CC spring enrollment increases

Clarendon College’s spring enrollment is up 4.6 percent compared to this time a year ago.

Following the census date on February 5 after the first 12 days of spring classes, CC was up 62 students total with a student headcount of 1,411 in all locations compared to 1,349 in spring 2024.

The Clarendon campus is up 5.0 percent at 273, which is above 2024’s enrollment of 260.

Pampa is up 16.9 percent with 104 students compared to 89 last spring.

Distance education – students taking strictly online classes – was up 30 students at 137, and dual credit enrollment – students taking college classes through area high schools – was up 3.5 percent with 707 students.

The Childress Center was even with 43, and the Amarillo Center up by three students with 65 enrolled in cosmetology.

Classes taught in area corrections institutions fell by 23 students.

Total contact hours for Clarendon College for the spring 2024 semester show an overall increase of 9.6 percent at 303,840 compared to spring 2024.

This marks the closest CC has come to getting spring enrollment back to the level it was before the COVID-19 outbreak. Before the pandemic, CC’s 2020 spring enrollment was 1,441.