Fun Fact: Transfer students prefer UNT

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Fun Fact: Transfer students prefer UNT
Posted by: Carolyn Bobo

UNT has become a favorite for transfer students, thanks in part to its efforts to help them earn a degree. About 7,500 new students enrolled in Fall 2008. How many were transfers?

A. About one-third of the new enrollees, or 2,500
B. More than 50 percent: 3,800
C. Ten percent; 750
D. About 500

The correct answer is B: more than 50 percent of the new enrollees. The number of new students in Fall 2008 totaled 7,424, including 3,890 transfer students. Transfer students represented 52.4 percent of the new enrollees. The total fall enrollment was 34,796, a record-setting number for the eighth consecutive year. 
Enter to win a free UNT T-shirt gift pack by sending an e-mail to inhouse@unt.edu with “Transfer” in the subject line by 5 p.m. May 22. Winners will be selected at random from all entries.

Transfer students enroll at UNT in part because the university has established programs and services to help them succeed. In 2008, four-year transfer students have a 63.4 percent graduation rate, and two-year transfer students, a 26.8 graduation rate.
UNT's  expertise has not gone unnoticed. The university is ranked first in Texas and in the top 10 nationally for transfer students by U.S. News and World Report in the 2008 edition of "America’s Best Colleges."
UNT’s experience and institutional knowledge of transfer programs led it to establish the National Institute for the Study of Transfer Students and to host the first statewide Texas Transfer Success conference May 22 at Texas Motor Speedway. 
 
• Learn more about the conference.