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Edufacts™
August 2006
Most Texas college students go part-time
Ideally, students getting a college degree can devote all their time and attention to classes. Working through assignments semester by semester can be a tough job requiring all the energy a person has to offer. However, statistics show that going to school full-time is a luxury for many undergraduates in Texas; more than half take classes on a part-time basis. Why? Some may be holding a job as well as going to school; others may be looking for ways to keep expenses down.
About 36 percent of undergraduates in Texas took classes full-time for the entire year; nine percent took classes full-time for part of the year; and the majority — 55 percent — attended part-time. (Full-time students are defined as those who take 12 or more credit hours for at least nine months during the year.)
Full-time attendance is more prevalent at four-year institutions, where over one-half of undergraduates take a full load typically. At two-year institutions the story is quite different, however, with less than one quarter of students attending full-time.
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Source: State of Student Aid and Higher Education in Texas 2006
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TG is a public, nonprofit corporation that helps create access to higher education for millions of families and students through its role as an administrator of the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP). As a public service, TG provides Edufacts, a publication containing current information about education issues, on a monthly basis. Edufacts is one of the many ways in which TG promotes awareness of education issues, advising the public on national and state trends in education and student aid, and serving as a premier source of information.
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