CC Spring enrollment down 7.4%

Clarendon College’s spring enrollment is down 7.4 percent compared to a year ago.
Following the census date after the first 12 days of spring classes, CC was down 99 students total with a student headcount of 1,237 in all locations compared to 1,336 in 2022.

CC President Tex Buckhaults said the college expected numbers to be off when fall enrollment was down, noting that spring numbers are typically lower than the fall headcount.

The Clarendon campus is down 13.5 percent at 39 students at 249, which is above 2021’s enrollment of 249 but not as high as last year’s 288.

Pampa is down 32.8 percent at 86 students compared to 128 last spring.
Distance education – students taking strictly online classes – fell from 145 last spring to 127 this spring, but dual credit enrollment – students taking college classes through area high schools – was up 18 students at 587.

The Childress Center was down by four students at 33, and the Amarillo Center stayed even with 55 cosmetology students.

Classes taught in area corrections institutions fell by 56 students.

Total contact hours for Clarendon College for the spring 2023 semester show an overall decrease of 8.3 percent at 257,808 compared to spring 2022. Contact hours are the basis for state funding for CC.

Last year’s spring enrollment was up 4.46 percent with CC reporting 1,336 students compared to a total headcount of 1,279 in 2021 following the COVID-19 outbreak. Before the pandemic, CC’s 2020 spring enrollment was 1,441.