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10-31-2013, 08:53 AM
for the fall of 2013. Due in part to higher admission standards. :toast
The University of Texas at San Antonio's student body shrank by a larger number than any other public university in the state between fall 2012 and fall 2013 partly because of tightened admissions standards, officials said.
So this year's freshman class was smaller, even as the graduating class for last school year was larger.
“We brought in fewer and graduated more, and when you add those two things together, it has an impact,” said George Norton, UTSA's associate vice president for student affairs.
The UTSA headcount peaked in fall 2011, with 30,968 students, according to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Since fall 2012, UTSA's enrollment has dropped 1,749 students, a decrease of 5.7 percent, to a fall 2013 total of 28,725, according to preliminary data the board released last week for institutions across Texas.
As part of UTSA's effort to become a top research university, the school has ratcheted up admissions criteria three times since 2008, and now the vast majority of freshmen ranked in the top half of their high school class, Norton said.
“What we have done by raising up the admissions criteria sharply is dramatically increase the academic preparedness level of the freshmen class. ... so they will have a greater likelihood of being successful,” he said.
Norton said the university graduated 406 more students in 2012-13 than the year before.
UTSA is still the largest single institution of higher learning in San Antonio, though the five Alamo Colleges collectively enroll greater numbers. The Alamo Colleges enrollment grew by just 86 students, or 0.15 percent.
Tuition and fees for a full-time, in-state UTSA undergraduate student went up by $78 to $9,082 for the 2013-14 school year, according to the school's website.
Courtesy of your SA Express News.
The University of Texas at San Antonio's student body shrank by a larger number than any other public university in the state between fall 2012 and fall 2013 partly because of tightened admissions standards, officials said.
So this year's freshman class was smaller, even as the graduating class for last school year was larger.
“We brought in fewer and graduated more, and when you add those two things together, it has an impact,” said George Norton, UTSA's associate vice president for student affairs.
The UTSA headcount peaked in fall 2011, with 30,968 students, according to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Since fall 2012, UTSA's enrollment has dropped 1,749 students, a decrease of 5.7 percent, to a fall 2013 total of 28,725, according to preliminary data the board released last week for institutions across Texas.
As part of UTSA's effort to become a top research university, the school has ratcheted up admissions criteria three times since 2008, and now the vast majority of freshmen ranked in the top half of their high school class, Norton said.
“What we have done by raising up the admissions criteria sharply is dramatically increase the academic preparedness level of the freshmen class. ... so they will have a greater likelihood of being successful,” he said.
Norton said the university graduated 406 more students in 2012-13 than the year before.
UTSA is still the largest single institution of higher learning in San Antonio, though the five Alamo Colleges collectively enroll greater numbers. The Alamo Colleges enrollment grew by just 86 students, or 0.15 percent.
Tuition and fees for a full-time, in-state UTSA undergraduate student went up by $78 to $9,082 for the 2013-14 school year, according to the school's website.
Courtesy of your SA Express News.