Fastest-Growing Campuses, 2001-11
Liberty University, a Christian institution in Virginia with a mix of residential and online students, was the fastest-growing campus over all. Of the 20 fastest-growing public research institutions, six are in Texas.
| Rank for size of increase | Public research institutions | Enrollment, fall 2001 | Enrollment, fall 2011 | Increase |
| 1. | Texas Woman’s U. | 7,928 | 14,718 | 85.7% |
| 2. | City U. of New York Graduate Center | 3,703 | 6,782 | 83.2% |
| 3. | Texas A&M U. at Kingsville | 6,148 | 10,290 | 67.4% |
| 4. | U. of Alabama | 19,130 | 31,647 | 65.4% |
| 5. | U. of Central Florida | 35,850 | 58,465 | 63.1% |
| 6. | Arizona State U. | 45,693 | 72,254 | 58.1% |
| 7. | U. of Texas at Arlington | 21,180 | 33,439 | 57.9% |
| 8. | U. of Texas at San Antonio | 19,881 | 30,968 | 55.8% |
| 9. | Missouri U. of Science & Technology | 4,883 | 7,521 | 54.0% |
| 10. | U. of Texas at Dallas | 12,454 | 18,864 | 51.5% |
| 11. | U. of Colorado at Denver | 15,004 | 22,495 | 49.9% |
| 12. | Colorado School of Mines | 3,705 | 5,524 | 49.1% |
| 13. | U. of Arkansas | 15,752 | 23,199 | 47.3% |
| 14. | U. of California at Riverside | 14,429 | 20,900 | 44.9% |
| 15. | U. of Mississippi | 12,626 | 18,224 | 44.3% |
| 16. | Texas A&M U. at Commerce | 7,988 | 11,417 | 42.9% |
| 17. | Portland State U. | 20,024 | 28,584 | 42.8% |
| 18. | U. of Missouri at Columbia | 23,667 | 33,762 | 42.7% |
| 19. | East Carolina U. | 19,412 | 27,386 | 41.1% |
| 20. | Georgia Southern U. | 14,371 | 20,212 | 40.6% |
| Rank for size of increase | Private nonprofit research institutions | Enrollment, fall 2001 | Enrollment, fall 2011 | Increase |
| 1. | Benedictine U. | 2,700 | 7,013 | 159.7% |
| 2. | Regent U. | 2,689 | 5,568 | 107.1% |
| 3. | Florida Institute of Technology | 4,409 | 8,980 | 103.7% |
| 4. | Wilmington U. | 5,829 | 10,848 | 86.1% |
| 5. | Drexel U. | 13,546 | 24,860 | 83.5% |
| 6. | Nova Southeastern U. | 19,059 | 28,457 | 49.3% |
| 7. | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 3,887 | 5,778 | 48.7% |
| 8. | Polytechnic Institute of New York U. | 3,051 | 4,487 | 47.1% |
| 9. | Azusa Pacific U. | 6,835 | 9,929 | 45.3% |
| 10. | Biola U. | 4,317 | 6,251 | 44.8% |
| 11. | Rice U. | 4,367 | 6,224 | 42.5% |
| 12. | Trinity International U.-Illinois | 2,054 | 2,823 | 37.4% |
| 13. | New School | 7,867 | 10,797 | 37.2% |
| 14. | Immaculata U. | 3,170 | 4,306 | 35.8% |
| 15. | Georgetown U. | 12,688 | 17,130 | 35.0% |
| 16. | Carnegie Mellon U. | 8,588 | 11,531 | 34.3% |
| 17. | St. John Fisher College | 2,968 | 3,977 | 34.0% |
| 18. | Columbia U. | 19,710 | 26,050 | 32.2% |
| 19. | Saint Louis U. | 13,521 | 17,859 | 32.1% |
| 20. | Andrews U. | 2,721 | 3,547 | 30.4% |
| Rank for size of increase | Public master’s institutions | Enrollment, fall 2001 | Enrollment, fall 2011 | Increase |
| 1. | Florida Gulf Coast U. | 4,214 | 12,651 | 200.2% |
| 2. | Thomas Edison State College | 8,335 | 20,251 | 143.0% |
| 3. | Fort Hays State U. | 5,626 | 12,802 | 127.6% |
| 4. | Texas A&M International U. | 3,373 | 7,037 | 108.6% |
| 5. | Winston-Salem State U. | 2,992 | 6,163 | 106.0% |
| 6. | U. of Maryland University College | 22,233 | 42,713 | 92.1% |
| 7. | Troy U. | 13,660 | 26,172 | 91.6% |
| 8. | Arkansas Tech U. | 5,576 | 10,464 | 87.7% |
| 9. | Coastal Carolina U. | 4,965 | 9,084 | 83.0% |
| 10. | U. of Texas at Tyler | 3,728 | 6,696 | 79.6% |
| 11. | Kennesaw State U. | 13,940 | 24,175 | 73.4% |
| 12. | California State U.-Monterey Bay | 3,020 | 5,173 | 71.3% |
| 13. | U. of Arkansas at Monticello | 2,332 | 3,920 | 68.1% |
| 14. | Southern Polytechnic State U. | 3,552 | 5,784 | 62.8% |
| 15. | California U. of Pennsylvania | 5,948 | 9,483 | 59.4% |
| 16. | U. of Texas at Brownsville | 9,373 | 14,918 | 59.2% |
| 17. | U. of Texas of the Permian Basin | 2,409 | 3,831 | 59.0% |
| 18. | U. of North Carolina at Pembroke | 3,933 | 6,251 | 58.9% |
| 19. | California State U. at San Marcos | 6,496 | 10,276 | 58.2% |
| 20. | North Georgia College & State U. | 3,858 | 6,067 | 57.3% |
| Rank for size of increase | Private nonprofit master’s institutions | Enrollment, fall 2001 | Enrollment, fall 2011 | Increase |
| 1. | Liberty U. | 6,162 | 64,096 | 940.2% |
| 2. | Davenport U. | 2,127 | 11,707 | 450.4% |
| 3. | Bellevue U. | 3,923 | 10,304 | 162.7% |
| 4. | California Baptist U. | 2,090 | 5,413 | 159.0% |
| 5. | Southern New Hampshire U. | 5,584 | 11,851 | 112.2% |
| 6. | Columbia College | 8,564 | 18,091 | 111.2% |
| 7. | Belmont U. | 3,129 | 6,395 | 104.4% |
| 8. | Indiana Wesleyan U. | 7,929 | 15,872 | 100.2% |
| 9. | U. of New England | 2,837 | 5,587 | 96.9% |
| 10. | Mountain State U. | 2,525 | 4,743 | 87.8% |
| 11. | U. of the Incarnate Word | 4,283 | 7,782 | 81.7% |
| 12. | College of Saint Scholastica | 2,228 | 4,014 | 80.2% |
| 13. | Lindenwood U. | 6,446 | 11,483 | 78.1% |
| 14. | Fresno Pacific U. | 2,016 | 3,568 | 77.0% |
| 15. | Stevenson U. | 2,447 | 4,317 | 76.4% |
| 16. | U. of Tampa | 3,821 | 6,737 | 76.3% |
| 17. | Molloy College | 2,538 | 4,434 | 74.7% |
| 18. | Missouri Baptist U. | 3,105 | 5,186 | 67.0% |
| 19. | Shenandoah U. | 2,451 | 4,052 | 65.3% |
| 20. | Spring Arbor U. | 2,616 | 4,271 | 63.3% |
Note: Data are based on a total fall head count of full- and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. Percentages are rounded, but institutions are ranked based on unrounded figures. The table includes only institutions in the United States with at least 2,000 total students in 2001. Growth at some colleges reflects online-only students, who are not reported separately from students attending on the campus. The categories shown are based on those issued by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 2010.
Source: Chronicle analysis of U.S. Education Department data
Correction (8/21/2013, 2:40 p.m.; Updated, 3:43 p.m.): Because of errors in analysis, an earlier version of this table omitted more than 40 institutions that are among the fastest-growing. This new version of the table includes those colleges and drops others that fell in the rankings once the missing institutions were added. Cornell University was also dropped from the list because its 2001 enrollment figure did not reflect its full enrollment for that year.
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