 In fall 2002, university enrollment was 8,542, compared to 11,871 in fall 2012.Also in 2014, A&M–Commerce collaborated with the University of Texas at Tyler on a teacher residency program that was awarded $1.29 million by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.The university created the Texas Affordable Baccalaureate Program in 2014 as well; it is a competency-based degree that emphasizes organizational leadership and promises that an incoming student with no prior college credits can complete it in three years for no more than $15,000 total.