August 18, 2014

Fastest-Growing Colleges, 2002-12

Only one research institution, Benedictine University, more than doubled in size over the 10-year period, but all the private nonprofit master’s institutions on the top-20 list did, and so did six of the public master’s institutions.

Rank for size of increase	Institution	Enrollment, fall 2002	Enrollment, fall 2012	Increase
	Public doctoral institutions
1.	City U. of New York Graduate Center *	3,874	6,812	75.8%
2.	Texas Woman’s U.	8,694	15,168	74.5%
3.	Texas A&M U. at Kingsville	6,556	11,350	73.1%
4.	U. of Alabama at Tuscaloosa	19,584	33,503	71.1%
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August 18, 2014

Fastest-Growing Colleges, 2002-12

Rank for size of increase	Institution	Enrollment, fall 2002	Enrollment, fall 2012	Increase
	Public doctoral institutions
1.	City U. of New York Graduate Center *	3,874	6,812	75.8%
2.	Texas Woman’s U.	8,694	15,168	74.5%
3.	Texas A&M U. at Kingsville	6,556	11,350	73.1%
4.	U. of Alabama at Tuscaloosa	19,584	33,503	71.1%
5.	Arizona State U.	47,359	73,378	54.9%
6.	U. of Central Florida	38,501	59,601	54.8%
7.	U. of Arkansas at Fayetteville	15,995	24,537	53.4%
8.	Colorado School of Mines	3,787	5,721	51.1%
9.	U. of Texas at Dallas	13,229	19,727	49.1%
10.	Missouri U. of Science and Technology	5,240	7,645	45.9%
11.	Lamar U.	9,802	14,289	45.8%
12.	U. of Colorado at Denver	15,596	22,396	43.6%
13.	U. of Mississippi	13,135	18,794	43.1%
14.	Sam Houston State U.	13,091	18,461	41.0%
15.	Oregon State U.	18,764	26,363	40.5%
16.	U. of Texas at Arlington	23,821	33,239	39.5%
17.	Texas A&M U. at Commerce	8,542	11,871	39.0%
18.	U. of North Carolina at Charlotte	18,916	26,232	38.7%
19.	Florida International U.	33,349	46,171	38.5%
20.	U. of Texas at San Antonio	22,016	30,474	38.4%
Rank for size of increase	Institution	Enrollment, fall 2002	Enrollment, fall 2012	Increase
	Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
1.	Benedictine U.	2,809	6,516	132.0%
2.	Wilmington U. (Del.)	6,597	12,581	90.7%
3.	Regent U.	3,120	5,635	80.6%
4.	Alliant International U. at San Diego	1,937	3,489	80.1%
5.	Drexel U.	16,345	25,500	56.0%
6.	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	3,837	5,957	55.3%
7.	Polytechnic Institute of New York U.	3,032	4,652	53.4%
8.	Spalding U.	1,702	2,515	47.8%
9.	California Institute of Integral Studies	941	1,350	43.5%
10.	Rice U.	4,633	6,484	40.0%
11.	Biola U.	4,535	6,303	39.0%
12.	Edgewood College	2,264	3,064	35.3%
13.	Georgetown U.	12,856	17,357	35.0%
14.	Azusa Pacific U.	7,693	10,184	32.4%
15.	Trevecca Nazarene U.	1,878	2,472	31.6%
16.	St. John Fisher College	3,067	4,008	30.7%
17.	U. of Southern California	30,682	39,958	30.2%
18.	New School	8,179	10,575	29.3%
19.	Maryville U. of Saint Louis	3,265	4,203	28.7%
20.	Columbia U.	20,583	26,471	28.6%
Rank for size of increase	Institution	Enrollment, fall 2002	Enrollment, fall 2012	Increase
	Public master’s institutions
1.	California State U.-Channel Islands	630	4,920	681.0%
2.	Florida Gulf Coast U.	5,109	13,445	163.2%
3.	U. of Washington at Bothell	1,636	4,172	155.0%
4.	U. of West Alabama	2,002	4,943	146.9%
5.	Thomas Edison State College	9,225	20,606	123.4%
6.	Fort Hays State U.	6,392	13,310	108.2%
7.	U. of Houston-Victoria	2,183	4,335	98.6%
8.	Texas A&M International U.	3,723	7,213	93.7%
9.	Arkansas Tech U.	5,855	10,950	87.0%
10.	U. of Washington at Tacoma	2,111	3,919	85.7%
11.	U. of Maryland University College	24,030	42,268	75.9%
12.	Southern Polytechnic State U.	3,683	6,202	68.4%
13.	Winston-Salem State U.	3,495	5,689	62.8%
14.	Eastern New Mexico U.	3,607	5,804	60.9%
15.	U. of Texas at Tyler	4,266	6,858	60.8%
16.	U. of Arkansas at Monticello	2,482	3,945	58.9%
17.	California State U.-Monterey Bay	3,551	5,609	58.0%
18.	Kennesaw State U.	15,650	24,604	57.2%
19.	Coastal Carolina U.	5,980	9,335	56.1%
20.	U. of North Georgia	4,175	6,413	53.6%
Rank for size of increase	Institution	Enrollment, fall 2002	Enrollment, fall 2012	Increase
	Private nonprofit master’s institutions
1.	Western Governors U.	676	41,369	6,019.7%
2.	Liberty U.	7,709	74,372	864.7%
3.	Bethel U. (Tenn.)	1,072	6,279	485.7%
4.	Davenport U.	2,214	10,697	383.2%
5.	Saint Joseph’s College (N.Y.)	1,198	5,616	368.8%
6.	Tiffin U.	1,533	6,920	351.4%
7.	Hodges U.	610	2,244	267.9%
8.	Baker U.	886	3,211	262.4%
9.	King College	733	2,342	219.5%
10.	Concordia U. Chicago	1,802	5,453	202.6%
11.	Southern New Hampshire U.	6,026	17,454	189.6%
12.	Concordia U. (Ore.)	1,091	3,111	185.2%
13.	California Baptist U.	2,165	6,031	178.6%
14.	Mount St. Mary’s College	1,210	3,146	160.0%
15.	U. of the Cumberlands	1,743	4,297	146.5%
16.	Keuka College	1,128	2,772	145.7%
17.	Bellevue U.	4,107	9,942	142.1%
18.	Endicott College	1,926	4,408	128.9%
19.	American International College	1,589	3,607	127.0%
20.	Concordia U. Texas	1,142	2,568	124.9%
Rank for size of increase	Institution	Enrollment, fall 2002	Enrollment, fall 2012	Increase
	Private baccalaureate institutions
1.	Keiser U. at Ft. Lauderdale	3,603	16,713	363.9%
2.	Mid-Continent U.	582	2,264	289.0%
3.	Mid-America Christian U.	680	2,606	283.2%
4.	Bryan College (Tenn.)	617	1,689	173.7%
5.	Notre Dame College (Ohio)	873	2,129	143.9%
6.	Brigham Young U.-Idaho	10,701	23,261	117.4%
7.	Morningside College	1,032	2,221	115.2%
8.	Bay Path College	1,107	2,370	114.1%
9.	Wiley College	666	1,401	110.4%
10.	Belmont Abbey College	883	1,706	93.2%
11.	Lasell College	1,041	1,980	90.2%
12.	Huntingdon College	594	1,118	88.2%
13.	Lane College	813	1,512	86.0%
14.	Elms College	849	1,576	85.6%
15.	Southeastern U. (Fla.)	1,458	2,703	85.4%
16.	Marian U. (Ind.)	1,427	2,580	80.8%
17.	Baker College of Jackson	1,392	2,499	79.5%
18.	Anderson U. (S.C.)	1,639	2,922	78.3%
19.	Adrian College	1,023	1,807	76.6%
20.	U. of Pikeville	1,201	2,032	69.2%
Rank for size of increase	Institution	Enrollment, fall 2002	Enrollment, fall 2012	Increase
	Public 2-year institutions
1.	River Parishes Community College	585	3,566	509.6%
2.	Northwest Louisiana Technical College at Minden	593	2,633	344.0%
3.	Bluegrass Community and Technical College	3,055	13,218	332.7%
4.	Northshore Technical College Sullivan Campus	766	3,111	306.1%
5.	Minnesota State Community and Technical College at Fergus Falls	1,739	6,786	290.2%
6.	Treasure Valley Community College	701	2,688	283.5%
7.	Acadiana Technical College	928	3,548	282.3%
8.	South Louisiana Community College	1,073	4,015	274.2%
9.	Saint Louis Community College at Forest Park	7,610	26,603	249.6%
10.	Metropolitan Community College Longview (Mo.)	5,802	20,141	247.1%
11.	West Georgia Technical College-Murphy Campus	1,930	6,645	244.3%
12.	L.E. Fletcher Technical Community College	788	2,502	217.5%
13.	Stark State College	5,178	15,655	202.3%
14.	Capital Area Technical College, Baton Rouge Campus	1,268	3,762	196.7%
15.	Maysville Community and Technical College	1,654	4,634	180.2%
16.	Arkansas State U.-Newport	743	2,043	175.0%
17.	Somerset Community College	2,961	7,878	166.1%
18.	Southern Maine Community College	2,850	7,574	165.8%
19.	South Central Louisiana Technical College-Young Memorial Campus	1,099	2,918	165.5%
20.	Western Oklahoma State College	2,047	5,263	157.1%
* The figure for the CIty University of New York Graduate Center includes enrollment at four administratively linked university programs: the CUNY Baccalaureate for Unique and Interdisciplinary Studies; the CUNY School of Professional Studies (including the Joseph S. Murphy Institute for Worker Education and Labor Studies); the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism; and Macaulay Honors College. Note: Data are based on a 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 U.S. degree-granting institutions with at least 500 students in 2002. Growth at some colleges reflects online-only students, who are not reported separately from students on campus. The categories shown are based on those issued by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching in 2010. The category of public two-year colleges does not include four-year colleges that grant primarily associate degrees. Two-year colleges that report enrollment on a system rather than campus basis were also excluded.
Source: Chronicle analysis of U.S. Department of Education data