TAMIU
records historical
fall enrollment numbers
Texas A&M International
University has posted an historic increase in enrollment
that sees 4,079 students enrolled this fall.
The growth represents a 9.5 percent increase in enrollment.
Last fall's enrollment recorded 3,724 students. Semester
credit hours, upon which state funding is based, has
also climbed to 39,848, up 8.5 percent over last Fall's
36,726 SCH.
Undergraduate students number 3,118, while 961, or
24 percent, are enrolled in the university's graduate
programs. Of those enrolling in graduate study, 43
percent hold undergraduate degrees from TAMIU.
TAMIU president Dr. Ray Keck said the growth is especially
encouraging to the university in light of the budget
challenges of the past year. He provided additional
information on the fall semester 2003 class:
The most popular undergraduate majors are Early Childhood
Education, Criminal Justice, and Business Administration.
The most popular graduate majors are Education, post-baccalaureate
certification, the MBA in Business Administration,
and the MS in Education Administration.
The programs with the largest percentage of growth
in the last two years at the undergraduate level are
are the Music program, opened last year, and the Early
Childhood- Bilingual Education program. At the graduate
level, the MS in Educational Administration and the
MS in Criminal Justice are posting the largest growth.
The overall average student age is 26, with undergraduates
averaging 24 and graduates 32. The oldest student
is 71 while the youngest is 16.
Female students outnumber males 2,591 to 1,488, and
90 percent of students identify themselves as minority,
including Hispanic, African-American, Asian, and Other.
The average age of first year students is 18.75. Of
first-year students, 64 percent indicate they are
the first in their family to pursue higher education.
Sixty-eight percent are receiving financial aid from
the university.
While 84 percent of students come to TAMIU from Webb
County, the university is seeing an increase in student
enrollment from Zapata, Maverick, Bexar, and Jim Hogg
counties.
Some 38 countries are represented in the total student
population and six percent of students are identified
as international. The student traveling the furthest
to attend the University this semester hails from
China.
