Analysis has its limitations.Since 2001, we've presented to you in this annual analysis: a look at the enrollment growth among America's community colleges and other public, two-year postsecondary institutions. Like every such analysis, it has its limits. For growth, we consider only change over the most recently available two-year period, in this case from fall 2006 to fall 2007. Perhaps more significantly, for enrollment, we consider only students who are enrolled in courses that can accrue To increase; to augment; to come to by way of increase; to be added as an increase, profit, or damage. Acquired; falling due; made or executed; matured; occurred; received; vested; was created; was incurred. toward an associate degree, certificate or other formal award.Community colleges and other public, two-year institutions provide a far greater range of services than just courses which lead to degrees and certificates. They serve the citizens of their communities through a broad range of professional and personal development activities, including basic skills and advanced specialized spe·cial·ize v. spe·cial·ized, spe·cial·iz·ing, spe·cial·iz·es v.intr. 1. To pursue a special activity, occupation, or field of study. 2. vocational training, as well as English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. classes for recent immigrants. They serve lifelong learning Lifelong learning is the concept that "It's never too soon or too late for learning", a philosophy that has taken root in a whole host of different organisations. Lifelong learning is attitudinal; that one can and should be open to new ideas, decisions, skills or behaviors. needs for individuals with academic backgrounds ranging from high school non-completers to Ph.D. recipients. So why do we examine just degree/ certificate-seeking enrollments? It's simple: that's what's available in terms of national data, specifically the Fall Enrollment Survey of the IPEDS IPEDS Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System IPEDS Interactive Public Exhibits and Digital Signage data collection series administered by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES NCES National Center for Education Statistics NCES Net-Centric Enterprise Services (US DoD) NCES Network Centric Enterprise Services NCES Net Condition Event Systems ), a division of the U.S. Department of Education. NCES receives enrollment data from virtually every postsecondary institution in the U.S. and its protectorates. Their high response rate is stimulated stim·u·late v. stim·u·lat·ed, stim·u·lat·ing, stim·u·lates v.tr. 1. To rouse to activity or heightened action, as by spurring or goading; excite. See Synonyms at provoke. 2. by the potential penalty that institutions face for non-compliance. Specifically, they can lose their qualification for enrolling students who obtain federal financial aid. The IPEDS Enrollment Survey asks for fall semester se·mes·ter n. One of two divisions of 15 to 18 weeks each of an academic year. [German, from Latin (cursus) s enrollment and is collected during the spring semester. NCES administers the Web-based survey to more than 7,000 postsecondary institutions. When we conduct our analysis, we use a preliminary release file because not every institution that will eventually reply has yet done so. However, for the type of institutions that we include, the vast majority have responded. Through the fall enrollment survey, NCES asks institutions to report "all students enrolled in courses creditable toward a diploma, certificate, degree, or other formal award." That is, they do not currently collect enrollments related to "non-credit" instruction and other types of community college activities. Because non-credit instruction is a very large component of many public, two-year college missions, it is important to note that the survey does not reflect a large portion of many of these colleges' students. In our annual analysis, we restrict In the C programming language, the data pointed to by a pointer declared with the restrict qualifier may not be pointed to by any other pointer. This allows for more effective optimization. our attention to institutions that are "Title IV eligible," that is, those that are accredited accredited recognition by an appropriate authority that the performance of a particular institution has satisfied a prestated set of criteria. accredited herds cattle herds which have achieved a low level of reactors to, e.g. by either a regional or specialized postsecondary accreditation accreditation, n a process of formal recognition of a school or institution attesting to the required ability and performance in an area of education, training, or practice. agency. We also consider only those institutions located in the 50 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). , excluding institutions in Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (pwār`tō rē`kō), island (2005 est. pop. 3,917,000), 3,508 sq mi (9,086 sq km), West Indies, c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) SE of Miami, Fla. and other "outlying out·ly·ing adj. Relatively distant or remote from a center or middle: outlying regions. outlying Adjective far away from the main area Adj. 1. areas," such as American Samoa Samoa, island chain, SW Pacific Ocean Samoa, chain of volcanic islands in the South Pacific, comprising the independent nation of Samoa (formerly Western Samoa), and E of long. 171° W, the islands of American Samoa, under U.S. control. , Formosa Formosa, province, Argentina Formosa, province (1991 pop. 404,367), 27,825 sq mi (72,067 sq km), N Argentina. The city of Formosa is the capital. Formosa, former name for Taiwan Formosa: see Taiwan. , Guam Guam (gwäm), Chamorro Guåhan, the largest, most populous, and southernmost of the Mariana Islands (see also Northern Mariana Islands, an unincorporated territory of the United States (2005 est. pop. , etc. Finally, we exclude U.S. service academies, which typically offer courses in dispersed dis·perse v. dis·persed, dis·pers·ing, dis·pers·es v.tr. 1. a. To drive off or scatter in different directions: The police dispersed the crowd. b. locations across the globe. Our Criteria criteria (krītēr´ē  ),n. A significant number of the nation's community colleges now offer a limited set of baccalaureate degrees. Although these institutions are technically not two-year institutions, we include them in the analysis. Specifically, we continue a practice we started last year of including institutions that fall within the Carnegie Carnegie (kärnĕg`ē, kär`nəgē), borough (1990 pop. 9,278), Allegheny co., SW Pa., an industrial suburb of Pittsburgh; inc. 1894. A steel town, it has coal mines and plants that make chemicals and electrical equipment. Classification category of "Associates Colleges" even if they are four-year colleges by virtue of offering some baccalaureate degrees. Finally, we include only institutions that reported their enrollments for both the beginning (fall 2006) and ending (fall 2007) points of our one-year time frame. These criteria yielded a total of 1,153 colleges. Our criteria for selection include within the analysis pool a number of adult and career technical centers offering postsecondary degrees and certificates, which are associated with K- 12 school districts. Many of these centers are new to completing the IPEDS survey and so often change their reporting practices from one year to the next as they "learn the ropes." This is one reason why we often find some suspicious suspicious adjective Referring to the consideration of a particular disorder–eg, cancer, as a diagnostic possibility, as in 'suspicious for malignancy' growth cases when we first run the numbers (for example, a school that increases its enrollments by a factor of 3 or 4). We verify (1) To prove the correctness of data. (2) In data entry operations, to compare the keystrokes of a second operator with the data entered by the first operator to ensure that the data were typed in accurately. See validate. the data for these extreme cases by identifying corroborating sources. We contact individuals at these institutions, check their websites, or look at the data maintained by state and system offices that also survey the institutions regarding enrollment. If we find from these sources that numbers reported through the IPEDS survey are incorrect Incorrect means to not be correct and may also refer to:
During our verification See verify. verification - The process of determining whether or not the products of a given phase in the life-cycle fulfil a set of established requirements. search, we often find some interesting cases that draw our attention to some consequences of viewing enrollment growth in this fashion. In one such case, I asked a colleague at the Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges whether the reported growth for Clover Park Technical College Clover Park Technical College (CPTC) is located in Lakewood, Washington, in the United States, 42 miles south of Seattle. Each year 3,500 full-time and 18,000 part-time students enroll in
FTE Full-Time Employee FTE Full-Time Equivalency FTE Full Time Employment FTE Foundation for Teaching Economics FTE Full Time Enrollment FTE For the Enterprise (SQL) FTE Fund for Theological Education ) enrollments, as we college data folk often refer to them. This illustrates another caveat when reviewing these results. Not only do we consider only degree/certificate seeking students, but we count heads regardless of the course load taken. The bottom line on data integrity is that we do our best to weed weed, common term for any wild plant, particularly an undesired plant, growing in cultivated ground, where it competes with crop plants for soil nutrients and water. out obvious errors but we do not uncover every case. And even if the data are technically correct, they will not necessarily agree with enrollment counts you find on a specific college's website or when you contact an official at the college who may use different definitions. We measure growth in this analysis as a percent change between fall 2006 and fall 2007 enrollments. Because at smaller institutions relatively small numerical numerical expressed in numbers, i.e. Arabic numerals of 0 to 9 inclusive. numerical nomenclature a numerical code is used to indicate the words, or other alphabetical signals, intended. changes produce large percentage changes, we stratify strat·i·fy v. strat·i·fied, strat·i·fy·ing, strat·i·fies v.tr. 1. To form, arrange, or deposit in layers. 2. the lists by four categories of institutional size (fewer than 2,500; 2,500 to 4,999; 5,000 to 9,999; and 10,000 and more). As expected, the leading percentage increases are highest among the smallest size institutional category and lowest among the largest size institutional category. Overall Enrollment Trends Continuing a practice we started last year, we examine the overall trends in enrollment growth for this group of institutions first by comparing it to enrollment growth at other types of postsecondary institutions in the U.S. The first summary table (page 7) shows that the two types of institutions we include in this analysis--four-year colleges and universities that are classified as "associate level" and public, two-year institutions--account for just under one-fifth (18 percent) of all postsecondary institutions but enroll TO ENROLL. To register; to enter on the rolls of chancery, or other court's; to make a record. over one-third of all degree/certificate-seeking students (36 percent). Four-year institutions excluding the "associate's level" colleges account for more than twice as many institutions (41 percent of the total) but less than twice as many enrollments (60 percent of the total). The remaining institutions--private and proprietary two-year and all "less than two-year" institutions--comprise more than two-fifths of all institutions (42 percent) but enroll only four percent of degree/certificate-seeking students. This first summary table also shows that growth among our target group was similar to that among four-year institutions (2.6 percent compared to 2.9 percent) and that the largest growth (26.2 percent) occurred at the four-year associate's level institutions. Only about one-quarter of this growth is due to increased enrollments at these institutions. The majority of this growth is because there are more institutions that fall into this category this year compared to last year (44 as compared to 37). In other words Adv. 1. in other words - otherwise stated; "in other words, we are broke" put differently , seven additional public, two-year colleges added baccalaureate degrees to their offerings, moving them into this category. The second summary table relates to our stratification stratification (Lat.,=made in layers), layered structure formed by the deposition of sedimentary rocks. Changes between strata are interpreted as the result of fluctuations in the intensity and persistence of the depositional agent, e.g. of institutions by size. It shows that the group containing the largest number of institutions, nearly two-fifths (39 percent) of the total, is the group of colleges with the smallest enrollments (less than 2,500 students). However, due to their small size they enroll a far smaller portion of all students (8 percent). Conversely con·verse 1 intr.v. con·versed, con·vers·ing, con·vers·es 1. To engage in a spoken exchange of thoughts, ideas, or feelings; talk. See Synonyms at speak. 2. , the 16 percent of institutions that enroll 10,000 or more students accounts for over one-half (51 percent) of all enrollments. The two pie charts illustrate these inverse (mathematics) inverse - Given a function, f : D -> C, a function g : C -> D is called a left inverse for f if for all d in D, g (f d) = d and a right inverse if, for all c in C, f (g c) = c and an inverse if both conditions hold. proportions in number of institutions compared to proportion of total enrollments by size category. The number of institutions in the largest size category experienced the highest growth rate. Again, this is only partly due to enrollment growth at these institutions. It is also due to the addition to this category of six more institution as growth pushed them over the 10,000-student threshold The point at which a signal (voltage, current, etc.) is perceived as valid. . Finally, we include in this analysis a set of trend charts that depict de·pict tr.v. de·pict·ed, de·pict·ing, de·picts 1. To represent in a picture or sculpture. 2. To represent in words; describe. See Synonyms at represent. the change in number of institutions and enrollments by size category over the past 10 years. There are two notable findings in these charts. First, the most notable growth in degree/certificate-seeking enrollments occurred at large institutions between the years 1999 and 2002. At the same time, there was a concurrent At the same time. It implies that multiple processes are taking place simultaneously. See concurrent operation. decrease in the number of institutions in the smallest category, although this was accompanied ac·com·pa·ny v. ac·com·pa·nied, ac·com·pa·ny·ing, ac·com·pa·nies v.tr. 1. To be or go with as a companion. 2. by only a small decline in enrollments at these small institutions. This suggests that the smallest among these institutions left the pool, either through closings or, perhaps more likely, through mergers. Aside from these rather large changes, the trend charts also place into historical perspective this year's increases. This past year's growth in enrollments among the largest institutions is close to the size of increases witnessed during the "boom years" of the late 1990s. In closing, I noted earlier that a total of 1,153 public, two-year and public, four-year associate's level colleges entered into this analysis. The 200 institutions featured in these Fastest-Growing lists represent 17 percent of those 1,153 insitutions. It might also be of interest to note that the majority (826 or 72 percent) of institutions grew. These growing institutions averaged a 5.4 percent increase in enrollment. Two of the remaining institutions remained the exact same size, leaving 325 that experienced some level of decrease. These institutions averaged a 5.2 percent decline in enrollments, although the decreases varied widely, from as small as 0.025 percent to a near 60 percent decline. The increases outpaced the declines, yielding the 2.6 percent overall increase in enrollments among these community and other public, two-year colleges. Victor M.H. Borden Bor·den , Gail 1801-1874. American surveyor and inventor who developed condensed milk (1853) and other food products. Borden, Lizzie Andrew 1860-1927. is associate vice president, Indiana University Indiana University, main campus at Bloomington; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1820 as a seminary, opened 1824. It became a college in 1828 and a university in 1838. The medical center (run jointly with Purdue Univ. and associate professor of psychology, Indiana University Purdue University Purdue University (pərdy  `, -d`), main campus at West Lafayette, Ind. Indianapolis Indianapolis (ĭn'dēənă`pəlĭs), city (1990 pop. 731,327), state capital and seat of Marion co., central Ind., on the White River; selected 1820 as the site of the state capital (which was moved there in 1825), inc. 1847. .
An Overview
Number of Public, Two-Year and "Associates" Four-Year
Colleges and Award Program Enrollments by Size Category
Fall 2007
Institutions
Fall 2006
Percent
Size Group Number of Total Enrollment
< 2,500 462 39 548,052
2,500-4,999 273 23 1,031,714
5,000 - 9,999 248 21 1,739,608
10,000 + 190 16 3,220,845
Total 1,173 100 6,540,219
Fall 2007 Enrollment
Percent Percent
Size Group Enrollment of Total Change
< 2,500 547,230 8 -0.1
2,500-4,999 1,013,769 15 -1.7
5,000 - 9,999 1,753,528 26 0.8
10,000 + 3,394,176 51 5.4
Total 6,708,703 100 2.6
Note. Includes only institutions eligible for Title IV funding
that are located in the 50 states or the District of Columbia
and excludes service academies and institutions.
SOURCE: COMMUNITY COLLEGE WEEK ANALYSIS OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION DATA (IPEDS)
Postsecondary Enrollments by Institutional Sector
Fall 2007 Institutions
Fall 2006
Percent
Sector Number of Total Enrollment
Public, 2-yr & 4-yr
"Associates" * 1,173 18 6,540,219
Public, 4-Year
"Associates" 44 0.7 264,790
Public, 2-year 1,129 17 6,275,429
Other Four-Year 2,637 41 10,962,421
Public 605 9 6,678,067
Private, nonprofit 1,544 24 3,474,179
Private, for-profit 488 8 810,175
Other Two-Year 1,031 16 373,909
Private, nonprofit 180 3 54,937
Private, for-profit 851 13 318,972
Less Than Two-Year 1,663 26 313,906
Public 217 3 50,431
Private, nonprofit 85 1 13,769
Private, for-profit 1,361 21 249,706
Total 6,504 100 18,190,455
Fall 2007 Enrollment
Percent Percent
Sector Enrollment of Total Chg.
Public, 2-yr & 4-yr
"Associates" * 6,708,703 36 2.6
Public, 4-Year
"Associates" 334,149 2 26.2
Public, 2-year 6,374,554 34 1.6
Other Four-Year 11,281,006 60 2.9
Public 6,817,263 37 2.1
Private, nonprofit 3,537,870 19 1.8
Private, for-profit 925,873 5 14.3
Other Two-Year 365,941 2 -2.1
Private, nonprofit 44,843 0 -18.4
Private, for-profit 321,098 2 0.7
Less Than Two-Year 299,763 2 -4.5
Public 54,598 0 8.3
Private, nonprofit 12,349 0 -10.3
Private, for-profit 232,816 1 -6.8
Total 18,655,413 100 2.6
Notes. Includes only institutions eligible for Title IV funding
that are located in the 50 states or the District of
Columbia and excludes service academies and institutions.
* This category includes both public, two-year institutions as well
as institutions that are classified as public, four-year, but are
also considered as "Associates Colleges" due to low percentage of
bachelor's degrees conferred (10 percent or less).
TOP 50
Fastest-Growing
Public Two-Year Colleges
Enrollments < 2,500 Students
Ranked by percent change in headcount
Fall Fall
Rank/Institution State 2006 2007
Enroll. Enroll.
1 Louisiana Technical
College-West
Jefferson Campus La. 180 564
2 Louisiana Technical
College-Florida
Parishes La. 347 618
3 Louisiana Technical
College-Jumonville
Memorial La. 140 203
4 Louisiana Technical
College-Hammond
Area Campus La. 249 344
5 Kiamichi Technology
Center-Talihina Okla. 49 67
6 Great Plains
Technology Center Okla. 265 360
6 Louisiana Technical
College-Bastrop Campus La. 162 220
8 Nunez Community College La. 1064 1442
8 Tennessee Technology
Center at Hartsville Tenn. 152 206
8 Marion Military Institute Ala. 293 397
11 Sheridan Technical Center Fla. 1262 1683
12 Wichita Area Technical
College Kan. 693 924
13 New Mexico State
University-Alamogordo N.M. 1897 2512
14 Kiamichi Technology
Center-Spiro Okla. 69 91
15 Rolla Technical Institute Mo. 193 253
16 Tennessee Technology
Center at Jackson Tenn. 332 435
17 Louisiana Technical
College-Ascension
Campus La. 259 336
18 McFatter Technical Center Fla. 767 994
19 Lee County High Tech
Center Central Fla. 538 695
20 Louisiana Technical
College-Delta-
Ouachita Campus La. 589 758
21 Louisiana Technical
College-Sullivan Campus La. 854 1080
22 Tennessee Technology
Center at Covington Tenn. 158 199
23 University of South
Carolina-Lancaster S.C. 1195 1502
24 Kiamichi Technology
Center-Idabel Okla. 253 316
25 Eastern Maine Community
College Maine 1543 1923
26 Flint Hills Technical
College Kan. 387 481
26 Louisiana Technical
College-Tallulah Campus La. 338 420
28 Northeast Kansas
Technical College Kan. 294 364
29 East Central Technical
College Ga. 1096 1356
30 Toledo School of
Practical Nursing Ohio 251 309
31 Leech Lake Tribal College Minn. 198 243
31 Louisiana Technical
College-River Parishes
Campus La. 599 735
33 Louisiana Technical
College-Oakdale Campus La. 253 310
34 South Arkansas
Community College Ark. 1078 1319
34 Louisiana Technical
College-Huey P Long
Campus La. 170 208
36 Chief Dull Knife College Mont. 359 437
37 Louisiana Technical
College-Northwest
Louisiana Campus La. 610 741
37 South Louisiana Community
College La. 2424 2944
39 Somerset County
Technology Institute N.J. 480 581
40 O.C. Collins Career Center Ohio 408 492
40 Coahoma Community College Miss. 1838 2216
42 Manatee Technical Institute Fla. 1169 1407
43 Nebraska College of
Technical Agriculture Neb. 272 327
43 Eastern Wyoming College Wyo. 1252 1505
45 New River Community and
Technical College W.Va. 1861 2232
46 Bellingham Technical
College Wash. 2417 2896
47 South Georgia College Ga. 1465 1754
47 University of Montana-
Helena College of
Technology Mont. 889 1064
49 Tennessee Technology
Center at Whiteville Tenn. 134 160
50 Richmond Community College N.C. 1510 1799
Percent
Rank/Institution Change Change
1 Louisiana Technical
College-West
Jefferson Campus 384 213.3
2 Louisiana Technical
College-Florida
Parishes 271 78.1
3 Louisiana Technical
College-Jumonville
Memorial 63 45.0
4 Louisiana Technical
College-Hammond
Area Campus 95 38.2
5 Kiamichi Technology
Center-Talihina 18 36.7
6 Great Plains
Technology Center 95 35.8
6 Louisiana Technical
College-Bastrop Campus 58 35.8
8 Nunez Community College 378 35.5
8 Tennessee Technology
Center at Hartsville 54 35.5
8 Marion Military Institute 104 35.5
11 Sheridan Technical Center 421 33.4
12 Wichita Area Technical
College 231 33.3
13 New Mexico State
University-Alamogordo 615 32.4
14 Kiamichi Technology
Center-Spiro 22 31.9
15 Rolla Technical Institute 60 31.1
16 Tennessee Technology
Center at Jackson 103 31.0
17 Louisiana Technical
College-Ascension
Campus 77 29.7
18 McFatter Technical Center 227 29.6
19 Lee County High Tech
Center Central 157 29.2
20 Louisiana Technical
College-Delta-
Ouachita Campus 169 28.7
21 Louisiana Technical
College-Sullivan Campus 226 26.5
22 Tennessee Technology
Center at Covington 41 25.9
23 University of South
Carolina-Lancaster 307 25.7
24 Kiamichi Technology
Center-Idabel 63 24.9
25 Eastern Maine Community
College 380 24.6
26 Flint Hills Technical
College 94 24.3
26 Louisiana Technical
College-Tallulah Campus 82 24.3
28 Northeast Kansas
Technical College 70 23.8
29 East Central Technical
College 260 23.7
30 Toledo School of
Practical Nursing 58 23.1
31 Leech Lake Tribal College 45 22.7
31 Louisiana Technical
College-River Parishes
Campus 136 22.7
33 Louisiana Technical
College-Oakdale Campus 57 22.5
34 South Arkansas
Community College 241 22.4
34 Louisiana Technical
College-Huey P Long
Campus 38 22.4
36 Chief Dull Knife College 78 21.7
37 Louisiana Technical
College-Northwest
Louisiana Campus 131 21.5
37 South Louisiana Community
College 520 21.5
39 Somerset County
Technology Institute 101 21.0
40 O.C. Collins Career Center 84 20.6
40 Coahoma Community College 378 20.6
42 Manatee Technical Institute 238 20.4
43 Nebraska College of
Technical Agriculture 55 20.2
43 Eastern Wyoming College 253 20.2
45 New River Community and
Technical College 371 19.9
46 Bellingham Technical
College 479 19.8
47 South Georgia College 289 19.7
47 University of Montana-
Helena College of
Technology 175 19.7
49 Tennessee Technology
Center at Whiteville 26 19.4
50 Richmond Community College 289 19.1
SOURCE: COMMUNITY COLLEGE WEEK ANALYSIS OF U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION DATA
TOP 50
Fastest-Growing
Public Two-Year
Colleges
Enrollments 2,500-4,999
Ranked by percent change in headcount
Fall Fall
2006 2007
Rank/Institution State Enroll. Enroll.
1 Bowling Green
Technical College Ky. 3562 4953
2 El Camino College-
Compton Center Calif. 2750 3641
3 Community College
of Beaver County Pa. 2516 3194
4 Griffin Technical College Ga. 3287 4032
5 Gaston College N.C. 4773 5718
6 Berkeley City College Calif. 4452 5287
7 Davidson County N.C. 2881 3399
Community College
8 West Central Technical
College Ga. 3010 3530
9 Ashland Community and
Technical College Ky. 4014 4675
10 Texas State Technical
College-Harlingen Texas 4281 4957
11 Delaware Technical and
Community College-Terry Del. 2744 3161
12 Central Lakes College-
Brainerd Minn. 2912 3343
13 Ivy Tech Community
College-Bloomington Ind. 3966 4530
14 Centralia College Wash. 3205 3652
15 New River Community College Va. 4029 4586
16 Crowder College Mo. 2930 3317
17 New Mexico Junior College N.M. 2656 3001
18 Middle Georgia College Ga. 3051 3444
19 Whatcom Community College Wash. 3658 4127
20 Gwinnett Technical College Ga. 4253 4789
20 Mid Michigan Community
College Mich. 3480 3918
22 Hazard Community and
Technical College Ky. 3970 4457
23 Central Carolina
Technical College S.C. 2931 3283
24 Northland Pioneer College Ariz. 4188 4686
24 Temple College Texas 4279 4787
26 York Technical College S.C. 4263 4731
27 Howard College Texas 3006 3329
28 Middle Georgia Technical
College Ga. 2577 2851
28 Elizabethtown Community
and Technical College Ky. 4980 5506
30 Georgia Highlands College Ga. 3933 4346
31 Bates Technical College Wash. 4947 5463
32 West Virginia Northern
Community College W.Va. 2844 3128
33 Tri-County Technical
College S.C. 4753 5223
34 Cedar Valley College Texas 4404 4834
35 Texarkana College Texas 4045 4439
36 Rappahannock Community
College Va. 2930 3206
37 Kilgore College Texas 4715 5150
37 Madisonville Community
College Ky. 3997 4363
39 Metropolitan Community
College-Blue River Mo. 2651 2892
40 CUNY Hostos Community
College N.Y. 4697 5112
41 Wor-Wic Community College Md. 3036 3298
41 College of the Siskiyous Calif. 2561 2782
41 James H. Faulkner State
Community College Ala. 3327 3612
44 Northeastern Junior
College Colo. 2537 2751
44 George C. Wallace Community
College-Dothan Ala. 3420 3707
44 Jefferson College Mo. 4490 4865
47 Maysville Community and
Technical College Ky. 3351 3630
47 Columbus Technical College Ga. 3327 3604
47 North Idaho College Ind. 4293 4650
49 Moberly Area Community
College Mo. 3710 4009
49 Coming Community College N.Y. 4694 5072
Percent
Rank/Institution Change Change
1 Bowling Green
Technical College 1391 39.1
2 El Camino College-
Compton Center 891 32.4
3 Community College
of Beaver County 678 26.9
4 Griffin Technical College 745 22.7
5 Gaston College 945 19.8
6 Berkeley City College 835 18.8
7 Davidson County 518 18.0
Community College
8 West Central Technical
College 520 17.3
9 Ashland Community and
Technical College 661 16.5
10 Texas State Technical
College-Harlingen 676 15.8
11 Delaware Technical and
Community College-Terry 417 15.2
12 Central Lakes College-
Brainerd 431 14.8
13 Ivy Tech Community
College-Bloomington 564 14.2
14 Centralia College 447 13.9
15 New River Community College 557 13.8
16 Crowder College 387 13.2
17 New Mexico Junior College 345 13.0
18 Middle Georgia College 393 12.9
19 Whatcom Community College 469 12.8
20 Gwinnett Technical College 536 12.6
20 Mid Michigan Community
College 438 12.6
22 Hazard Community and
Technical College 487 12.3
23 Central Carolina
Technical College 352 12.0
24 Northland Pioneer College 498 11.9
24 Temple College 508 11.9
26 York Technical College 468 11.0
27 Howard College 323 10.7
28 Middle Georgia Technical
College 274 10.6
28 Elizabethtown Community
and Technical College 526 10.6
30 Georgia Highlands College 413 10.5
31 Bates Technical College 516 10.4
32 West Virginia Northern
Community College 284 10.0
33 Tri-County Technical
College 470 9.9
34 Cedar Valley College 430 9.8
35 Texarkana College 394 9.7
36 Rappahannock Community
College 276 9.4
37 Kilgore College 435 9.2
37 Madisonville Community
College 366 9.2
39 Metropolitan Community
College-Blue River 241 9.1
40 CUNY Hostos Community
College 415 8.8
41 Wor-Wic Community College 262 8.6
41 College of the Siskiyous 221 8.6
41 James H. Faulkner State
Community College 285 8.6
44 Northeastern Junior
College 214 8.4
44 George C. Wallace Community
College-Dothan 287 8.4
44 Jefferson College 375 8.4
47 Maysville Community and
Technical College 279 8.3
47 Columbus Technical College 277 8.3
47 North Idaho College 357 8.3
49 Moberly Area Community
College 299 8.1
49 Coming Community College 378 8.1
SOURCE: COMMUNITY COLLEGE WEEK ANALYSIS OF U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION DATA
TOP 50
Fastest-Growing
Public Two-Year
Colleges
Enrollments 5,000-9,999
Ranked by percent change in headcount
Fall Fall
2006 2007
Rank/Institution State Enroll. Enroll.
1 Clover Park Technical
College Wash. 7743 9829
2 Coastline Community College Calif. 7776 9316
3 City Colleges of Chicago-
Kennedy-King College Ill. 5179 6140
4 Forsyth Technical
Community College N.C. 6180 7276
5 Los Angeles Mission College Calif. 7251 8493
6 Gavilan College Calif. 5185 6049
7 Folsom Lake College Calif. 7115 8193
8 West Los Angeles College Calif. 8680 9975
9 Germanna Community College Va. 5167 5899
10 Harrisburg Area Community
College-Lancaster Pa. 5588 6333
11 Onondaga Community College N.Y. 9394 10637
12 Polk Community College Fla. 6872 7757
12 NorthWest Arkansas
Community College Ark. 5732 6470
14 John Tyler Community
College Va. 7165 8082
14 West Valley College Calif. 9940 11210
16 New Mexico State
University-Dona Ana N.M. 6921 7803
16 Moraine Park Technical
College Wis. 6601 7440
18 Itawamba Community College Miss. 5213 5871
18 Northwest Mississippi Miss. 6305 7097
Community College
18 Somerset Community College Ky. 6317 7110
21 Ivy Tech Community
College-Northeast Ind. 5949 6642
22 Gainesville State College Ga. 6717 7474
23 Clackamas Community College Ore. 5976 6613
24 Mohave Community College Ariz. 5317 5879
25 Quinsigamond Community
College Mass. 6022 6654
25 Minneapolis Community and
Technical College Minn. 8316 9188
27 San Diego Miramar College Calif. 9643 10650
28 Vincennes University Ind. 9769 10750
29 San Juan College N.M. 6366 6991
30 Yuba College Calif. 9060 9904
31 Lee College Texas 5361 5856
32 Chandler/Gilbert
Community College Ariz. 9420 10277
33 Manatee Community College Fla. 9080 9869
34 El Centro College Texas 6157 6680
35 Stark State College of
Technology Ohio 7611 8238
36 Burlington County College N.J. 7797 8432
37 Northwest Vista College Texas 9568 10329
38 Rockland Community College N.Y. 6171 6653
38 Baton Rouge Community
College La. 6525 7031
40 Gateway Technical College Wis. 7048 7586
41 Everett Community College Wash. 7141 7674
42 Red Rocks Community College Colo. 6727 7223
43 Inver Hills Community
College Minn. 5345 5736
43 Guilford Technical
Community College N.C. 9851 10571
45 Bunker Hill Community
College Mass. 8212 8806
46 Los Medanos College Calif. 7809 8360
47 Las Positas College Calif. 7499 8024
48 Pasco-Hernando Community
College Fla. 7547 8065
49 Columbia Basin College Wash. 5985 6393
49 Mt. Hood Community College Ore. 7105 7588
49 Spokane Falls Community
College Wash. 9011 9623
49 John C. Calhoun State
Community College Ala. 8538 9117
Percent
Rank/Institution Change Change
1 Clover Park Technical
College 2086 26.9
2 Coastline Community College 1540 19.8
3 City Colleges of Chicago-
Kennedy-King College 961 18.6
4 Forsyth Technical
Community College 1096 17.7
5 Los Angeles Mission College 1242 17.1
6 Gavilan College 864 16.7
7 Folsom Lake College 1078 15.2
8 West Los Angeles College 1295 14.9
9 Germanna Community College 732 14.2
10 Harrisburg Area Community
College-Lancaster 745 13.3
11 Onondaga Community College 1243 13.2
12 Polk Community College 885 12.9
12 NorthWest Arkansas
Community College 738 12.9
14 John Tyler Community
College 917 12.8
14 West Valley College 1270 12.8
16 New Mexico State
University-Dona Ana 882 12.7
16 Moraine Park Technical
College 839 12.7
18 Itawamba Community College 658 12.6
18 Northwest Mississippi 792 12.6
Community College
18 Somerset Community College 793 12.6
21 Ivy Tech Community
College-Northeast 693 11.6
22 Gainesville State College 757 11.3
23 Clackamas Community College 637 10.7
24 Mohave Community College 562 10.6
25 Quinsigamond Community
College 632 10.5
25 Minneapolis Community and
Technical College 872 10.5
27 San Diego Miramar College 1007 10.4
28 Vincennes University 981 10.0
29 San Juan College 625 9.8
30 Yuba College 844 9.3
31 Lee College 495 9.2
32 Chandler/Gilbert
Community College 857 9.1
33 Manatee Community College 789 8.7
34 El Centro College 523 8.5
35 Stark State College of
Technology 627 8.2
36 Burlington County College 635 8.1
37 Northwest Vista College 761 8.0
38 Rockland Community College 482 7.8
38 Baton Rouge Community
College 506 7.8
40 Gateway Technical College 538 7.6
41 Everett Community College 533 7.5
42 Red Rocks Community College 496 7.4
43 Inver Hills Community
College 391 7.3
43 Guilford Technical
Community College 720 7.3
45 Bunker Hill Community
College 594 7.2
46 Los Medanos College 551 7.1
47 Las Positas College 525 7.0
48 Pasco-Hernando Community
College 518 6.9
49 Columbia Basin College 408 6.8
49 Mt. Hood Community College 483 6.8
49 Spokane Falls Community
College 612 6.8
49 John C. Calhoun State
Community College 579 6.8
SOURCE: COMMUNITY COLLEGE WEEK ANALYSIS OF U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION DATA
TOP 50
Fastest-Growing
Public Two-Year
Colleges
Enrollments 10,000 or Higher
Ranked by percent change in headcount
Fall Fall
2006 2007
Rank/Institution State Enroll. Enroll.
1 Ivy Tech Community
College-Central Indiana Ind. 11189 13439
2 Mt. San Jacinto Community
College District Calif. 12493 14197
3 Daytona Beach Community
College Fla. 12064 13675
4 Santiago Canyon College
5 Indian River Community Calif. 12462 14085
College Fla. 13270 14932
6 Delgado Community College La. 11916 13210
7 Los Angeles City College Calif. 15654 17204
8 Bakersfield College Calif. 15850 17405
9 Florida Community
College at Jacksonville Fla. 22732 24939
10 Antelope Valley College Calif. 12156 13312
11 Schoolcraft College Mich. 11105 12148
11 Seminole Community College Fla. 11655 12745
13 Henry Ford Community
College Mich. 12812 13983
13 Tarrant County College
District Texas 34777 37948
15 San Joaquin Delta College Calif. 17121 18668
16 Sacramento City College Calif. 22615 24596
17 Des Moines Area Community
College Iowa 16853 18320
17 Valencia Community College Fla. 30245 32870
19 Long Beach City College Calif. 23509 25536
20 Edison College Fla. 10474 11369
21 Pikes Peak Community College Colo. 10526 11407
22 Cosumnes River College Calif. 11977 12967
23 Tallahassee Community College Fla. 12732 13776
24 Northern Virginia
Community College Va. 38166 41266
25 Brookhaven College Texas 10269 11059
25 Orange Coast College Calif. 22680 24424
25 Merced College Calif. 10116 10890
28 Georgia Perimeter College Ga. 19955 21473
29 South Texas College Texas 18460 19827
30 Ventura College Calif. 11757 12603
31 Foothill College Calif. 16936 18132
32 Glendale Community College Calif. 15727 16827
33 Allan Hancock College Calif. 12321 13176
33 CUNY La Guardia Community
College N.Y. 14185 15169
35 Community College of
Southern Nevada Nev. 35414 37758
36 Wayne County Community
College District Mich. 19265 20504
37 Cabrillo College Calif. 14217 15114
38 Hillsborough Community
College Fla. 21293 22621
38 San Bernardino Valley College Calif. 12090 12839
40 Palm Beach Community College Fla. 21563 22881
41 Brevard Community College Fla. 13670 14496
41 American River College Calif. 31908 33821
41 El Camino Community College
District Calif. 23488 24895
44 Owens Community College Ohio 18739 19853
45 Santa Fe Community College Fla. 14012 14824
46 Miami Dade College Fla. 51329 54094
46 Cypress College Calif. 12898 13592
48 Truckee Meadows Community
College Nev. 11556 12166
49 Jefferson Community and
Technical College Ky. 14707 15475
49 Richland College Texas 14555 15311
Percent
Rank/Institution Change Change
1 Ivy Tech Community
College-Central Indiana 2250 20.1
2 Mt. San Jacinto Community
College District 1704 13.6
3 Daytona Beach Community
College 1611 13.4
4 Santiago Canyon College
5 Indian River Community 1623 13.0
College 1662 12.5
6 Delgado Community College 1294 10.9
7 Los Angeles City College 1550 9.9
8 Bakersfield College 1555 9.8
9 Florida Community
College at Jacksonville 2207 9.7
10 Antelope Valley College 1156 9.5
11 Schoolcraft College 1043 9.4
11 Seminole Community College 1090 9.4
13 Henry Ford Community
College 1171 9.1
13 Tarrant County College
District 3171 9.1
15 San Joaquin Delta College 1547 9.0
16 Sacramento City College 1981 8.8
17 Des Moines Area Community
College 1467 8.7
17 Valencia Community College 2625 8.7
19 Long Beach City College 2027 8.6
20 Edison College 895 8.5
21 Pikes Peak Community College 881 8.4
22 Cosumnes River College 990 8.3
23 Tallahassee Community College 1044 8.2
24 Northern Virginia
Community College 3100 8.1
25 Brookhaven College 790 7.7
25 Orange Coast College 1744 7.7
25 Merced College 774 7.7
28 Georgia Perimeter College 1518 7.6
29 South Texas College 1367 7.4
30 Ventura College 846 7.2
31 Foothill College 1196 7.1
32 Glendale Community College 1100 7.0
33 Allan Hancock College 855 6.9
33 CUNY La Guardia Community
College 984 6.9
35 Community College of
Southern Nevada 2344 6.6
36 Wayne County Community
College District 1239 6.4
37 Cabrillo College 897 63.0
38 Hillsborough Community
College 1328 6.2
38 San Bernardino Valley College 749 6.2
40 Palm Beach Community College 1318 6.1
41 Brevard Community College 826 6.0
41 American River College 1913 6.0
41 El Camino Community College
District 1407 6.0
44 Owens Community College 1114 5.9
45 Santa Fe Community College 812 5.8
46 Miami Dade College 2765 5.4
46 Cypress College 694 5.4
48 Truckee Meadows Community
College 610 5.3
49 Jefferson Community and
Technical College 768 5.2
49 Richland College 756 5.2
SOURCE: COMMUNITY COLLEGE WEEK ANALYSIS OF U.S. DEPARTMENT
OF EDUCATION DATA
Number of Fall 2007
Institutions by Size Enrollment by Size
10,000+: 16% 10,000+: 51%
5,000-9,999: 21% 5,000-9,999: 26%
2,500-4,999: 23% 2,500-4,999: 15%
<2,500: 39% <2,500: 8%
Does not add up to 100 percent because of rounding.
SOURCE: COMMUNITY COLLEGE WEEK ANALYSIS OF U.S.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DATA (IPEDS)
Note: Table made from pie chart.
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