COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
Higher education:
Public 4-year institutions . . . . . . . . . . 45
Public 2-year institutions . . . . . . . . . . 64
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit 52
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit 13
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit 4
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit 36
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Statewide higher-education board:
Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board
P.O. Box 12788
Austin 78711
(512) 427-6101
http://www. thecb.state.tx.us
Raymund A. Paredes, commissioner
Full-time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55.5%
Minority ..................... 45.3%
Foreign ....................... 3.8%
Proportion of enrollment made
up of minority students:
At public 4-year institutions. . . . . 44.1%
At public 2-year institutions. . . . . 47.9%
At private 4-year institutions . . . . 37.0%
At private 2-year institutions . . . . 64.3%
Degrees awarded:
Associate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43,785
Bachelor’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92,027
Master’s. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32,606
Doctorate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,203
Professional ................... 5,362
Residence of new students: State
residents made up 94% of all freshmen
enrolled in Texas in the fall of 2006
who had graduated from high school
in the previous year; 88% of all Texas
residents who were freshmen attended
college in their home state.
Test scores: Students averaged 1481
on the SAT, which was taken by an
estimated 52% of Texas’ high-school
seniors.
Graduation rates at 4-year
institutions:
All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.2%
Men . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47.0%
Women...................... 54.8%
MONEY
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions. . . . .$5,114
At public 2-year institutions. . . . .$1,370
At private 4-year institutions . . .$18,285
State funds for higher-education
operating expenses: $6,058,375,000
One-year change: Up 11.2%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants . . . . . . $410,916,000
Non-need-based grants. . . . . . . . . . . $0
Nongrant aid. . . . . . . . . . . $150,969,000
Total.................. $561,885,000
Total spending on research and
development by colleges
and universities: $3,270,728,000
Sources:
Federal government . . . . . . . . . . . 55.5%
State and local governments. . . . . 12.5%
Industry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5.5%
The institution itself. . . . . . . . . . . . 16.3%
Other. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.2%
Total federal spending on college-and university-based research and
development: $1,395,624,000
Selected programs:
Department of Health
and Human Services. . . . $997,237,000
National Science
Foundation. . . . . . . . . . . . . $94,687,000
Department of Defense . . $168,073,000
Department
of Agriculture . . . . . . . . . . $37,089,000
Department of Energy . . . . $38,496,000
National Aeronautics and
Space Administration. . . . $29,798,000
Largest endowment:
University of Texas
system. . . . . . . . . . . . . .$15,613,672,000
Top fund raisers:
University of Texas
at Austin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $228,758,600
Texas A&M University . . . $168,477,000
University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center
at Dallas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . $166,325,600
Private-college association:
Independent Colleges and Universities
of Texas
P.O. Box 13105
Austin 78711
(512) 472-9522
http://www.icut.org
Carol L. McDonald, president
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
CHAIRMAN (EDITOR 1966-97) Corbin Gwaltney EDITOR IN CHIEF Philip W. Semas
Institution censured by the AAUP:
Frank Phillips College
Institutions under NCAA sanctions:
Baylor University, Prairie View A&M
University, Texas Christian University,
Texas Southern University
FACULTY MEMBERS
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$104,050
Associate professor . . . . . . . . . . .$71,006
Assistant professor . . . . . . . . . . .$63,130
All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$74,252
Public master’s institutions:
Professor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$77,468
Associate professor . . . . . . . . . . .$63,012
Assistant professor . . . . . . . . . . .$54,786
All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$58,165
Private nonprofit doctoral
institutions:
Professor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$109,685
Associate professor . . . . . . . . . . .$76,332
Assistant professor . . . . . . . . . . .$70,291
All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$80,522
Private nonprofit master’s
institutions:
Professor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$81,270
Associate professor . . . . . . . . . . .$62,774
Assistant professor . . . . . . . . . . .$52,324
All . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$64,056
Other 4-year institutions:
Public. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$45,825
Private nonprofit . . . . . . . . . . . . .$52,210
2-year colleges:
Public. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$50,598
Private nonprofit . . . . . . . . . . . . $32,328
STUDENTS
Enrollment:
At public 4-year institutions. . . .546,949
At public 2-year institutions. . . .547,190
At private 4-year institutions . . .139,300
At private 2-year institutions . . . . 19,270
Undergraduate. . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,104,529
Graduate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127,435
Professional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20,745
American Indian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,671
Asian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65,059
Black . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156,044
Hispanic ....................339,190
White. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .637,680
Foreign ...................... 48,065
Total. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,252,709
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Enrollment highlights:
Women...................... 56.9%
Sources and notes
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