Blinn College fall enrollment is the second highest since the pandemic

This podcast contains comments from the December 4, 2025 Blinn College trustees meeting.Blinn College trustees are told the final fall enrollment number is the second highest since the pandemic at 18,362. That's a district wide increase of 273 from the fall of 2024.Vice chancellor Becky McBride reported a 17 percent increase or 434 more high school dual credit students and a 13 percent increase or 264 more students at the home campus in Brenham.Chancellor Mary Hensley said in Brenham there were 60 more students in their engineering program, and Brenham students took advantage of new scholarships in athletics and e-sports.For the 11th straight fall, enrollment dropped at Blinn's campus in Bryan. The fall number in Bryan of 4,666 compares to 5,095 in 2024 and a high of more than 13,000 in 2014.Enrollment at Blinn's RELLIS campus location was nearly flat, with 30 more students compared with the fall of 2024.Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the December 4, 2025 Blinn College trustees meeting.