As classes resume and faculty and staff prepare for the fall semester, TLU is a bit busier this year with the largest incoming class ever now on campus. At more than 420 first-year students, the Class of 2023 is the largest, most diverse group the university has ever seen with 60 percent of students identifying as non-white.

The Office of Admissions and Marketing also received a record number 3,000 applications and admitted more Hispanic, African-American, and mixed-race students than white students for the first time ever. The university also continues to see an increase in first-generation applicants. Of the 3,000 admissions applications received for Fall 2019, 53 percent were submitted by students who identified as Hispanic.

YEAR-TO-YEAR DEMOGRAPHICS

CLASS OF 2023 FAST FACTS

• 50% received the TLU Promise Scholarship of $20,000 or more and every single incoming freshman received an academic scholarship of some sort.
• Top feeder high schools: Seguin, Canyon, Clemens, Steele, East Central, Lee, Cedar Creek, La Vernia, Marion, New Braunfels, San Marcos, Churchill, Hays, and Navarro.
• Top areas of academic interest: Accounting: 19, Athletic Training: 18, Biology: 22, Business Administration: 41, Education: 39, Kinesiology: 26, Pre-Med: 23, Nursing – 40, Psychology: 17, and Undecided: 22.
• Religious background: Catholic: 17%, Baptist: 11%, Lutheran: 10%, Unknown: 38%, Methodist: (15), Nondenominational: (31), Other: (11), and Church of Christ: (15).
• Academic Profile: 1080 SAT | 21 ACT | 3.72 GPA
• 42% are athletes

2019 OVERALL STUDENT BODY DEMOGRAPHICS

• White: 49.6%
• Hispanic: 37.1%
• Black, Non-Hispanic: 9.1%
• Unknown: 2.4%
• More Than 1 Race: 0.4%
• Native American: 0.2%
• Non-Resident: 0.2%

2019-2020 Peer Mentors