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Dalton State College’s spring enrollment increased by almost 13
percent this year compared to last, and the number of Full-Time
Equivalent (FTE) students increased by more than 17 percent,
administrators announced today.
A total of 4,815 students are enrolled in the College, compared
to 4,266 this time last year. And while spring enrollment
typically lags significantly behind enrollment for fall
semesters, the spring numbers are only down 142 students from
last fall’s record enrollment of 4,957.
“These are wonderful enrollment numbers, and we are especially
pleased that the FTE numbers have grown significantly because
our state funding is based upon the number of full time students
enrolled rather than upon student headcount,” says Jodi Johnson,
Vice President for Enrollment and Student Services.
The University System of Georgia (USG) enrolled a total of
272,910 students, an increase of 5.8 percent over spring 2008,
officials said. Dalton State, which had one of the highest
increases of student headcount in the System, was seventh among
all 35 USG institutions with a 12.9 percent increase over last
year.
Among the eight state colleges, FTE enrollment increased an
average of 9.8 percent overall, with Dalton State College
reporting an increase of 17.6 percent of full time students.
Other trends from this spring’s official USG Semester Enrollment
Report (SER) show that all USG institutions reported an increase
in FTE students and most showed a decrease in the number of
students attending school part time. Part-time enrollment was
30.3 percent for spring semester 2009, compared to 31.4 percent
last spring. Part-time enrollment varied significantly across
institutions, from 7.8 percent at Medical College of Georgia to
60.4 percent at College of Coastal Georgia. Dalton State’s
part-time enrollment for spring stands at 46.6. percent.
Also, joint enrollment, which includes dual enrollment students
who are taking college courses for high school and college
credit through ACCEL as well as joint enrollment students who
are taking college courses for college credit but not high
school credit, increased by 3.9 percent.
First-time freshman enrollment increased by 14.9 percent (from
7,975 in spring 2008 to 9,161 in spring 2009, representing a
growing trend in enrolling first-time freshmen in spring as well
as fall and summer.
And Hispanic enrollment increased by 13.0 percent System-wide
for spring semester 2009 compared to last spring, with Dalton
State reporting the highest Hispanic enrollment in the System
with 10.7 percent of the student body, or 516 students. Within
the entire USG, African-American enrollment increased by 8.7
percent, Asian enrollment by 5.9 percent, and white,
non-Hispanic enrollment by 2.0 percent.
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