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David E. Hardy, Stephen G. Katsinas, and V. Barbara Bush
Baccalaureate/Associate's Colleges). In 2005-2006, the nation's 154 Urban and
97 Suburban Multi-Campus Associate's Colleges comprised 25% of all
institutions, and enrolled 43% of all students. In contrast, the nation's 577
Rural Associate's Colleges comprised 53% of all institutions, yet enrolled 33%
of all students. Readers may wish to keep these two important pieces of data in
mind as they review the tables that follow.
Table 1 shows the dramatic enrollment growth that occurred at all 11 types of
Associate's Colleges over the past five years. In 2000-2001, they enrolled
7,828,175 students; a number that in 2005-2006 jumped to 10,177,702, a
30% increase in just five years. Enrollments at Rural, Suburban, Urban, and
Other Public Associate's Colleges increased by 42%, 27%, 210%, and 37%,
respectively. None of the 11 Associate's College types experienced an enrollment
decrease, and the range of increase was from 71% for 2-Year Under 4-Year
Associate's Colleges to 13% for Urban Multi-Campus Associate's Colleges.
Within the Public Associate's Colleges that were classified using geography,
significant variation of enrollment growth was observed in the Rural and Urban
classifications, ranging from 59% for Rural Medium to 31% for Rural Large
Associate's Colleges and 108% for Urban Single-Campus to 13% for Urban
Multi-Campus Associate's Colleges.
While the multi-campus growth rate was lower than for single campuses in
both the Suburban and Urban community college categories, readers should
not assume significant growth has not occurred. Given their much larger
average size, a relatively small percentage growth of 13% for Urban Multi-
Campus colleges can produce rather dramatic increases in numbers, in this case
541,144 new students, in just five years. This may explain why urban and
suburban community college districts, such as the Tarrant County College
District in Fort Worth, Texas and the North Harris-Montgomery College
District that serves suburban communities around Houston, are adding new
campuses to their existing physical plants.
Within the Rural, Suburban, and Urban Public Associate's Colleges
subclassifications, the greatest growth was at Rural colleges. Among the
2,349,527 additional students, 1,001,413 or 42% enrolled at Rural, 634,186Enrollment Management Journal Winter 2007
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Hardy, David E.; Katsinas, Stephen G. & Bush, V. Barbara. Tidal Wave II, Community Colleges, and Student Financial Aid, article, 2007; [Round Rock, Texas]. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc32895/m1/6/: accessed May 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Education.