Frederick Community College Facilities Master Plan Chapter 2 Environmental Scan 2-6 May, 2023 colleges and public four-year campuses will be affected by trends in high school graduates. • The number of full-time undergraduates at public four-year campuses will be influenced by the number of full-time students enrolling at the state’s community colleges. • Tuition increases will have impact on full- and part-time community college enrollments. • The number of part-time undergraduates at both the community colleges and public four-year campuses will be impacted by changes in the per capita disposable income, in constant dollars, of Maryland residents. • Noncredit continuing education enrollments at community colleges can be forecasted by applying the historical relationship between the adult population 20 years of age or older in the county or service area of each twoyear institution and past noncredit enrollments at each campus to future population projections. Students were distributed among the community colleges chiefly on the basis of recent market share, growth rate of each institution, and the anticipated change in the college-age population in each campus’ county or counties. The following table reflects the projections for state-eligible full-time equivalent (FTE) noncredit continuing education enrollments at Maryland community colleges20 20 Ibid., pp. 14-22
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