HCU Achieves Record Fall 2024 Enrollment Numbers

Houston Christian University (HCU) enrolled a record number of 4,276 students for the Fall 2024 semester, the highest total enrollment in the University's history. According to census data, the total included 701 freshmen and 186 transfer students, the largest transfer class in the last 6 years.

"Houston Christian University is proud to announce that we have reached the highest total enrollment in our history. We have experienced growth with our freshman and transfer students, as well as with our returning students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.

"It is through the significant efforts of our many faculty and staff as well as the good will of our alumni and community friends that HCU is making a difference in the lives of our students," said HCU President Robert Sloan.

Dr. James Steen, Vice President of Enrollment Management and Marketing, noted that not only did HCU experience the largest number of on-campus undergraduates, HCU's Pampell Global Campus enrolled a record 1,234 online students for the fall semester.

"Much of this growth was due in part to our donor-funded Grace Hopper Scholarship that fills gaps in student tuition for engineering majors and a remarkable 43 percent increase in our veteran population, as well as a significant increase in new incoming transfers year over year," said Dr. Steen.

The milestone enrollment figures were experienced despite unprecedented challenges with the FAFSA that colleges and universities across the U.S. experienced this past spring.

The positive enrollment figures reflect the impact of new and expanded enrollment strategies and plans for new facilities, programs and infrastructure to support growth goals in alignment with HCU's Institutional Strategic Plan 2030.

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For more than 60 years, Houston Christian University has equipped students to lead, collaborate, and embody a deep sense of spiritual purpose. The University offers a wide range of majors, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral degree programs, as well as NCAA Division I athletics in the Southland Conference. Located in the heart of one of the nation's largest metropolitan centers, HCU's culture of excellence molds the next generation of educated disciples to be pillars in their communities, preparing them to think critically and biblically as they impact the world.