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Table 27

TEXAS

Full-time Law Enforcement Employees

by University and College, 2016

University/College Campus Student
enrollment1
Total law
enforcement
employees
Total
officers
Total
civilians
Abilene Christian University 4,544 15 14 1
Alamo Community College District 57,165 91 75 16
Alvin Community College 5,114 13 11 2
Amarillo College 9,936 12 11 1
Angelo State University 8,483 16 11 5
Austin College 1,255 7 6 1
Baylor Health Care System2 169 58 111
Baylor University Waco 16,787 56 36 20
Brookhaven College 10,553 26 16 10
Central Texas College 19,562 8 7 1
College of the Mainland 4,013 7 7 0
El Paso Community College 28,764 43 36 7
Grayson College 4,591 6 5 1
Hardin-Simmons University 2,112 8 7 1
Houston Baptist University 3,160 16 13 3
Houston Community College 56,522 111 72 39
Lamar University Beaumont 14,965 59 26 33
Laredo Community College 8,749 24 22 2
McLennan Community College 8,305 14 9 5
Midwestern State University 6,043 14 9 5
Mountain View College 8,539 12 12 0
North Lake College 9,871 25 24 1
Paris Junior College 4,999 4 4 0
Prairie View A&M University 8,315 24 19 5
Rice University 6,719 48 31 17
Southern Methodist University 11,643 37 29 8
South Plains College 9,126 6 6 0
Southwestern University 1,515 7 6 1
Stephen F. Austin State University 12,606 49 26 23
St. Mary's University 3,625 21 17 4
Sul Ross State University 2,967 10 8 2
Tarleton State University 12,330 19 15 4
Texas A&M International University 7,192 29 19 10
Texas A&M University: Central Texas 2,466 11 7 4
College Station 63,813 132 65 67
Commerce 12,928 31 20 11
Corpus Christi 11,661 32 17 15
Galveston2 10 9 1
Kingsville 9,207 21 16 5
San Antonio 4,564 18 12 6
Texas Christian University 10,323 56 32 24
Texas Southern University 8,965 76 31 45
Texas State Technical College: Harlingen2 13 10 3
Waco2 12 11 1
West Texas2 5 5 0
Texas State University San Marcos 37,979 46 33 13
Texas Tech University Lubbock 35,859 133 60 73
Texas Woman's University 15,286 45 16 29
Trinity University 2,438 26 18 8
Tyler Junior College 10,934 26 20 6
University of Houston: Central Campus 42,704 119 50 69
Clearlake 8,906 30 17 13
Downtown Campus 14,262 41 23 18
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor 3,898 15 12 3
University of North Texas: Denton 37,299 60 39 21
Health Science Center 2,382 21 12 9
University of Texas: Arlington 41,988 100 35 65
Austin 50,950 163 89 74
Brownsville 4,029 70 35 35
Dallas 24,554 70 27 43
El Paso 23,397 56 27 29
Health Science Center, Tyler2 29 8 21
Houston 5,115 356 96 260
Permian Basin 6,077 25 15 10
San Antonio 28,787 119 47 72
Southwestern Medical School 2,295 141 43 98
Tyler 8,785 29 12 17
West Texas A&M University 9,489 21 15 6
  • 1 The student enrollment figures provided by the United States Department of Education are for the 2015 school year, the most recent available. The enrollment figures include full-time and part-time students.
  • 2 Student enrollment figures were not available.

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