SAN ANTONIO – Texas State University announced the most diverse student body in the school's history on Wednesday.
The hike in registration is part of a record-setting enrollment of 36,790 students for the 2014 fall semester.
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The spike makes this the 17th consecutive year Texas State set a new record for total enrollment.
"We take seriously our role in preparing our state's future leader and workforce," said Texas State President Denise M. Trauth. "This steady growth tells us that students and their parents feel the same way."
Undergraduate admissions also reached a new student body record of 32,215, an increase of over 1,200 students.
This was driven in large by nearly a four percent increase of incoming freshman .
The freshman class includes 228 Pathways students simultaneously enrolled at Texas State and Austin Community College.