FALL 2024 ENROLLMENT - Brief No. 25-1 - Systemwide Enrollment Is Up

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February 10, 2025 brief no. 25-1 reports an eighth consecutive quarter of year-over-year growth in the Community and Technical College (CTC) system’s Fall 2024 enrollment. Systemwide headcount rises 6% versus last fall, while FTES increases 8%. The brief breaks results into full-time equivalent trends, fund sources, and student intent groupings, showing stronger state- and contract-funded performance alongside declines in student-funded and stabilization after post-pandemic recovery. It further details gains in transfer, professional/technical recovery, and adult basic education demand, including English-language acquisition.

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Overview

Enrollment Metrics

Headcount and FTES Trends

Fund Source Mix

Student Pathways and Intent Grouping

Transfer, Professional/Technical, and Adult Education

Other and Stabilization

Program Type Highlights

Apprenticeship, Baccalaureate, Running Start

Credential-Seeking Enrollment by Status

FEBRUARY 10, 2025 | BRIEF NO. 25-1 FALL 2024 ENROLLMENT Systemwide Enrollment Is Up Fall 2024 marks the eighth consecutive quarter the Community and Technical College (CTC) system experienced a substantial increase in yearover-year enrollment. Compared with last fall, headcount across the system increased 6 percent. On a full-time equivalent student (FTES) basis, year-over-year enrollment is up 8 percent. Table 1. Fall headcount enrollment (six-year trend) | Fall quarter
of: | Headcount | YoY %
Change | | --- | --- | --- | | 2019 | 221,672 | 0% | | 2020 | 179,688 | -19% | | 2021 | 167,885 | -7% | | 2022 | 168,117 | 0% | | 2023 | 180,947 | 8% | | 2024 | 192,513 | 6% | Table 2. Fall full-time equivalent student enrollment (six-year trend) | Fall quarter
of: | FTES | YoY%
Change | | --- | --- | --- | | 2019 | 156,018 | 0% | | 2020 | 133,760 | -14% | | 2021 | 123,012 | -8% | | 2022 | 122,162 | -1% | | 2023 | 131,316 | 7% | | 2024 | 142,070 | 8% | Select Enrollment Metrics State-funded enrollment improved 8 percent year over year to almost 100 thousand FTES. Contractfunded enrollment increased 10 percent again, largely driven by increased Running Start and College in the High School participation, further discussed below. Student-funded enrollment, which tends to have broader swings from year to year, fell by 3% . This is most likely reflecting a stabilization after post-pandemic recovery. Table 3. Fall full-time equivalent student enrollment by fund source (three years) | Fund-source | Fall
quarter
of: | FTES | YoY %
Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | State-funded | 2022 | 86,638 | -3% | | | 2023 | 92,206 | 6% | | | 2024 | 99,533 | 8% | | Contractfunded | 2022 | 33,666 | 3% | | | 2023 | 36,921 | 10% | | | 2024 | 40,422 | 10% | | Studentfunded | 2022 | 1,858 | 34% | | | 2023 | 2,189 | 18% | | | 2024 | 2,115 | -3% | Concerning enrollment by the student’s intended pathway, academic transfer programs increased roughly in line with overall enrollment, 8 percent. Professional/technical program enrollment showed an accelerated recovery from pandemic impacts on in-person instruction, rising 7% . Adult basic education programs, also very heavily impacted by the pandemic restrictions on inperson instruction, continued to rise, but the pace of growth has slowed somewhat to 11% . The’Other’ category is largely non-credit continuing education programs, which are showing some stabilization after rapid recovery with the return to in person instruction beginning in fall of 2022. Table 4. Fall headcount by student intent grouping (three years) | Student Intent Grouping | Fall quarter of: | Headcount | YoY % Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Transfer | 2022 | 70,584 | | | | 2023 | 75,979 | 8% | | | 2024 | 82,251 | 8% | | Basic Education for Adults | 2022 | 19,498 | | | | 2023 | 22,384 | 15% | | | 2024 | 24,710 | 11% | | Professional/ Technical | 2022 | 54,327 | | | | 2023 | 56,156 | 3% | | | 2024 | 60,087 | 7% | | Other | 2022 | 23,708 | | | | 2023 | 26,428 | 12% | | | 2024 | 25,465 | -4% | As shown in Table 4, one significant driver of enrollment this fall was Basic Education for Adults (BEdA), which has experienced increased demand over the last three years, particularly in Englishlanguage acquisition, or English as a second language, coursework. Much of this increase can be explained by the increases in refugees and migrants participating in language acquisition coursework across the system. Table 5. Fall headcount enrollment by program 1 Baccalaureate enrolments here include only students enrolled in baccalaureate degree programs (‘matriculated’ baccalaureate students) area (three years) | Program type | Fall quarter of: | Headcount | YoY % Change | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Apprenticeship | 2022 | 8,154 | 5% | | | 2023 | 8,710 | 7% | | | 2024 | 7,892 | -9% | | Baccalaureate 1 | 2022 | 4,761 | -7% | | | 2023 | 5,125 | 8% | | | 2024 | 5,633 | 10% | | Runni

FAQs

What is the year-over-year change in Fall 2024 systemwide enrollment?

Compared with last fall, systemwide headcount increased 6%, and FTES increased 8% year over year.

How did enrollment change by fund source in Fall 2024?

State-funded enrollment increased 8% to nearly 100 thousand FTES, contract-funded increased 10% driven by Running Start and College in the High School, while student-funded fell by 3%.

Which student pathways and intent areas showed notable movement?

Transfer programs increased about 8% in line with overall enrollment. Professional/technical programs rose 7%, adult basic education growth slowed to 11%, and the 'Other' category showed stabilization with a -4% change.

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