Student Enrollment and Student Demographics for Fall 2004

Student Headcount Enrollment

The number of students enrolled at the College this fall increased by 2.7% to 22,254—the sixth increase in the last seven fall semesters. Montgomery College still has the largest number of credit students of any Maryland community college.

Distance Learning and off-campus enrollments increased by 17% to 2,068 students.

Germantown students increased 6.5%, Rockville students increased 1.7%, and Takoma Park students increased by 5.8%.

Credit Hour Enrollments

Credit hours of enrollment increased for the eighth consecutive fall semester; this fall’s increase was 2.7%, and credit hours attained a record high 195,241. This equates to 6,508 FTE (FTE=”full-time equivalent,” and in Maryland, FTE is calculated by dividing the number of credits by 30).

Distance Learning and off-campus credit hours increased by 21.3% to 8,445. Most of these (n=6,922) were Distance Learning (82%), and Distance Learning credits represent 3.5% of all credit hours.

Germantown credit hours increased 5.3%, credit hours at Rockville were up by 0.5%, and credit hours at Takoma Park increased by 7.2%.

Enrollment by Sex and Race

The number of female students increased, but females decreased proportionately to 55.8% of the students—55.5% at Germantown, 53.6% at Rockville, 62.7% at Takoma Park, and 64.1% in Distance Learning and off-campus courses.

Nonwhite students increased to 58.7% of the students; Black students remained at 27.5%; Hispanic students increased to 14.9%, and Asian students increased to 16.0%.

Enrollment by Age

The mean age of students decreased slightly again this fall to 26.8. Students aged 20 and younger comprise 39.5% of the students. Students aged 25 and older decreased again from 39% to 38% of the population, and this fall there were 40 more seniors than last fall – a 7.4% increase.