Enrollment Trends for Texas Colleges

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 1,016,440, and 1,275,450 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2024-2025.

Of the total students, 84.87% are undergraduate students and 15.13% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students increased by 490,664, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 25,002.

The women to men ratio is 1.37 to 1, meaning that there are more women students enrolled in Texas Colleges than men students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Texas Colleges since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	878,416	692,530	310,794	381,736	185,886	82,371	103,515
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
2023-24	1,239,794 24,741	1,027,237 23,509	436,606 13,087	590,631 10,422	212,557 1,232	87,526 921	125,031 311
2024-25	1,275,450 35,656	1,063,247 36,010	452,577 15,971	610,670 20,039	212,203 -354	86,211 -1,315	125,992 961
Average	1,016,440	816,907	354,517	462,389	199,533	83,438	116,096

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 816,907. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 370,717 from 692,530 to 1,063,247.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Texas Colleges since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,027,237	628,944	272,539	356,405	398,293	164,067	234,226
2024-25	1,063,247	656,917	284,833	372,084	406,330	167,744	238,586
Average	816,907	816,907	246,174	310,226	816,907	108,343	152,164

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 199,533. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 26,317 from 185,886 to 212,203.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Texas Colleges since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	212,557	127,405	57,001	70,404	85,152	30,525	54,627
2024-25	212,203	128,227	55,864	72,363	83,976	30,347	53,629
Average	199,533	199,533	51,629	59,742	199,533	31,809	56,354

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 27.09% and the percentage of black students is 10.42% at Texas Colleges. 7.24% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Texas Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	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
2023-24	3,832	97,752	136,855	482,710	1,208	381,897	35,780
2024-25	3,962	100,865	145,312	502,934	1,400	377,635	37,409
Average	3,227	73,687	111,629	357,640	1,260	362,138	28,752

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

268,380 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 304.44% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Texas Colleges from 2012 to 2025.

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart