Sept. 15, 2006
Contact: Rita Mitchell, University Relations
UT Martin sets six all-time enrollment records; again claims largest increase in state
MARTIN, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee at Martin set six all-time enrollment records and, for the second consecutive year, had the largest enrollment percentage increase of any four-year public university in the state, based on preliminary fall enrollment figures. It was the seventh consecutive period UT Martin has enrolled a record number of students.
A total of 6,893 students are enrolled for the fall semester, an increase from 6,484 recorded for fall 2005. It also follows top numbers for spring and summer 2006.
The fall 2006 total includes all-time record fall enrollments for undergraduates, graduates, dual-credit /concurrent students, total full-time equivalent and undergraduate full-time equivalent students. Public higher education funding is based on fall semester full-time equivalency.
“The access component of the new University of Tennessee Strategic Plan is important to the state and region,” said Dr. Nick Dunagan, UT Martin chancellor. “What we’re doing with enrollment meets and exceeds what we intended as it relates to access.”
Based on final figures, this fall’s enrollment at UT Martin is a 6.3 percent increase over fall 2005. Final figures are compiled by the university’s Office of Institutional Research and Planning.
“This continued growth is a reflection of student satisfaction and the outstanding jobs that our faculty and staff are doing,” added Dunagan.
The record enrollment also reflects 1,203 freshmen, the sixth largest freshman class on the UT Martin campus. Fall enrollment indicates that first-time freshmen have an average 3.34 high school grade-point-average, up from 3.30 in 2005, and an average ACT score of 21.82.
Compared to last year’s totals, UT Martin will have 409 more undergraduates and graduates for a 6.3 percent increase; 260 additional dual-credit/concurrent students, a 73 percent increase; and 31 additional graduate students, a 5.7 percent increase.
The enrollment growth trend follows the recent notification from U.S.News and World Report that UT Martin is tied for 21st place among public universities in the South that grant bachelor's and master's degrees. UT Martin also was named a “Best Southeastern College” by The Princeton Review for 2007.
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