{"id":313196,"date":"2014-09-09T14:48:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T19:48:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=313196"},"modified":"2014-09-10T14:53:30","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T19:53:30","slug":"ut-tyler-celebrates-7-percent-enrollment-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=313196","title":{"rendered":"UT Tyler Celebrates 7 Percent Enrollment Increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/09\/thumb_uttyler.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2014\/09\/thumb_uttyler-150x120.jpg\" alt=\"thumb_uttyler\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-313197\" \/><\/a>TYLER &#8212; The University of Texas at Tyler announces a seven percent enrollment increase for fall 2014. Preliminary enrollment is 8,114, President Rodney H. Mabry announced in a news release.   Last year at this time the total headcount was 7,534 on the 12th class day, which is the fall census date.  \u201cWe are truly excited about the significant increases in enrollment we are experiencing, last year and this year, especially against the backdrop of flat or decreasing enrollment at other institutions in East Texas,\u201d Mabry said. \u201cOur increases show that students believe they get a high-quality education here at a good price. UT Tyler\u2019s \u2018value proposition\u2019 is very high.\u201d  Students understand that they can get a flagship-level education without the hassle of going to much larger, expensive universities in large urban areas, he added. <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p>The increase in enrollment is attributed to increases in retention of current students, as well as new transfers, graduate students, and international students.  \u201cIn addition, we are finding new markets to address the declining student applicant population that is coming from the end of the increase that came from the baby boom generation,\u201d said Sarah Bowdin, assistant vice president for enrollment management. \u201cThe new markets are receptive to our quality-at-affordable-price message, so they are coming to UT Tyler. We\u2019ve seen increases in transfer and graduate students. We\u2019ve also put a greater emphasis on online courses that responds to how some students want their education now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The university recruits in Dallas\/Fort Worth, Houston, and Austin, as well as the East Texas area. Outstanding academic programs and notable faculty are still among UT Tyler\u2019s most attractive features, according to the news release.  \u201cWe still believe that top-rated faculty, a we-care-that-you-succeed culture, mixed with the best facilities and beautiful campus, are what make a very special university. While excited about our growth, we\u2019re not inclined to put a number on where the university could go. Whether 10,000, 12,000, 14,000 or 24,000, our promise is that, whatever size, we will always be known as the university that teaches well and makes absolutely sure its students succeed on our campus and in the workplace,\u201d Mabry added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; The University of Texas at Tyler announces a seven percent enrollment increase for fall 2014. Preliminary enrollment is 8,114, President Rodney H. Mabry announced in a news release. Last year at this time the total headcount was 7,534 on the 12th class day, which is the fall census date. \u201cWe are truly excited &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=313196\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">UT Tyler Celebrates 7 Percent Enrollment Increase<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-313196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-12 05:10:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=313196"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":313200,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313196\/revisions\/313200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=313196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=313196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=313196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}