Graduate Students by Load, Fall 1996 - Fall 2000


Included below is information about graduate enrollment by load (full-time and part-time). Two commonly used definitions of full-time enrollment are cited and displayed. One is used for the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), a federal data system. The second is for the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR).


IPEDS and Common Dataset:

Full-time = 9 or more credit hours

This definition is used for federal reporting (IPEDS) and for the Common Dataset, which typically is used by publishers and vendors of college guidebooks, databases, and college search software products. 
               TTU FALL ENROLLMENT: GRADUATE LEVEL

                  1996    1997    1998    1999    2000
                  ------------------------------------
   Full-Time       356     356     366     370     357
   Part-Time       710     764     946    1171    1177
                  ----    ----    ----    ----    ----
   Total          1066    1120    1312    1541    1534

   Percentage    
     Full-Time    33.4    31.8    27.9    24.0    23.3

Tennessee Board of Regents:

Full-Time = 12 or more credit hours

Enrollment reporting conventions for the Tennessee Board of Regents stipulate a standard definition of "12 or more credit hours" for a full-time load of graduate instruction. 
               TTU FALL ENROLLMENT: GRADUATE LEVEL

                  1996    1997    1998    1999    2000
                  ------------------------------------
   Full-Time       140     131     198     119     116
   Part-Time       926     989    1114    1422    1418
                  ----    ----    ----    ----    ----
   Total          1066    1120    1312    1541    1534

   Percentage       
     Full-Time    13.1    11.7    15.1     7.7     7.6


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