Frederick Community College Facilities Master Plan Chapter 3 Academic Program Review 3-4 May, 2023 With regard to age groups, undergraduate enrollments fell for every age group. Declines were steepest among 25- to 29-year-olds. Dual enrollment of high school students increased 0.7% after a 3.6% drop last fall, but the numbers deteriorated at community colleges which enrolled roughly two-thirds of all dual enrollments. * *National Student Clearinghouse, “Undergraduate Enrollment Declines Show No Signs of Recovery from 2020”, October 26, 2021. STATEWIDE PERSPECTIVE AND THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC During 2020, a total of 273,214 students enrolled as undergraduate students in all segments of higher education in the State of Maryland. Of this number, Maryland community colleges enrolled a total of 108,335 students or 40% of all undergraduates. Of the 108,335 students, 33,136 or 30% enrolled on a full-time basis and 75,199 or 70% enrolled on a part-time basis. During that time, Fredrick Community College (FCC) had similar enrollment patterns and enrolled a total of 5,756 students, 1,719 (30%) on a full-time basis and 4,037 (70%) on a part-time basis. This enrollment pattern is also similar at the national level with community colleges across the nation enrolling 35% of the students on a full-time basis and 65% on a part-time basis American Association of Community Colleges With respect to program offerings, FCC tends to enroll more students in transfer program (77%) in comparison to career programs (18%) and undeclared (4%). Statewide, those numbers are 55% transfer, 32% career and 13% undeclared. With regard to gender, of all students enrolled in MD community colleges, 43% are male and 57% are female. By race, within the community college sector: 47% are White; 27% are Black; and 10% are Hispanic. Similar data at FCC is 59% are White; 13% are Black; and 14% are Hispanic. Similar to community colleges across the state and the nation, enrollments declined at Frederick Community College (FCC) from 2019 to 2020. Total enrollments declined from 6,129 to 5,756, while full-time enrollments declined from 1,843 to 1,719, and part time enrollments declined from 4,286 to 4,037. These patterns were consistent with statewide enrollments. Total enrollments statewide were 113, 695 in 2019 and 108,242 in 2020. During that same period, full time enrollments were 35,906 in 2019 and 33,017 in 2020 while part time enrollments were 77,789 in 2019 and 75,225 in 2020. Maryland Association of Community Colleges, DATA Report 2020. Moreover, during this period: • Credit enrollment declined 3% (8,994 to 8,690) from FY 2017 to FY 2020. • The unduplicated headcount in continuing education declined 20% (6,948 to 5,558). • The combined unduplicated credit and continuing education headcount declined 11% (15,610 to 13,898) from FY 2017 to FY 2020. • FCC saw an increase in the market share of first-time, full-time freshman in fall 2020 (51%) compared to fall 2017 (50%), which is the average of the past four reporting years. • FCC saw a one percent decline in the market share of part-time undergraduates (74%) in fall 2020 compared to fall 2017 (75%).
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