Dive Brief:

• The eight schools in the Texas State University System had their student enrollment grow 2.8% this fall to 81,291, the biggest increase for the system in three years.
• One of the eight, Texas State University, had 5,365 incoming freshmen — its most ever, the San Marcos Mercury reported.
• All five of the four-year schools in the university system had increased enrollments, while all three of the two-year schools in the system had enrollment declines.

Dive Insight:

Texas State’s fall semester enrollment has grown every year for 17 years. Even though Angelo State University — along with its 6,000 to 7,000 students — was moved to the Texas Tech University System from the Texas State University System in 2007, the state university system’s enrollment has increased 28.6% since 2005. Minorities make up 46% of the system's student population.