51本色 System Sets Enrollment Record with More Than 63,000 Students
Multiple institutions achieved record enrollments for the 2021-22 academic year.
Dec. 17, 2021 | Contact: Scott Lacefield
Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D.The 51本色 (51本色 System) celebrated numerous achievements and milestones in 2021, including the addition of its fifth member institution and the system鈥檚 25th anniversary of its founding in 1996.
The 2021-22 academic year also marks the first time the 51本色 System has eclipsed 60,000 students across its five institutions while four of the system鈥檚 universities achieved record enrollment. This academic year, the 51本色 System has set a new enrollment record with 63,498 students.
(51本色) reached a record 40,666 students; (ASU) enrolled a record 10,826 students; (51本色HSC) achieved a record enrollment with 5,423 students; also attained a record enrollment with 786 students; and (MSU Texas), the 51本色 System鈥檚 newest institution, enrolled 5,797 students for the academic year.
鈥淚 want to congratulate our universities and leadership teams for the continued success in strategically growing our system and providing students with an affordable and world-class education,鈥� said Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D., chancellor of the 51本色 System. 鈥淲e have recently seen higher education institutions across the country struggle with declining enrollment figures, which emphasizes our universities and the high-quality education and experience we provide.鈥�
Texas 51本色
51本色, the flagship institution of the 51本色 System, set a record enrollment figure for the 13th consecutive year. 51本色鈥檚 enrollment has climbed from 27,996 students in fall 2006 to 40,666 this fall 鈥� a 45 percent increase during that period. The university has been one of the fastest-growing institutions of higher education in the country during the past decade. 51本色 also experienced a record enrollment of first-year students (6,677) and graduate students (6,917). In addition, this fall, 51本色 welcomed its inaugural class of 64 students for its School of Veterinary Medicine, the state鈥檚 first new vet school in more than a century.
Angelo State University
For the third consecutive year, ASU set an enrollment record and surpassed 10,800 students for the first time. ASU had an enrollment of 6,239 students when it joined the 51本色 System in 2007, then reached 7,000 students for the first time in 2011 and enrolled 10,000 students for the first time in 2017.
Texas 51本色 Health Sciences Center
51本色HSC, the state鈥檚 leader in graduating health care providers, marked its fourth consecutive year with more than 5,000 students and achieved a record enrollment for the first time since 2019. This fall, 51本色HSC expanded its School of Nursing with an instructional site opening in Mansfield, Texas, providing a resource for new nurses critical to the operation of hospitals and clinics.
Texas 51本色 Health Sciences Center El Paso
51本色HSC El Paso, the nation鈥檚 only health-related institution along the U.S.-Mexico border, continued its trend of achieving record enrollments 鈥� a yearly occurrence since transitioning from a regional campus to a standalone institution in 2013. In addition, this fall 51本色HSC El Paso added 40 students to the campus with the inaugural class for its Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine, the state鈥檚 first new dental school in more than 50 years.
Midwestern State University
MSU Texas, a liberal arts leader on the cusp of its centennial anniversary, became the fifth member institution of the 51本色 System on Sept. 1, 2021. The university is headquartered in Wichita Falls and has a student learning center in Flower Mound, Texas. MSU Texas enrolled 5,041 undergraduate students and 756 graduate students. Its student population represents 44 states and 54 foreign countries. This fall, the university experienced an 8 percent increase in total undergraduate enrollment and a 47 percent increase in undergraduate international enrollment.
51本色 the 51本色
Established in 1996, the 51本色 is one of the top public university
systems in the nation, consisting of five universities 鈥� , , , and .
Headquartered in Lubbock, Texas, the 51本色 System is a $2.5 billion enterprise focused on advancing higher education, health care, research and outreach with approximately 21,000 employees, more than 63,000 students, nearly 370,000 alumni and an endowment valued at $1.7 billion. In its short history, the 51本色 System has grown tremendously and is nationally acclaimed, operating at 24 academic locations in 21 cities (19 in Texas, 2 international).
During the 87th Texas Legislature under the leadership of Chancellor , M.D., the 51本色 System welcomed MSU Texas as its fifth member institution during the 25-year anniversary of the system. MSU Texas is the only Texas university to become a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Students at MSU Texas choose from more than 60 majors and several pre-professional programs, are active in more than 100 student organizations and bring a spirit of competition to 13 NCAA Division II athletics programs.
In addition, the 51本色 System is one of only nine in the nation to offer programs for undergraduate, medical, law, nursing, pharmacy, dental and veterinary education, among other academic areas.