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ERIC Number: ED583838
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2017-Nov
Pages: 20
Abstractor: ERIC
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Fall Enrollment Report. 2017
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education
The Iowa Department of Education collects enrollment information from all 15 community colleges. This report summarizes several aspects of community college enrollment, including: (1) Fall 2017 enrollment decreased less than one percent to 90,531 students; (2) Part-time enrollment reached a record high, comprising 62.2 percent of total fall enrollment; (3) Minorities comprised 22.2 percent of total fall enrollment; (4) Total credit hours registered decreased 2.8 percent to 783,036 credit hours; (5) Average course load for both full- and part-time students remained relatively unchanged at 13.8 credit hours and 5.5 credit hours, respectively; (6) Students with no program of study comprised 37.7 percent of total fall enrollment, followed by college parallel transfer programs (31.2 percent) and CTE programs (29.0 percent); (7) The number of high school students participating in joint enrollment grew 2.7 percent to 34,928 students, accounting for 38.6 percent of community college enrollment (unduplicated); and (8) Of students who participated in joint enrollment while in high school, the majority (91.0 percent) did so through contracted courses between high schools and community colleges. [For the report from the previous year, "Fall Enrollment Report. 2016," see ED583839.]
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education. Grimes State Office Building, 400 East 14th Street, Des Moines, IA 50319-0146. Tel: 515-281-3125; Fax: 515-281-6544; Web site: http://educateiowa.gov/
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Numerical/Quantitative Data
Education Level: Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Iowa Department of Education, Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation
Identifiers - Location: Iowa
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