UTSA has hit a record enrollment of 32,405 students according to numbers shared by the university on Tuesday, a 2.1% increase from spring 2023.
The university hopes to increase enrollment to 41,000 by 2028.
Growth is happening at different levels across the institution, according to the university. Undergraduate enrollment, for example, grew by 2.7% while doctoral enrollment grew by 1.7%. Fully online programs grew by 20.6%, from 845 students in spring 2023 to 1,019 this year.
Semester credit hours also increased, meaning students are taking more classes in 2024, said Heather Shipley, interim provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, in a statement.
“These numbers tell a larger story of the positive impact of UTSA in our community,” Shipley said, “emphasizing our university’s commitment to fostering an environment where every student can thrive and successfully prepare for their chosen careers, as well as the evolving demands of the workforce.”
The news comes the same day the university announced that it spent more funds on research in the last fiscal year than ever before — $152.3 million, up 7.5% from $141.7 million in fiscal year 2022.
About $42 million of that was spent across UTSA’s 30 research centers within the Cybersecurity Manufacturing Innovation Institute, Brain Health Consortium, South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases, and Texas Sustainable Energy Research Institute, collectively accounting for 50.7% of that spending.
At the same time, faculty members and researchers received 198 awards during fiscal year 2023, totaling $42 million in new funding for the university, according to a press release shared Tuesday.
JoAnn Browning, UTSA interim vice president for research, said the investments have “created an environment that is attractive to nationally recognized researchers who want to leverage their innovation and expertise for the greater good.”
