CC spring enrollment up 4.46%

Clarendon College’s spring enrollment is up compared to a year ago as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are waning.

Following the census date on February 2 after the first 12 days of spring classes, CC is up 4.46 percent with a student headcount of 1,336 in all locations.

According to figures from CC Vice President of Academic Affairs Brad Vanden Boogaard, the Clarendon campus grew in student population by 23.6 percent from 233 a year ago to 288 this semester.

The CC Pampa Center grew 13.3 percent from 113 to 128, the Childress Center was up by three students with a headcount of 37, and the Amarillo Center was up by two with a total of 55.

Dual credit enrollment – students taking college credit classes through area high schools – fell 6.6 percent to 569, but Distance Education students – taking strictly online classes – was up from 141 to 143.

Classes taught in area corrections institutions grew overall, led by a 47.9 percent jump in enrollment at the Roach Unit, which has 71 students this semester compared to 48 one year ago.

Total contact hours for Clarendon College for the spring 2022 semester show an overall increase of 9.0 percent at 281,152compared to spring 2021.

Last year at this time, CC reported a total headcount of 1,279, which was down from 1,441 in spring 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic.

The college’s highest spring enrollment was 1,477 in 2019.