A record 6,225 students are enrolled for spring semester at UTM, the fifth consecutive period the university has enrolled a record number of students. The enrollment tops the previous spring semester high of 5,811 students set in spring 2005. The spring figures resulted in two all-time records for graduate student and dual credit/concurrent student enrollment.

The 7 percent spring enrollment increase also is the largest enrollment percentage increase of any public university in the state, based on available preliminary figures. That follows a fall 2005 enrollment of 6,484, the largest ever at the university and the largest enrollment percentage increase of any public university in the state. All enrollment numbers are compiled and reported by the University’s Office of Institutional Research.

“This good news follows two recent positive reports from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission – one that noted UTM’s THEC Performance Funding score of 100 points was the highest of any four-year public institution,” said UTM Chancellor Nick Dunagan. The performance funding score rates institutional performance on selected measures of effectiveness.

“Even more significant is the analysis of the most recent Enrolled Student Survey which showed that UTM had the highest student satisfaction level of any four-year public institution in Tennessee,” he added.

The 2006 spring enrollment set an all-time record for graduate students, with 565, topping the previous record of 542 graduate students enrolled in fall 2005. The 2006 spring graduate student count is a 20.7 percent increase over the spring 2005 count of 468.

Also an all-time record was dual credit/concurrent enrollment at 468, besting the previous record of 356 set in fall 2005. The spring 2006 enrollment is a 33 percent increase over the spring 2005 figure of 353.

Spring 2006 undergraduate enrollment is 5,660, up 5.9 percent from spring 2005 enrollment of 5,343.

The full-time equivalency figure for spring 2006 is 5,443, a 4.4 percent increase over the spring 2005 number of 5,215. FTE is the total number of student-credit hours divided by 15 for undergraduate students and 12 for graduate students.

“This record spring semester enrollment is an example of the teamwork we are experiencing at UTM,” said Dunagan. “We value the trust we’ve been given by the thousands of students and parents from all over the world.”