Fall enrollment also included residents of 42 states other than Texas. Statistics compiled by Tom Bunch , registrar and vice-president for student services, indicate that 273 students transferred to Southwestern from other universities or colleges. The Adult Degree Program maintained its enrollment at 263. The fall enrollment followed a 10-year enrollment increase. Anderson identified this year's academic tightening as part of the university's strategic planning process.
Students are sometimes surprised at the friendliness of their Texas professors and classmates.
Additional 'quality of life' factors have been greatly increased by the addition of a full-time chaplain and dean of students.