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Texas A&M University has hit a record-high fall enrollment of 66,426 students, school officials announced today.

Of that figure, 60,979 students are on the College Station campus.

That makes it the largest in Texas by terms of enrollment.

Overall enrollment is up by nearly 3,000 students, including 2,464 just at the College Station campus.

Other figures from the report:

- This fall has a record-high enrollment of 15,647 Hispanic and African-American students

- The university has 5,907 international students enrolled

- The Corps of Cadets has 2,530 members this fall, the highest level since 1970. Two units were reactivated this year to accommodate the additional students

- The university maintained its record of having about one-quarter of freshman students be the first in their family to attend college

In May, the university awarded 15,302 degrees, a record as well.