 percent are Hispanic, meaning the school has officially met all criteria required to be eligible to apply for Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) status – a long-term goal of the university. When the designation is granted, TTU will join ASU as the second institution in the system to become an HSI.
ASU met its long-term enrollment goal a full three years ahead of schedule when it officially surpassed the 10,000 student mark for the first time in history with 10,447 total enrollment.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso enrolled 665 students this fall, a 10 percent growth over last year. Combined with its approximately 265 medical residents and fellows, TTUHSC El Paso is educating nearly 1,000 health care professionals.
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center reached its highest enrollment since TTUHSC El Paso made the transition from a regional campus to a standalone institution in 2013. TTUHSC has a total student body of 4,804 for the fall semester.