[105] MTSU Fall Enrollment Eclipses Record with 26,442 Students

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MTSU fall enrollment eclipses record with 26,442 students

MURFREESBORO — MTSU experienced a slight gain — and another record — when campus officials recently announced a headcount of 26,442 students as the official enrollment for fall 2011.
The total is 12 more students than fall 2010 when a final headcount of 26,430 students was submitted to the Tennessee Board of Regents.
“We continue to be proud of the rich diversity represented in our student population,” said Dr. Deb Sells, vice president for the Division of Student Affairs and vice provost for Enrollment Services.
“We are particularly pleased with our continuing increase in returning students who are being retained and moved toward a timely graduation,” Sells added.
MTSU data shows a 3.69 percent overall increase in returning students from the previous year’s total. This translates to 662 more students returning overall. MTSU has 18,600 returning students this fall compared to 17,938 in fall 2010. There are 450 more returning seniors this fall (6,653 overall) compared to fall 2010’s 6,203 returning seniors total.
MTSU officials are seeing an increase in veterans registering for classes. As of Sept. 26, MTSU’s headcount of veterans was 1,035 students, compared to 998 enrolled in fall 2010, said Cathy Kirchner, registrar in MTSU’s Office of Records and Scheduling.
Other statistical notes about the fall ’11 enrollment totals include:
• the undergraduate population (23,415) equals 88.55 percent of total enrollment and graduate population (3,027) equals 11.45 percent of total enrollment;
• Hispanic enrollment (865) represents 3.27 percent of the total enrollment. Asian enrollment (1,067) represents 4.04 percent of the total enrollment;
• African-American enrollment (4,839) represents 18.30 percent of the total enrollment. African-American first-time freshmen (830) are 24.13 percent of total first-time freshmen (3,439). Undergraduate African-American (4,416) is 18.86 percent of total undergraduate enrollment (23,415). Graduate African-American headcount (423) is 13.97 percent of total graduate enrollment (3,027);
• female enrollment is 14,191 or 53.67 percent of total undergraduate enrollment; male enrollment is 12,251 or 46.33 percent of the total;
• the top six feeder institutions (all transfers) include Motlow State (1,485), Columbia State (1,028), Volunteer State (942), Nashville State (928), University of Tennessee at Knoxville (379), and Southwest (259); and
• transfer students enrolled (11,024 students) represent 41.69 percent of the total undergraduate population.


MTSU’s fall enrollment 10-year timeline

Year Enrollment
2011 26,442
2010 26,430
2009 25,188
2008 23,872
2007 23,246
2006 22,863
2005 22,554
2004 22,322
2003 21,744
2002 21,163


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