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1 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Texas High School Graduates in the of Their Classes Found in Texas Public Higher Education, Fall Cohorts September 2013 Division of Planning and Accountability

2 Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Fred W. Heldenfels IV, CHAIR Harold Hahn, VICE CHAIR Dennis Golden, SECRETARY OF THE BOARD Alice Schneider, STUDENT MEMBER OF THE BOARD Durga D. Agrawal Robert Bobby Jenkins Jr. Munir Abdul Lalani Christopher M. Huckabee Janelle Shepard David Teuscher, M.D. Austin El Paso Carthage Austin Houston Austin Wichita Falls Houston Weatherford Beaumont Raymund A. Paredes, COMMISSIONER OF HIGHER EDUCATION Mission of the Coordinating Board The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board s mission is to work with the Legislature, Governor, governing boards, higher education institutions and other entities to help Texas meet the goals of the state s higher education plan, Closing the Gaps by 2015, and thereby provide the people of Texas the widest access to higher education of the highest quality in the most efficient manner. Philosophy of the Coordinating Board The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board will promote access to quality higher education across the state with the conviction that access without quality is mediocrity and that quality without access is unacceptable. The Board will be open, ethical, responsive, and committed to public service. The Board will approach its work with a sense of purpose and responsibility to the people of Texas and is committed to the best use of public monies. The Coordinating Board will engage in actions that add value to Texas and to higher education. The agency will avoid efforts that do not add value or that are duplicated by other entities. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age or disability in employment or the provision of services. ii

3 Table of Contents Report Definitions... iv Executive Summary... v Report... 1 Total and... 2 Total First-Time Undergraduate Enrollment... 3 Differences and Trends... 4 Fall 2011 and Fall 2012 Differences... 5 Three-Year Trends... 6 Four-Year Trends... 6 Entering Undergraduates in the... 8 by Other Student and High School Characteristics Regional Analyses Appendices Appendix A:, Acceptances, and Enrollments for Texas Resident Students and First-time Undergraduates, Fall 2009 to Fall A-1 Appendix B: by Certain High School Characteristics, Fall 2009 to Fall B-1 Appendix C: First-time, Texas Resident Student Data by Region of Residence, Fall 2009 to Fall C-1 Appendix D: First-time, Texas Resident Student Characteristic Data by Region of Residence, Fall 2009 to Fall D-1 Appendix E: THECB Regions... E-1 Appendix F: Texas Education Code (l) That Mandates Report... F-1 List of Tables and Charts Tables 1: First-time Undergraduate and Texas, Fall 2011 and Fall : of : Individual and Annual Growth : First-time Undergraduate and Texas, Fall 2011, Fall : Texas First-time Undergraduate by Region, Fall Charts 1: Applicants by as a Percent of : FTIC by as a Percent of : FTIC as a Percent of... 4 iii

4 Definitions: : Counts of statewide applications are duplicated in this report (unless otherwise noted). Students often apply to more than one institution and references to counts of applications statewide or to institutions other than The University of Texas at Austin and Texas A&M include these duplications. Sums of the number of applications to The University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin)and Texas A&M (TAMU) include applicants who apply to both. Ethnicity: Students are classified as White, African American, Hispanic, or Other based on the racial/ethnic category reported to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) on the Coordinating Board Admission Report. Federal requirements for reporting race/ethnicity changed beginning with fall Students who reported being multi-racial are included in the Other category, except those who reported one of their races as African American. These students are classified as African American. Low 20% to Universities: Texas Education Code (TEC), Section (l) defines this measure as the lowest 20 percent of public high schools based on the percentage of their graduates who attend four-year institutions, including general academic teaching institutions, in one of the two academic years following the year of a student's high school graduation. Regions: The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board disaggregates the state into 10 regions. A map showing the regions is in Appendix E. Small school: For this report, small schools are defined as high schools with fewer than 50 graduates. Socioeconomic status (SES): Students who were reported to the Texas Education Agency (TEA) as receiving free or reduced price lunches under the National School Lunch Program and Child Nutrition Program or other public assistance are defined as low SES. Texas first time in college (FTIC) or first time undergraduate (FTUG) enrollees: The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board does not have access to private high school or Department of Defense graduation records. An estimate of Texas first time undergraduate enrollees from Texas high schools (Texas FTIC) is obtained from the Coordinating Board Enrollment Report. For the purpose of this report, students are considered Texas FTIC if they are reported as first time in college with a permanent residence in Texas. Texas enrollees: Students are considered as enrollees if their application on university files records them as accepted, and ranked in the of their high school graduation class. If they are not listed as at the university at which they enrolled, even if they are listed as on another university where they did not enroll, they are not included in the data. For the purpose of this report, only the results of enrollees from Texas are discussed. iv

5 Executive Summary Background The automatic admission statute (the law) requires that public universities in Texas give automatic admission to high school students in one of the first two years after their high school graduation if they are in the top 10 percent of their graduating class. This statute has had the greatest impact on the most selective state institutions. Senate Bill 175, passed in the 81 st Texas Legislative session, now permits The University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) to admit its estimate of the number of students who will comprise 75 percent of its resident entering class. These students are to be admitted in order by rank, starting with the highest. Any remaining applicants not admitted in the initial 75 percent become part of the general admission pool. For fall 2012, UT-Austin estimated that the top 9 percent would be eligible for automatic admission. As a result of HB 1843, 83 rd Texas Legislative session, The University of Texas at Austin may use this provision through FY To determine the impact of this authorization on the state higher education plan, Closing the Gaps by 2015, the legislature requires that THECB prepare an annual report that focuses on applicants and enrollees based on ethnicity, region, socio-economic status (SES), graduates from small high schools, and graduates from high schools in the bottom 20 percent of institutions sending their graduates to four-year institutions. In fall 2012, UT-Austin offered automatic admission to students in the top 9 percent of their graduating class. The university received over 1,600 more applications than in 2011 and almost 1,000 more applications. In contrast, in fall 2011, the first year SB 175 took effect, UT- Austin offered automatic admission to the top 8 percent of students. That year, 21,860 applications were received, an increase of just 400 applications more than in 2010, and 9,558 top students applied, 230 fewer than the prior year. Texas A&M University (TAMU) saw a very large increase in applicants in fall 2011, receiving more overall applications than UT Austin and 2,500 more applications than in In 2012, TAMU still had more top applications than UT Austin, but increased just 1,100 applicants overall and 500 for students in the top 10 percent. These variations suggest that some students may change their decisions about applying based on changes in the percent of students who are guaranteed admission. Another change observed in the data is a steady increase in the overall number of applications students are submitting., there has been an increase of over 52,000 applications from fall 2009 to fall 2012, or more than 28 percent. The largest increases were observed from fall 2011 to fall 2012 when, statewide, total applications increased by 21,897 and applications increased 3,544. From 2009 to 2012 the number of Texas public high school graduates increased 11 percent, with a modest (less than 1%) increase from 2011 to Data comparisons from 2000 to 2012 show a similar pattern, and highlight the growth in student v

6 applications and an increase in the number of institutions students apply to on the average. In fall 2000 there were 112,792 applications statewide compared to 234,443 in fall In fall 2000 the average applicant applied to 1.4 institutions compared to 1.7 applications per applicant in fall These figures for students were 1.3 and 1.6 respectively. In fall 2000, 19 statewide applications or 3,454 applications went to UT- Austin; this figure was 23 percent (10,496 applications) in fall TAMU received 29 percent of applications in fall 2000 (5,235 applications) compared with 21 percent (9,515 applications) in fall to Emerging Research institutions (i.e. Texas Tech University, University of Texas at Arlington, University of Texas at Dallas, University of Texas at El Paso, University of Texas at San Antonio, University of Houston, and University of North Texas) showed less variability, with those institutions receiving, combined, 19 percent of Top applications in both of these years. Hispanic students accounted for the majority of the increase in both total applications and Top applications from 2009 to Concurrently, there were over 30,000 more Hispanic applications, including over 6,000 more Hispanic applications during this three year period. Enrollment of First-Time-in-College (FTIC) Students All. When compared to all other public universities in Texas combined, all of the statewide FTIC undergraduate enrollee growth from fall 2011 to fall 2012 was at UT-Austin, which enrolled 7,204 FTIC students in fall TAMU enrolled 7,812 first-time students, a slight drop from the prior year. Overall, examining them as a group, FTIC enrollment decreased somewhat at other Texas public universities over the same period. The number of public Texas high school graduates increased less than 1 percent from 2011 to 2012 or by 2,068 students. This is the lowest rate of growth since Enrollment of public high school graduates who go directly to a Texas institution dropped from 50.8 percent in fall 2011 to 49.8 percent in fall The majority of FTIC students at Texas public universities are recent public Texas high school graduates. From fall 2011 to fall 2012, the percentage of FTIC enrollees of all ethnicities increased at UT- Austin. White enrollees increased over 10 percent, African American enrollment increased almost 15 percent and Hispanic student increased over 27 percent. At TAMU during this period White FTIC enrollment decreased almost 6 percent, African American enrollment increased almost 10 percent, and the Hispanic enrollment increase was nearly 14 percent., the percentage of White enrollees decreased 1.4 percent, the percentage African American enrollees increased 1 percent and Hispanic first-time enrollees increased 4 percent.. All of the statewide enrollee growth from fall 2011 to fall 2012 when compared to all other universities combined was at UT-Austin and Texas A&M University. UT-Austin enrolled 5,317 students. TAMU enrolled 4,821 students. enrollment decreased somewhat at other Texas public universities combined over the same period. At UT-Austin, almost three out of four resident enrollees were in the, with 82.9 percent of the Hispanics enrolled coming from the (the highest percentage) and 66.7 percent of the Whites enrolled (the lowest percentage). At TAMU, 61.7 percent of entering students from vi

7 Texas were in the, with Hispanic students having the highest rate (74.4 percent in 2012) followed closely by African American students (73.9 percent)., the number of FTIC students enrolled from small high schools decreased from 727 in fall 2011 to 599 enrollees in fall At UT-Austin, the enrollees from these schools went from 93 to 66 students over this same period. The enrollment of students in this category at TAMU decreased from 166 in fall 2011 to 145 in fall There were 15,750 graduates of small high schools in UT-Austin enrolled 1,198 Low SES enrollees in fall 2012, 243 more than the 955 students in this category they enrolled in fall TAMU increased the number of low SES enrollees from 808 to 1,080 during this time. this increase of low SES enrollees was 580 students. Between fall 2009 and fall 2012, the number of low SES enrollees in the state increased from 3,926 to 5,594. percent enrollees from high schools in the bottom 20 percent in sending graduates to 4-year institutions 917 students in fall 2011 to 918 students in fall During this time, TAMU decreased enrollment of students in this category from 181 to 221. Concurrently, UT- Austin increased enrollment in this category from 145 to 176 students. vii

8 Background Texas High School Graduates in the of Their Classes Found in Texas Public Higher Education, Fall 2009-Fall 2012 Cohorts The automatic admission statute, codified as TEC, Section et seq., and referred to as the law, was enacted in It requires that high school students in the of their graduating classes be given automatic admission to Texas public general academic teaching institutions (universities) in one of the first two years after their graduation. This statute has the greatest impact on the most selective state institutions. In fall 2009 and fall 2010, about 80 percent of the first-time-in-college (FTIC) Texas resident students at UT- Austin were admitted under the requirements. At the other extreme, six (2009) or seven (2010) public universities admitted fewer than nine percent of their first-time resident students based on this legislation. In fall 2009, fall 2010, and fall 2011 statewide, 26 percent of all FTIC enrollments were students. For fall 2012, the statewide percent of FTIC enrollments in the of their graduating class was 27 percent. In 2009, the 81st Texas Legislative Session amended the law to permit UT-Austin to adjust its admissions policy. Beginning with admissions for the academic year, The University of Texas at Austin is not required to offer admission to applicants who qualify for automatic admission under Subsection (a) in excess of the number required to fill 75 percent of the university's enrollment capacity designated for first-time resident undergraduate students in an academic year Sec (l) TEC. The University of Texas at Austin must admit in good faith its estimate of the number of Top students who will comprise 75 percent of its resident entering class. These students are to be admitted in order by rank, starting with the highest, until the school has admitted its estimate of 75 percent of its entering class. students who were not admitted as part of the initial selection become part of the general admission pool with all other applicants. In HB 1843, 83 rd Texas Legislature, this approach was extended through FY To track how this admission change for UT-Austin affects the state s progress towards Closing the Gaps (CTG), the state higher education plan, the THECB is required to prepare an annual report. The report must cover admissions by: Ethnicity Socio-economic status (SES) Region Small high schools, and High schools in the bottom 20 percent in sending graduates to 4-year institutions in one of the first two years after graduation. This annual report uses fall 2009 to fall 2012 data. It presents data for UT-Austin, TAMU, other universities collectively, and the state. As UT-Austin utilizes its ability to limit Top admissions, this data helps to show what effect the UT-Austin exclusion has on the characteristics of students it enrolls. 1

9 Total. UT-Austin received approximately 23,500 applications for first-time-in college (FTIC) admission for fall Although this was 1,600 or 7.4 percent more applications that the university received for fall 2011, it was about 1,100 fewer than the approximately 24,600 applications received by Texas A&M University (TAMU) for 2012 (see Table 1 on page 7 and Appendix A). Other Texas public universities, grouped for the purpose of this report, received 186,400 applications for fall 2012 first time students an increase of more than 11 percent from the prior year. The steady increase in the overall number of applications students are submitting is notable., there has been an increase of over 52,000 applications from fall 2009 to fall 2012, or more than 28 percent; this number includes an increase in more than 10,500 applications submitted by students, a 30 percent increase since The largest increases were observed from fall 2011 to fall 2012 when, statewide, total applications and applications increased by 21,897 and 3,544 respectively. These increases represent both a larger number of applicants and the average applicant applying to more institutions. In fall 2000 there were 112,792 applications statewide compared to 234,443 in fall The average applicant applied to 1.4 institutions in fall 2000 compared to 1.7 applications per applicant in fall These figures for students were 1.3 and 1.6 respectively.. UT-Austin received 9,558 Texas applications in 2011 and 10,496 in TAMU had 8,955 and 9,515 applications for the same periods; all other universities combined had 23,584 applications for fall 2011 and 25,630 for fall Chart 1 highlights changes in the percent of top applications since fall While applications at TAMU as a percent of all applications have remained relatively steady, increases at other Texas publics and decreases at UT Austin are notable and may be related to the policy changes first implemented in Chart % by as a Percent of all 50.0% 40.0% 30.0% 50.6% 53.7% 27.5% 25.6% 56.0% 56.2% 22.7% 23.0% The University of Texas At Austin Texas A&M University 20.0% 10.0% 0.0% 21.9% 20.8% 21.3% 20.8% Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Other TX Public Universities (Grouped) 2

10 First-time Undergraduate Enrollment Total FTIC Enrollment. The combined first-time undergraduate enrollment at all universities except UT-Austin and TAMU decreased slightly from 2011 to fall 2012, as did first-time enrollment at TAMU. In contrast, from fall 2011 to fall 2012 UT Austin added nearly 1,000 firsttime enrollees., White first-time undergraduate enrollment decreased 1 percentage point and Hispanic enrollment increased 1 percentage point while percentages of African American and Other ethnicities remained the same for both years (Table 4). Total Enrollment. As shown in Chart 2, the percent of students in the who enroll at UT-Austin, calculated as a percentage of all enrollees, has increased since 2011, after decreasing each year since The percentage enrolling at TAMU has increased since After increasing 5 percentage points from 2009 to 2011, the percentage enrolling at Other Texas public institutions dropped from 49% to 46% in This drop may be attributable to the increase in the automatic admission percentage at UT Austin from 8 percent to 9 percent and to increased enrollments observed at TAMU. Chart 2 Top 10 % FTIC by as a Percent of All Top 10 % FTIC 60% 50% 40% 30% 44% 47% 32% 30% 49% 26% 46% 28% The University of Texas at Austin Texas A&M University 20% 0% 24% 23% 25% 26% Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 Other TX Public Universities (grouped) 3

11 Chart 3 below highlights the drop in enrollees as a percentage of all enrollees at UT- Austin, with enrollment percentages at TAMU rising sharply during the time period, and slight increases seen at Other Texas public institutions. This data show that UT-Austin has achieved the approximately 75 top enrollees allowed by law and suggest that the changes have directly impacted the percentage of top students enrolling at TAMU. Chart 3 FTIC as a Percent of all FTIC at the Same or Group of s 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 80% 80% 75% 74% 62% 51% 51% 57% 15% 15% 16% 16% Fall 2009 Fall 2010 Fall 2011 Fall 2012 The University of Texas at Austin Texas A&M University Other TX Public Universities (grouped) Differences and Trends This section provides analysis of some additional changes over time observed in the top data to provide a fuller understanding of changing application and enrollment patterns. It includes differences observed at the one ( ), two (2010 to 2012), and three-year ( ) period. Notably, 2011 and 2012 were the first years that UT-Austin did not receive the most applications of any Texas public university since These were also the first years that UT Austin limited automatic admissions under (l) of the Texas Education Code to students in the top 8% (2011) and 9% (2012) of their high school class. It cannot be known to what degree the differences and trends shown in charts 1, 2, and 3 above and the differences and trends highlighted in this section are the result of changes in Top policies at UT Austin due to SB 175. The patterns of application and enrollment for top students do suggest that the legislation had an impact on student application and enrollment behaviors; some, no doubt the result of reduced automatic admission thresholds, but some that may be the result of changes in students perceptions about institutions or their own viability as candidates. Examining patterns of application submittal and FTIC enrollment from 2009 to 2012 provides insight into the impact of policy changes. Population growth, patterns of high school to college enrollment, and shifts in the racial and ethnic composition of Texas recent high school graduates also impact these statistics. 4

12 Fall 2011 and Fall 2012 Differences The following observations highlight some of the most notable differences between the fall 2011 and fall 2012 data: resident FTIC applications increased over 10 percent to 234,443 applications. This increase included more than 3,500 additional applications. Unduplicated, this represents a 6.6 percent increase in individual applicants and a 5.4 percent increase in applicants.. In reference to all other public universities combined, all the statewide Texas resident FTIC growth between fall 2011 and fall 2012 was at UT- Austin; resident public undergraduate enrollment decreased slightly at TAMU. FTIC enrollees increased 799 students from 68,576 in fall 2011 to 69,375 in fall Texas public high school graduation rates increased less than a percentage point between 2011 and This is the smallest rate of graduate growth since UT-Austin enrolled 956 more first time undergraduate students in fall 2012 than in fall This figure includes almost 400 more Hispanic students.. growth of FTIC enrollees consisted of nearly 1,000 more Hispanic students. There were 382 fewer White students, 97 more African American, and 130 more students of other ethnicities. All the statewide Texas resident first time undergraduate enrollment growth between fall 2011 and fall 2012 (compared to other universities combined) was at UT Austin and TAMU. enrollment decreased 122 students at other universities over the same period. The number of enrollees from small high schools decreased 17.8 percent statewide from fall 2011 to fall 2012 to about 600 students. At UT-Austin the number of students from these schools went from 93 to 66 over the same period. It would appear UT-Austin needs to improve their recruiting efforts for these students given the large decrease in the enrollment of these students contrasted with the large increase in FTUG enrollment. There were 15,750 graduates from small high schools in UT-Austin increased the number of low SES enrollees 25.4 percent. this figure was 11.6 percent and TAMU increased this count by 33.7 percent. The number of low SES high school graduates increased by about 4 percent over this period. UT-Austin enrolled 21.4 percent more students from high schools that send few students to higher education. This increase represents 31 students. this number increased by one student to 918 students. 5

13 Three-Year Trends An analysis of the three-year trend between fall 2010 and fall 2012 may show differences in patterns resulting from the UT-Austin exclusion to the statute. UT-Austin had about 2,000 more applications in fall 2012 than in fall Hispanics accounted for 1,177 of this increase. there were 36,812 more applications over this same period. applications increased 7.2 percent at UT-Austin since fall 2010, with Hispanic applications increasing by 582. Over this same period, applications from White students decreased by almost 200 students., FTUG enrollment increased 3,295 students in fall 2012 compared to fall Hispanic student enrollment increased over 3,000, while White enrollment decreased by over 1,000 students over the same period. UT-Austin enrolled 216 more students in fall This change consisted of 166 more Hispanic students, 109 more students of Other ethnicity, 21 more African-American students, and 80 less White students. Four -Year Trends Texas public universities received over 52,000 more applications in fall 2012 than in fall 2009, a 28.6 percent increase. students represent 10,538 of this increase in applications. Hispanics made up the largest percentage of this statewide increase in FTUG applications, submitting more than 30,000 more applications in fall 2012 than in fall Hispanic applications from the increased over 50 percent over the same period. Hispanic students made up the largest percentage of the statewide FTIC enrollment increase, increasing 5,817 over the four year period. White student enrollment decreased by 5.8 percent, and African American enrollment increased by over 9 percent. enrollments increased 2,613 (16.1 percent) to about 18,800 students. Hispanic enrollees made up the largest percentage of this increase with 1,827 new enrollees from fall 2009 to fall The total FTUG Hispanic enrollment totaled in fall Low SES enrollment increased 42.5 percent statewide. Hispanics made up the largest number of this increase with a 1,126 enrollee increase in low SES students from fall 2009 to fall

14 Application and Enrollment Detail First-Time and Texas As shown in Table 1, UT Austin and TAMU combined accounted for over one fifth of all university applications. Each of the two institutions received over a fifth of the applications. The number of individual applicants is smaller than the number of applications because individuals are counted multiple times based on the number of institutions to which they apply. Table 1 First-time Undergraduate and Texas Fall 2011 and Fall 2012 THE OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN ALL OTHER ALL Race/Ethnicity Apps by Ethnicity, 2012 Texas Top 10 % Apps by Ethnicity, 2012 Total 21,860 23, % 9,558 10, % White 10,104 10, % 4,044 4, % Afr. Am. 1,533 1, % % Hispanic 5,854 6, % 2,767 3, % Other 4,369 4, % 2,166 2, % Total 23,337 24, % 8,955 9, % White 13,227 13, % 4,895 4, % Afr. Am. 1,208 1, % % Hispanic 5,679 6, % 2,475 2, % Other 3,223 3, % 1,174 1, % Total 167, , % 23,584 25, % White 52,442 53, % 7,277 7, % Afr. Am. 31,567 36, % 2,499 2, % Hispanic 66,612 75, % 10,826 11, % Other 16,728 20, % 2,982 3, % Total 212, , % 42,097 45, % White 75,773 77, % 16,216 16, % Afr. Am. 34,308 39, % 3,491 3, % Hispanic 78,145 89, % 16,068 18, % Other 24,320 28, % 6,322 7, % and applications by race ethnicity are also highlighted in Table 1. African American and Hispanic students submitted a smaller percentage of applications to UT-Austin and TAMU than White students did. For example, in fall 2012, 13.4 percent of White students applications were submitted to UT-Austin, compared with 4.1 percent of African American students and 7.7 percent of Hispanic students. 7

15 Table 2 illustrates the change in the total number of applications over the last four years., there has been a 30 percent increase over this period. Table 2 of of THE OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN 9,638 9,787 9,558 10,496 7,696 7,950 8,955 9,515 OTHER 17,769 20,537 23,584 25,630 ALL 35,103 38,274 42,097 45,641 Table 3 shows the change in individual and applicants statewide and the percentage growth per year. The number of students applying has increased 17.5 percent during this time which, given the larger 30 percent increase in applications, indicates that the average student is applying to more universities. Table 3 Individual and Applicant Annual Growth Annual Applicate Growth Individual Applicants Individual Applicant Growth Individual Year Applicants ,275 24, , % 25, % , % 26, % , % 28, % Entering Undergraduates in the In 2012, the same percentage of students enrolled at UT-Austin (50.7 percent) and at TAMU (50.7 percent); at all other universities as a group, the admission-to-enrollment rate was 33.8 percent. The statewide rate for all universities was 41.2 percent in 2012 and 42.6 percent in 2011 (Appendix A). Viewed by the ethnicity of applicants who enrolled, UT-Austin and TAMU have somewhat different profiles. At UT-Austin, roughly half (46.2%-56.8%) of all applicants enrolled for each of the racial/ethnic categories. At TAMU, White applicants enrolled at higher percentages than did students of other ethnicities. In 2012, 59.5 percent of White applicants enrolled at TAMU, compared with 42.9 percent of African 8

16 Americans, and 45.1 percent of Hispanics,. The percentages of applicants who enrolled at public universities other than TAMU and UT-Austin were: 41.8 percent for Whites, 30.9 percent for Hispanics, and 28.3 percent for African Americans. One way to gauge the effect of the legislation is by comparing the Texas enrollees with all other Texas entering students. At UT-Austin, almost three out of four resident enrollees were in the, with 82.9 percent of the Hispanics enrolled coming from the (the highest percentage) and 66.7 percent of the Whites enrolled (the lowest percentage). At TAMU, 61.7 percent of entering students from Texas were in the, with Hispanic students having the highest rate (74.4 percent in 2012) followed closely by African American students (73.9 percent). Table 4 First-time Undergraduate and Texas, Fall 2011 and Fall 2012 THE OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN ALL OTHER ALL Race/ Ethnicity Texas 1st-time UG Ethnicity Ethnicity 1st time TX Ethnicity 2012 Ethnicity Percent Percent Percent Percent Total 6, % 7, % 4, % 5, % White 2, % 3, % 2, % 2, % Afr % % % % Hispanic 1, % 1, % 1, % 1, % Other 1, % 1, % 1, % 1, % Total 7, % 7, % 4, % 4, % White 5, % 5, % 2, % 2, % Afr % % % % Hispanic 1, % 1, % 1, % 1, % Other % % % % Total 54, % 54, % 8, % 8, % White 19, % 19, % 3, % 3, % Afr. 8, % 8, % % % Hispanic 20, % 20, % 3, % 3, % Other 5, % 5, % 1, % 1, % Total 68, % 69, % 17, % 18, % White 28, % 27, % 8, % 8, % Afr. 9, % 9, % 1, % 1, % Hispanic 23, % 24, % 5, % 6, % Other 7, % 7, % 2, % 2, % From a statewide perspective, over half of all students enrolling in Texas public universities attended one of the state s two research institutions: over 28 percent entered UT- Austin and almost 26 percent entered TAMU. The University of Houston enrolled 5.5 percent of students, the highest percentage among the other state universities. Examining all sectors of Texas higher education (public and private) almost 80 percent of Top 10 % students enroll in higher education Two thirds of total applicants were enrolled in universities as students in fall About 6 percent were found in private universities and 3.6 percent were found in community and technical colleges. For fall 2010 (the most recent year this data was available) 9

17 an additional 4.57 percent were found to attend Texas higher education institutions in the subsequent year and over 6 percent were found attending higher education out of state. by Other Student and High School Characteristics 1 The statute also mandates examination of the by socioeconomic status (SES), and by whether the students graduated from small high schools, or public high schools that send few students to universities (Appendix B). Socioeconomic Status. Almost 5,600 of the 17,597 enrollees at all universities are considered to have low SES based on whether they received free or reduced lunch under the National School Lunch Program and Child Nutrition Program or other public assistance. The statewide percentage of low SES students increased from 29.6 percent in fall 2011 to 31.8 percent in fall Of the low SES enrollees, 21.4 percent attended UT-Austin in fall Another 19.3 percent went to TAMU, leaving nearly 60 percent who attended other Texas public universities. The University of Houston led the other universities in the enrollment of low SES students in the with 461 students or 8.3 percent of low SES enrollees. Graduates from Small High Schools., about 600 of all students enrolled in fall 2012 were from high schools that had fewer than 50 graduates. These students were more likely to enroll in TAMU than in UT-Austin; 145 chose to attend TAMU and 66 to UT-Austin in fall The third most popular institution for small high school graduates was Texas Tech University, which attracted 58 students or 9.7 percent of small high school graduate enrollees in fall Graduates of High Schools with Low University-Going Rates. There were 918 Top students enrolled in 2012 that came from high schools designated as those sending few students to universities. TAMU University enrolled a larger percentage of these students (24.1 percent) than UT-Austin (19.2 percent). The remaining 56.8 percent attended other public universities, with the University of Houston (88 students or 9.6 percent) leading the list among this group., 1337 graduates from high schools designated as those sending few students to universities applied to Texas public universities. This represents 5 percent of the graduates from these schools. 1 University enrollees from high schools that are small or have low university-going rates, and those with low SES status are determined using data in the Texas Education Agency s (TEA) high school graduate files. For the fall 2012 FTIC cohort, 1202 of 18,799 enrollees identified by universities as Texas residents could not be found in TEA public high school graduation files in the prior years (some of the students may have attended private high schools). These data elements are missing for those students, and are not included in the descriptive statistics for the details by student characteristics. Regional Analysis. The most populous regions of the state sent the most total FTIC and the most enrollees to public universities in fall 2011 and fall Each region s 10

18 percentage of all first-time-in-college students is within 4 percentage points of its percentage of enrollees, with the Gulf Coast, Metroplex, and South Texas regions topping the list. The Northwest region accounted for the lowest percentage of FTIC students and Top students of any region (Table 5 and Appendixes C, D). Table 5 Texas First-time Undergraduate by Region Fall 2012 Region % All 1st- of all Top Time Central 3.1% 4.5% Gulf Coast 1.9% 2.2% High Plains 24.5% 25.4% Metroplex 2.5% 3.5% Northwest 3.8% 4.1% South Texas 24.1% 20.2% Southeast 8.8% 5.3% Upper East 22.9% 24.6% Upper Rio Grande 2.4% 3.4% West 6.0% 6.8% Texas FTIC Undergrads 69,375 18,799 At UT-Austin, students from the Gulf Coast region (31.6 percent) and the Metroplex (25.8 percent) made up over half of all first-time students in fall TAMU s comparable figures were 30.9 percent and 24.3 percent The regions with the largest numbers of first-time enrollees entering UT-Austin were the Gulf Coast region (1,629 students), followed by the Metroplex region (1,259) and the South Texas region (1,032). In contrast, less than 100 Top 10 % students entered UT-Austin for the each of the Northwest, West and High Plaines regions. 11

19 Appendix A, Acceptances, and Enrollments for Top 10 Percent Texas Students and First-time Undergraduates, Fall 2009 Col 1 Col 2 Col 3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8 Col 9 Col 10 Col 11 THE OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN OTHER ALL Race/ Ethnicity Texas Top as Texas 1sttime UG 1st- Time 1st-time TX Enrolled Texas Top as TX Texas Top Col 4/Col 3 Col. 6/62,674 Col 8/Col 4 Col 8/Col 6 Col 8/16,186 Total 21,614 9, % 6, % 5, % 80.3% 32.1% White 10,853 4, % 3, % 2, % 75.9% 15.5% Afr Am 1, % % % 81.6% 1.7% Hispanic 5,387 2, % 1, % 1, % 87.9% 8.0% Other 3,757 1, % 1, % 1, % 82.3% 6.9% Total 20,388 7, % 7, % 3, % 50.7% 24.2% White 12,370 4, % 5, % 2, % 49.0% 16.7% Afr Am 1, % % % 54.7% 1.0% Hispanic 4,305 1, % 1, % % 61.6% 5.2% Other 2, % % % 37.9% 1.3% Total 140,305 17, % 48, % 7, % 14.6% 43.7% White 53,227 6, % 20, % 3, % 14.9% 19.0% Afr Am 26,700 1, % 8, % % 8.6% 4.3% Hispanic 49,361 7, % 15, % 2, % 16.2% 16.0% Other 11,017 1, % 3, % % 18.9% 4.4% Total 182,307 35, % 62, % 16, % 25.8% 100.0% White 76,450 15, % 29, % 8, % 28.2% 51.2% Afr Am 29,547 2, % 8, % 1, % 12.9% 7.0% Hispanic 59,053 11, % 18, % 4, % 25.1% 29.2% Other 17,257 4, % 5, % 2, % 35.8% 12.5% A-1

20 Appendix A, Acceptances, and Enrollments for Top 10 Percent Texas Students and First-time Undergraduates, Fall 2010 Col 1 Col 2 Col 3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8 Col 9 Col 10 Col 11 THE OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN OTHER ALL Race/ Ethnicity Texas Top as Texas 1sttime UG 1st- Time 1st-time TX Top Enrolled Texas Top as % of TX Texas Top Col 4/Col 3 Col. 6/66,080 Col 8/Col 4 Col 8/Col 6 Col. 8/17,078 Total 21,478 9, % 6, % 5, % 79.6% 29.9% White 10,141 4, % 3, % 2, % 74.7% 13.2% Afr Am 1, % % % 79.4% 1.7% Hispanic 5,710 2, % 1, % 1, % 87.6% 8.4% Other 4,081 2, % 1, % 1, % 80.9% 6.6% Total 20,822 7, % 7, % 3, % 51.0% 23.4% White 12,244 4, % 5, % 2, % 48.5% 15.5% Afr Am 1, % % % 54.8% 0.8% Hispanic 4,628 2, % 1, % % 65.3% 5.6% Other 2, % % % 37.8% 1.4% Total 155,331 20, % 51, % 7, % 15.4% 46.8% White 52,116 6, % 20, % 3, % 15.5% 18.4% Afr Am 30,238 2, % 8, % % 9.0% 4.5% Hispanic 54,803 8, % 18, % 3, % 17.2% 18.1% Other 18,174 3, % 4, % % 19.6% 5.7% Total 197,631 38, % 66, % 17, % 25.8% 100.0% White 74,501 15, % 28, % 8, % 28.0% 47.1% Afr Am 32,971 3, % 9, % 1, % 13.0% 7.0% Hispanic 65,141 13, % 21, % 5, % 26.0% 32.2% Other 25,018 6, % 6, % 2, % 33.5% 13.7% A-2

21 Appendix A, Acceptances, and Enrollments for Top 10 Percent Texas Students and First-time Undergraduates, Fall 2011 Col 1 Col 2 Col 3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8 Col 9 Col 10 Col 11 THE OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN OTHER Race/ Ethnicity Texas Top as % of Texas 1sttime UG 1st-Time 1st-time TX Enrolled Texas Top as TX Texas Col 4/Col 3 Col 6/68,579 Col 8/Col 4 Col 8/Col 6 Col 8/17,922 Total 21,860 9, % 6, % 4, % 74.7% 26.0% White 10,104 4, % 2, % 2, % 68.4% 11.3% Afr Am 1, % % % 75.5% 1.5% Hispanic 5,854 2, % 1, % 1, % 84.7% 6.9% Other 4,369 2, % 1, % 1, % 77.2% 6.3% Total 23,337 8, % 7, % 4, % 56.6% 25.0% White 13,227 4, % 5, % 2, % 53.7% 16.1% Afr Am 1, % % % 67.5% 1.0% Hispanic 5,679 2, % 1, % 1, % 66.7% 5.8% Other 3,223 1, % % % 51.8% 2.0% Total 167,349 23, % 54, % 8, % 16.1% 49.0% White 52,442 7, % 19, % 3, % 16.3% 17.9% Afr Am 31,567 2, % 8, % % 9.2% 4.5% Hispanic 66,612 10, % 20, % 3, % 17.6% 20.2% Other 16,728 2, % 5, % 1, % 21.9% 6.3% Total 212,546 42, % 68, % 17, % 26.1% 100.0% White 75,773 16, % 28, % 8, % 28.9% 45.4% ALL Afr Am 34,308 3, % 9, % 1, % 13.3% 7.1% Hispanic 78,145 16, % 23, % 5, % 25.0% 33.0% Other 24,320 6, % 7, % 2, % 35.8% 14.6% A-3

22 Appendix A, Acceptances, and Enrollments for Top 10 Percent Texas Students and First-time Undergraduates, Fall 2012 Col 1 Col 2 Col 3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8 Col 9 Col 10 Col 11 THE OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN OTHER ALL Race/ Ethnicity Texas Top as Texas 1sttime UG 1st-Time 1st-time TX Top Enrolled Texas Top as TX Texas Top Col 4/Col 3 Col 6/69,375 Col 8/Col 4 Col 8/Col 6 Col 8/18,799 Total 23,473 10, % 7, % 5, % 73.8% 28.3% White 10,380 4, % 3, % 2, % 66.7% 11.5% Afr Am 1, % % % 73.5% 1.6% Hispanic 6,887 3, % 1, % 1, % 82.9% 8.2% Other 4,599 2, % 1, % 1, % 77.7% 6.9% Total 24,583 9, % 7, % 4, % 61.7% 25.6% White 13,399 4, % 5, % 2, % 57.0% 15.4% Afr Am 1, % % % 73.9% 1.1% Hispanic 6,451 2, % 1, % 1, % 74.4% 7.1% Other 3,298 1, % % % 58.2% 2.0% Total 186,387 25, % 54, % 8, % 15.9% 46.1% White 53,917 7, % 19, % 3, % 15.9% 16.4% Afr Am 36,268 2, % 8, % % 9.0% 4.2% Hispanic 75,934 11, % 20, % 3, % 17.5% 19.6% Other 20,268 3, % 5, % 1, % 21.7% 5.9% Total 234,443 45, % 69, % 18, % 27.1% 100.0% White 77,696 16, % 27, % 8, % 29.4% 43.3% Afr Am 39,310 3, % 9, % 1, % 13.7% 7.0% Hispanic 89,272 18, % 24, % 6, % 26.6% 34.9% Other 28,165 7, % 7, % 2, % 37.5% 14.8% A-4

23 Appendix B Texas Top 10 Percent by Certain High School Characteristics, Fall 2009 Col 1 Col 2 Col 3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8 Col 9 Col 10 Col 11 Col 12 Col 13 Race/ Ethnicity Texas 1st - time UG Texas Top 1sttime w/out Unknowns* from Small High Schools from Small HS Small HS as percent of Percent of Small HS from High Schools Sending Few Students to Universities (Low 20%) from Low 20% HS Low 20 % HS enrollees as Top 10 % from Low 20% HS with Low Socio- Economic Status (SES) in Low SES Low SES HS as Top with Low SES THE OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN OTHER ALL Col 5/Col 4* Col 5/694 Col 8/Col 4* Col 8/932 Col 11/Col4* Col 11/3,926 Total 6,483 4, % 16.1% % 20.1% % 25.1% White 3,310 2, % 9.8% % 5.6% % 1.9% Afr Am % 0.7% % 2.0% % 3.0% Hispanic 1,478 1, % 3.6% % 11.3% % 14.9% Other 1,353 1, % 2.0% % 1.2% % 5.4% Total 7,722 3, % 22.5% % 20.3% % 16.9% White 5,531 2, % 18.9% % 12.4% % 2.6% Afr Am % 0.6% 4 2.6% 0.4% % 2.0% Hispanic 1, % 2.6% % 7.3% % 11.3% Other % 0.4% 1 0.5% 0.1% % 0.9% Total 48,469 6, % 61.4% % 59.7% 2, % 58.0% White 20,587 2, % 43.1% % 21.2% % 5.7% Afr Am % 2.2% % 8.2% % 7.8% Hispanic 15,971 2, % 15.1% % 27.0% 1, % 39.5% Other 3, % 1.0% % 3.2% % 5.0% Total 62,674 15, % 100.0% % 100.0% 3, % 100.0% White 29,428 8, % 71.8% % 39.3% % 10.2% Afr Am % 3.5% % 10.6% % 12.8% Hispanic 18,817 4, % 21.3% % 45.6% 2, % 65.7% Other 5,664 2, % 3.5% % 4.5% % 11.3% *907 students, who were identified as students from Texas, could not be found in the prior two years of TEA graduation records. Therefore, these students could not be included in the breakouts for measures related to high school or student characteristics. This column shows total enrollees with unknowns removed. B-1

24 Appendix B Texas Top 10 Percent by Certain High School Characteristics, Fall 2010 Col 1 Col 2 Col 3 Col 4 Col 5 Col 6 Col 7 Col 8 Col 9 Col 10 Col 11 Col 12 Col 13 THE OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN OTHER ALL Race/Ethnicity Texas 1sttime UG 1st Time W/out Unknowns* from Small High Schools from Small HS Small HS as percent of Small HS from High Schools Sending Few Students to Universities (Low 20%) Low 20% HS as Top from Low 20% HS Col 5/Col 4* Col 5/685 Col 8/Col 4* Col 8/902 with Low Socio- Economic Status (SES) in Low SES Low SES HS as Col 11/Col4* with Low SES Col 11/4,662 Total 6,407 4, % 10.7% % 18.0% 1, % 22.9% White 3,013 2, % 7.3% % 4.9% % 1.6% Afr Am % 0.3% 9 3.3% 1.0% % 2.7% Hispanic 1,642 1, % 1.6% % 11.8% % 14.2% Other 1,397 1, % 1.5% 3 0.3% 0.3% % 4.3% Total 7,825 3, % 21.3% % 20.5% % 15.5% White 5,449 2, % 17.2% % 10.9% % 2.4% Afr Am % 0.0% 3 2.2% 0.3% % 1.5% Hispanic 1, % 3.4% % 8.6% % 10.7% Other % 0.7% 6 2.6% 0.7% % 1.0% Total 51,848 7, % 68.0% % 61.5% 2, % 61.6% White 20,279 2, % 42.2% % 20.0% % 6.3% Afr Am % 2.6% % 5.7% % 7.6% Hispanic 18,020 3, % 19.7% % 31.4% 1, % 41.1% Other 4, % 3.5% % 4.5% % 6.6% Total 66,080 16, % 100.0% % 100.0% 4, % 100.0% White 28,741 7, % 66.7% % 35.7% % 10.3% Afr Am % 2.9% % 7.0% % 11.8% Hispanic 21,132 5, % 24.7% % 51.8% 3, % 66.0% Other 6,987 2, % 5.7% % 5.5% % 11.9% *940 students, who were identified as students from Texas, could not be found in the prior two years of TEA graduation records. Therefore, these students could not be included in the breakouts for measures related to high school or student characteristics. T his column shows the total enrollees with those students with unknown characteristics removed. B-2

25 Col 1 Col 2 Col 3 Col 4 THE OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN OTHER ALL Race/ Ethnicity Texas 1st -time UG Appendix B Texas Top 10 Percent by Certain High School Characteristics, Fall 2011 Texas Top 1sttime w/out Unknowns* 5 Col Col 6 Col 7 Col 8 Col 9 Col 10 Col 11 Col 12 Col 13 from Small High Schools from Small HS Small HS as percent of Percent of Small HS from High Schools Sending Few Students to Higher Education (Low 20%) from Low 20% HS Low 20 % HS enrollees as Top from Low 20% HS with Low Socio- Economic Status (SES) in Low SES Low SES HS as Top with Low SES Col 5/Col 4* Col. 5/729 Col 8/Col 4* Col 8/917 Col 11/Col 4* Col 11/5,014 Total 6,248 4, % 12.8% % 15.8% % 19.0% White 2,957 1, % 6.4% % 4.7% % 1.4% Afr Am % 1.2% % 1.4% % 2.3% Hispanic 1,469 1, % 2.9% % 8.7% % 10.8% Other 1,463 1, % 2.2% 9 0.8% 1.0% % 4.5% Total 7,904 4, % 22.8% % 19.7% % 16.1% White 5,390 2, % 18.8% % 10.0% % 2.1% Afr Am % 0.8% 7 4.0% 0.8% % 2.0% Hispanic 1,570 1, % 2.5% % 8.1% % 10.5% Other % 0.7% 8 2.4% 0.9% % 1.6% Total 54,424 8, % 64.5% % 64.4% 3, % 64.8% White 19,757 2, % 37.0% % 22.8% % 6.2% Afr Am % 6.2% % 5.3% % 8.0% Hispanic 20,641 3, % 17.4% % 32.0% 2, % 43.3% Other 5,163 1, % 3.8% % 4.4% % 7.3% Total 68,576 16, % 100.0% % 100.0% 5, % 100.0% White 28,104 7, % 62.3% % 37.5% % 9.6% Afr Am % 8.2% % 7.5% % 12.3% Hispanic 23,680 5, % 22.8% % 48.7% 3, % 64.7% Other 7,305 2, % 6.7% % 6.2% % 13.4% *988 students, who were identified as students from Texas, could not be found in the prior two years of TEA graduation records. Therefore, these students could not be included in the breakouts for measures related to high school or student characteristics. This column shows total enrollees with unknowns removed. B-3