Flower Mound - Highland Village - Argyle | October 2024

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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