Education
BY KEVIN CUMMINGS
Higher Education Guide
2024
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Higher Education Edition! This guide features the latest updates and resources about local higher education options in your community. Whether it’s a university, college, trade program or apprenticeship, higher education institutions play a large role in shaping our local communities by producing future leaders and work that has the potential to create change. In this edition, our reporters take a look at the new developments and opportunities taking place at local institutions.
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What's inside
Check out higher education options in the region (Page 13)
TWU expands business school with $30M gift (Page 14)
NCTC opens career and technical training facility (Page 17)
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Student data Fall student enrollment
While many local institutions saw enrollment decline during the pandemic, numbers have grown in recently with Tarrant County College seeing the most.
Largest academic programs by enrollment Midwestern State University
Highest educational attainment
Midwestern State University North Central Texas College Texas Woman’s University Tarrant County College University of North Texas
Flower Mound
Highland Village
Argyle
Health professions and related programs: 1,234
Less than 9th grade Some high school High school graduate Some college, no degree Associate’s degree Bachelor’s degree Graduate or professional degree
1.4% 0.6% 0.9%
North Central Texas College
4,738
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities: 5,251
7,574
1.1% 1.8% 1.9%
36,264
2021
9,787
11.1% 11.9% 16.7%
32,450
Tarrant County College
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities: 28,887
4,598
16% 19.4% 15.7%
7,303
40,131
2022
9,687
Texas Woman’s University
6% 5.6% 1.5%
32,849
Health professions and related programs: 2,921
43% 41.4% 45.4%
4,309
7,543
University of North Texas
41,472
2023
21.4% 19.3%
17.9%
9,851
Business, management, marketing and related support services: 7,472
33,513
SOURCE: TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
SOURCE: TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD/COMMUNITY IMPACT
SOURCE: U.S. CENSUS BUREAU AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY 2022/COMMUNITY IMPACT
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