Fall enrollment indicates growth for ETBU

MARSHALL — East Texas Baptist University celebrates the second-highest recorded student enrollment in the University’s 109-year history with 1,688 total students, and an 84% undergraduate retention rate (2% higher than the five-year average). In addition, the total graduate enrollment exhibits the highest graduate enrollment in University history, up by 13% from last year, according to a news release. The first-time freshman enrollment total is 403, which is tied for the third-highest first-time freshman class (with Fall 2020). Four out of the last five years have had a freshman enrollment totaling 400 or more. New transfer student enrollment rises to 116 students, up 10% over last year, according to the release.