Victoria College is part of the South Texas Consortium for Institutional Research or STCIR.  The STCIR is comprised of public and private community and technical colleges and universities in the South Texas region.  Other members of the STCIR include:

Beeville - Coastal Bend College
Brownsville - University of Texas-Brownsville & Texas Southmost College
Corpus Christi - Del Mar College, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Edinburg - University of Texas Pan American
Harlingen - Texas State Technical College-Harlingen
Kingsville - Texas A&M-Kingsville
Laredo - Laredo Community College, Texas A&M International University
McAllen - South Texas Community College
San Antonio - Alamo Community College District, Our Lady of the Lake University, Palo Alto College, San Antonio College,
        St. Mary's University, St. Philips College, Trinity University, University of Texas-San Antonio
Uvalde - Southwest Texas Junior College
Victoria - University of Houston-Victoria, Victoria College

Recently the STCIR gathered and compared data for First-Time-in-College (FTIC) student enrollment. (Upper-level universities, such as UHV, were exempt from this comparison as none of their students are considered FTIC.)  Some findings of this exercise include the following:

• VC First-Time-In-College (FTIC) students are getting younger.  A local study comparing Fall 1994 to Fall 1998 First-Time-In-College students at 10 south Texas Community Colleges and Universities portrays the average age of FTIC students decreasing from 21.3 in Fall 1994 to 20.4 in Fall 1998.  The average age of VC FTIC students was 21.7 in Fall 1994 and 20.0 in Fall 1998.
• 60% of south Texas Fall 1998 First-Time-In-College (FTIC)students are enrolled in developmental education courses.   A local study comparing the percent of Fall 1998 FTIC students attending developmental courses at 8 south Texas Community Colleges and Universities resulted in Texas A&M International University with the lowest at 25%,  Texas Southmost College with the highest at 78%, while VC had 39% of its FTIC students attending DE courses.
• Hispanics make up the majority of First-Time-In-College (FTIC)students in south Texas Community Colleges and Universities.  A local study comparing the ethnic proportions of FTIC students at 10 institutions illustrates the overall proportion of Hispanics increasing from 61% in Fall 1994 to 68% in Fall 1998. In Fall 1998, Texas Southmost College had the highest proportion of FTIC Hispanic students with 97% and VC had the lowest with 29%.