Texas A&M hits record-high enrollment with fall 2017 semester
Texas A&M has reached record-high enrollment with the fall 2017 semester, according to university officials who said Wednesday 68,625 students are currently enrolled -- a 3.3 percent increase over the previous year.
Of the total, 62,527 of the students attend the campus in College Station and 2,473 attend the campus in Galveston. The remaining students are split between the Qatar campus, the Texas A&M School of Law, the McAllen campus, the Texas A&M Health Science Center training sites and the numerous institutions -- such as Blinn College -- where students can achieve a co-enrolled status.
Texas A&M Director of Recruitment Lynn Barnes said although the university's growth has outpaced the original enrollment goals it had previously set, he and his colleagues are pleased to see that student interest in the school continues to grow.
"A&M is a very popular place, and we just had a lot of students take us up on our offer for admission," Barnes said. "... I think the A&M brand, with our move to the SEC and the national exposure and interest it's drawing, has been attractive to prospective students."
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