Clarendon College enrollment for the fall semester was essentially flat after the 12th class day reporting period last week.
CC reported that headcount was down by four students compared to the fall of 2013, but there is good news in the college’s contact hours, which are a large part of what the state funds the college on.
“We’re up 15 and half percent in contact hours,” CC President Robert Riza said, noting the difference of 262,352 last year compared to 303,328 this fall.
Credit hours are also up 9.8 percent.
Dr. Riza said the new TSI exam being administered to high school students who haven’t yet had higher level algebra classes hurt the college’s dual credit enrollment, and he said the college continues to deal with declining population in its service area.
Total enrollment this semester is 1,211 compared to 1,215 last fall. The largest enrollment is on the home campus in Clarendon with 352 students. Pampa has an enrollment of 276 students, and the Childress center has 54 students. Sixty-five students are enrolled in the college’s Amarillo cosmetology program.
The remaining enrollment is made up of dual credit, distance education, and students at the Jordan prison unit.
The Amarillo Globe-News reported that Amarillo College’s enrollment has shrunk five percent this fall.
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