Student Demographics

Fall 2007 Enrollment Highlights

• There were 5,152 credit students enrolled in the fall 2007 semester, a 7% increase or 327 students. Sixty-two percent of students who were enrolled in spring 2007 returned this semester. About 26% of the total enrollment are new students and 3% are transfers. Sixty-two percent of the total is enrolled part-time. Students are taking a total of 44,632 credit hours this semester, an average of 8.67 credits per student. Thirty two students are employees or their dependents.
  
  

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  Forty percent of students enrolled in the fall 2007 semester are male, an increase of 13% over 2006. Interest in the trades programs may be a factor. Total student-of color enrollment increased this fall by 21% from 988 students to 1,192 and has increased 78% since 2002. African American students increased by 10.5% (127 students), Hispanic population increased by 5.1%, and Asian students increased by 4.3%. Open Campus (current high school students) enrollment increased at 4.5% or 234 students compared to 195 in fall 2006.
  
  
• The mean age of students at FCC this fall is 26.4 a slight increase over last fall (26.2). All age categories increased. The 17 or younger and 18-21 age groups increased each by 7.4%, and the 22-29 group by 3.3%. The 30-39 age group increased by 6.0% while the 40 to 49 age group increased by 11.3%. The 50 - 59 age group increased by 7.7% and the 60 or older increased by 17.6%.
  
  
• Upon entering the college this fall, 81% of students planned to earn a degree, 5% a certificate, and 14% to take courses of interest without earning an
  award. The percentage of students preparing for an AA degree increased by 7.2% from fall 2006, while earning a certificate increased by 5.6% and
  students with an entry goal of “courses of interest” increased by 5.0%.
  
  
• In fall of 2007, 63% of students are enrolled in transfer programs, an increase of 6.5% from fall 2006. Twenty-nine percent are enrolled in career programs, a 10.2% increase from last year, and courses of interest (8.2%) decreased from the previous fall by -1.9%. The Building Trades and Construction
  Management Supervision programs have had a significant impact in the fall 2007 enrollment. Construction Mgt. enrollment has increased by 300% from 25 students in fall 2006 to 100 students in fall 2007. Students may choose from among seven reasons for attending FCC on the Admissions Application form.
  
  
  • “Earn an AA, AS or AT to Transfer” (44.0%),
  • “Earn AAS to prepare for Career” (21.1%),
  • “Personal Interest/Professional Development (17.7%) were the three highest reasons for attending.
    
  • “Transfer Before Earning a Degree” (5.8%) and “Earn Certificate to Update Job Skills” (5.6%) were the second highest reasons for attending.
  • “Other” (5.1%) and “ESL” (0.6%) were the third highest but has increased over fall 2006 (37.5% and 12.6% respectively).