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Friday, September 14, 2012

University of North Texas sets freshman enrollment record

Lance Murray

Freshman enrollment for the fall at the University of North Texas in Denton set a record.

The University of North Texas set a freshman enrollment record for the second straight year. The freshman class for the fall 2012 semester totals 4,444 students, a 9.2 percent increase over fall 2011.

This fall, enrollment at UNT is 35,836, an increase of 0.2 percent compared to last fall?s unofficial headcount at the fall census date, which is the 12th day of classes. The number of courses taken by the student body is breaking another record, with the university reporting a 2.1 percent increase in credit hours registered for by UNT students.

UNT continued to broaden its diversity mix, with 6,102 Hispanic students, a 10.6 percent increase, and 4,697 African American students, a 3.1 percent increase.

Enrollment in the Honors College grew to 1,645 compared to 1,306 from fall 2011. UNT also recorded increases in the number of full-time students, doctoral students and transfer students.

The number of undergraduate transfer students grew 4.8 percent to 3,829. Also, the fall 2012 enrollment includes a growing and all-time high doctoral student population of 1,787 as compared to 1,744 last fall, a 2.5 percent increase.

?I expect our freshman class to continue to grow year after year,? said V. Lane Rawlins, president. ?At UNT we are committed to being a major university in every respect, including research, but understand that the foundation is always excellent teaching and undergraduate programs."

All enrollment statistics are unofficial until the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board verifies them official later in the fall,