The University of Texas at Austin
Office of Institutional Research

Preface

This report contains detailed enrollment and semester credit hour information as of the 12th class day of the spring 2005 semester. As such, it reflects the University's "official" enrollment figures for this session. It is used by Administrative Officers, Deans, Department Chairs, and Directors for use in decision-making and planning.

Total enrollment decreased by 1,075 students (2.2%) from 48,519 last spring to 47,444 in spring 2005. Undergraduate enrollment decreased by 1,007 students (2.8%) from 35,900 last spring to 34,893 in spring 2005. Graduate enrollment (excluding Special Professional) decreased from 10,836 to 10,795 (41 students or 0.4%). Special Professional (Law and Pharm. D.) enrollment decreased from 1,783 to 1,756 (27 or 1.5%) (Table I).

University-wide, enrollment increased for Hispanic, American Indian, and African American students. The number of Hispanic students increased by 3.0% (184 students), American Indian by 1.6% (3), and African American by 1.0% (17). Enrollment decreased for White students by 3.4% (984) and for Asian American students by 1.3% (87). There were also 527 students for whom ethnicity was not known, a decrease of 1.1% (6) from last year (Table I).

The number of students from Texas decreased from 39,176 last spring to 38,342 (834 or 2.1%). The number of out-of-state students decreased as well from 5,001 to 4,962 (39 or 0.8%). Foreign student enrollment also decreased from 4,342 to 4,140 (202 or 4.7%). As a group, the largest number of foreign students are from the Republic of Korea, followed by India, the People's Republic of China, Taiwan, and Mexico (Table VII).

Undergraduate enrollment increased or remained stable for Architecture, Communication, Education, Nursing, and Pharmacy while decreasing for all other areas. Graduate enrollment increased or remained stable for Architecture, Communication, Information, Natural Sciences, Nursing, and Social Work (Table V).

Total semester credit hour (SCH) production, which includes ROTC, decreased by 13,655 hours or 2.3%, primarily due to a decrease in hours at the undergraduate level. Undergraduate SCH production decreased by 12,208 hours (2.6%). Graduate SCH production also decreased for the master's and law levels, but increased for doctoral and Pharm. D. (Table VIII).

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Maryann Ruddock
Associate Vice President and Director
Office of Institutional Research
Mail Code/G1100