Enrollment Trends for Texas Colleges

There are 167 active four-years colleges and universities in Texas - 64 public and 103 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 1,215,053 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Texas including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students increased by 42.96% from 849,951 to 1,215,053. The undergraduate population increased by 48.75% and the graduate population increased by 20.62% in last 10 years at Texas Colleges.

By gender, there are 704,929 female students and 510,124 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.38 to 1. The female students increased by 50.46% and male students increased by 33.74% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 10 years is 951,555, and 1,215,053 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 83.35% are undergraduate students and 16.65% are graduate students. Over the past 10, the number of undergraduate students increased by 383,263, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 36,133.

The female to male ratio is 1.39 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Texas Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Texas Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	849,951	674,759	304,590	370,169	175,192	76,852	98,340
2014-15	878,416 28,465	692,530 17,771	310,794 6,204	381,736 11,567	185,886 10,694	82,371 5,519	103,515 5,175
2015-16	908,223 29,807	718,453 25,923	321,425 10,631	397,028 15,292	189,770 3,884	84,521 2,150	105,249 1,734
2016-17	927,542 19,319	734,817 16,364	328,117 6,692	406,700 9,672	192,725 2,955	84,087 -434	108,638 3,389
2017-18	936,845 9,303	744,385 9,568	331,076 2,959	413,309 6,609	192,460 -265	81,928 -2,159	110,532 1,894
2018-19	942,604 5,759	750,138 5,753	330,474 -602	419,664 6,355	192,466 6	80,029 -1,899	112,437 1,905
2019-20	949,876 7,272	754,520 4,382	329,092 -1,382	425,428 5,764	195,356 2,890	80,583 554	114,773 2,336
2020-21	953,675 3,799	752,970 -1,550	320,680 -8,412	432,290 6,862	200,705 5,349	79,907 -676	120,798 6,025
2021-22	953,365 -310	743,950 -9,020	315,332 -5,348	428,618 -3,672	209,415 8,710	84,046 4,139	125,369 4,571
2022-23	1,215,053 261,688	1,003,728 259,778	423,519 108,187	580,209 151,591	211,325 1,910	86,605 2,559	124,720 -649
Average	951,555	757,025	331,510	425,515	194,530	82,093	112,437

Texas Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 10 years is 757,025. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 328,969 from 674,759 to 1,003,728.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Texas Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	674,759	485,334	223,129	262,205	189,425	81,461	107,964
2014-15	692,530	498,178	228,046	270,132	194,352	82,748	111,604
2015-16	718,453	513,029	233,077	279,952	205,424	88,348	117,076
2016-17	734,817	524,126	238,082	286,044	210,691	90,035	120,656
2017-18	744,385	536,752	242,897	293,855	207,633	88,179	119,454
2018-19	750,138	541,344	243,232	298,112	208,794	87,242	121,552
2019-20	754,520	543,048	241,118	301,930	211,472	87,974	123,498
2020-21	752,970	542,096	234,591	307,505	210,874	86,089	124,785
2021-22	743,950	530,603	227,901	302,702	213,347	87,431	125,916
2022-23	1,003,728	605,363	261,603	343,760	398,365	161,916	236,449
Average	757,025	757,025	237,368	294,620	757,025	94,142	130,895

Texas Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 10 years is 194,530. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 36,133 from 175,192 to 211,325.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Texas Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	175,192	95,414	46,391	49,023	79,778	30,461	49,317
2014-15	185,886	103,577	51,404	52,173	82,309	30,967	51,342
2015-16	189,770	106,201	52,899	53,302	83,569	31,622	51,947
2016-17	192,725	106,044	51,957	54,087	86,681	32,130	54,551
2017-18	192,460	105,018	50,205	54,813	87,442	31,723	55,719
2018-19	192,466	103,018	47,934	55,084	89,448	32,095	57,353
2019-20	195,356	104,642	48,182	56,460	90,714	32,401	58,313
2020-21	200,705	106,663	47,212	59,451	94,042	32,695	61,347
2021-22	209,415	113,284	50,459	62,825	96,131	33,587	62,544
2022-23	211,325	121,003	54,802	66,201	90,322	31,803	58,519
Average	194,530	194,530	50,145	56,342	194,530	31,948	56,095

Texas Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 30.55% and the percentage of black students is 10.42% at Texas Colleges. 7.38% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Texas Colleges over the past 10 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	3,135	50,512	95,393	250,120	1,266	363,384	18,523
2014-15	3,090	53,931	99,729	261,812	1,341	362,333	22,609
2015-16	3,063	56,892	99,328	284,374	1,354	361,997	24,400
2016-17	3,276	60,275	101,368	298,557	1,482	363,672	24,643
2017-18	3,203	62,667	103,364	308,418	1,338	360,794	25,213
2018-19	3,119	66,141	102,785	320,985	1,186	354,666	26,064
2019-20	2,859	69,365	101,605	330,448	1,194	348,297	27,489
2020-21	2,967	73,056	103,113	337,439	1,108	347,118	29,292
2021-22	2,592	75,893	102,163	339,482	1,077	337,350	28,692
2022-23	3,531	93,718	132,301	466,876	1,167	387,758	34,686
Average	3,084	66,245	104,115	319,851	1,251	358,737	26,161

Texas Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

259,879 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 291.63% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Texas Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	835,851	66,358	118,805	650,688
2013-14	849,951	70,660	131,162	648,129
2014-15	878,416	85,775	140,895	651,746
2015-16	908,223	91,395	164,516	652,312
2016-17	927,542	99,996	183,512	644,034
2017-18	936,845	106,778	207,522	622,545
2018-19	942,604	114,772	220,022	607,810
2019-20	949,876	124,370	229,691	595,815
2020-21	953,547	400,830	325,879	226,838
2021-22	953,365	206,534	359,708	387,123
2022-23	1,215,053	259,879	418,874	536,300
Average	941,025	147,941	227,326	565,758

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