LUBBOCK, TX (KCBD) -
For the second straight semester, Texas Tech has set a new enrollment record for the university.
According to a statement released Thursday, enrollment reached
30,102 students enrolled for classes as of Feb. 15, the first time more than
30,000 students have been enrolled for a spring semester.
"We have
experienced tremendous growth in our student population in the last several
years, including a more than 25 percent increase in enrollment in the last
decade," said Guy Bailey, Texas Tech president. "And, we're recruiting the highest
quality students."
The
previous spring enrollment record - 29,604 - was set in 2011. Undergraduate enrollment increased to 24,133
students, up from 23,550 students a year ago, while the Law School experienced
an increase to 668 students from 650 students last spring.
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