Summer 2006
Enrollment Report for Report Day
June 19, 2006

Enrollment Observations for Summer 2006

The Report Day, June 19, Summer 2006 Enrollment went down nine percent from 1,497 enrolled students for Summer 2005 to 1,356 students enrolled this summer. (Summer 2005 showed an increase of nine percent.) Financial Aid Recipients (those who qualify for the year) increased four percent from 3,603 to 3,760; Credit Hours decreased eight percent from 7,177 to 6,588 and Contact Hours decreased seven percent from 7,512 to 6,965. Tuition increased two percent, although fees decreased six percent as tuition was raised from last year but fees were not.

Other Highlights:

• Guest Students have decreased thirty-one percent from 157 in 2005 to 108 this summer
• Full-time students have decreased by 29 percent from 37 to 26 and part-time students taking 1-5 credits decreased twelve percent from 989 to 865
• The Age Range of 31-35 had the largest decrease, 143 to 97, a decrease of 32 percent
• Other Counties outside Grand Traverse, yet in-state, decreased five percent from 633 to 601
• Grand Traverse County decreased fourteen percent from 805 to 689
• Internet registrations have not increased but students using walk-in registrations dropped by 40 percent. One-forth of the students use both web and walk-in registration
• Only one discipline, Science/Math, had an increase in credit hours, just under one percent

• Comprehensive summary for past six years.

For more detail on Enrollment Information, see the following Digital Dashboard reports.
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• Executive Summary — Includes applications, financial aid, headcount, credit hour, contact hour, and assessed tuition and fees.
• Student Demographics — Comparison of students registered by residency, financial need, age range, credit load, ethnicity, gender, student type, and county of residence.
• Credit Hours Generated by departments
• Contact Hours Generated by departments

Additional Information

• Applicant Demographics — Residency, financial need, age range, ethnicity, gender, student types, and application source.
• Program Analysis — Students enrolled in program of study on date specified.
• Application Statistics by Program of Study
• Projections showing inquiries, applications, new admits, retained students from Spring, returning students, etc.
• Enrollment Comparisons at Michigan Community Colleges according to the MACRAO Weekly Enrollment Report. Past reports are found at Historical enrollment comparisons at Michigan Community Colleges.