La. Tech reaches record enrollment for fall 2016 classes

RUSTON, La. - More students have enrolled at Louisiana Tech University this fall than at any time in its history.The university said in a news release Wednesday it had achieved a nearly 55 percent growth in first-time freshmen since fall of 2012.Louisiana Tech has enrolled 12,694 students for the fall quarter - a 2.3 percent increase over last year and eclipsing the previous record enrollment of 12,414 students set last fall.Along with the record number of students attending Louisiana Tech, the