EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Key Findings

Headcount

· The headcount for Fall 2004 is 14,206, up 0.7 percent (+95 students) from last fall. This is the second largest Fall headcount (there were 14,242 in 1992). (Table 1)

Credit Hours

· Credit hours for Fall 2004 total 132,188, up 4.3 percent (+4,499) from last fall. This is the largest Fall credit hour count ever. (Table 2)

Workforce Development/Arts and Sciences Credits

· Gains in Arts & Sciences credits are leading the way with an increase of +6.3 percent. There is a slight decrease in Workforce Development credits of -0.6 percent. (Table 3)

· The Arts and Sciences departments with the largest percentage increase in credit enrollments include: Biological Sciences at +28.5 percent, Language and Thought at +10.5 percent, Physical Science with a +8.8 percent increase, and Performing Arts at +7.7 percent. Credit enrollment gains are seen in 11 of the 12 departments. (Table 4)

· The Workforce Development programs with the largest percentage increase in credit enrollments include: Child Development +17.2 percent, Dental Auxiliary Programs at +11.9 percent, and Occupational Therapy Assisting with a gain of +4.8 percent. Credit enrollment gains are seen in 8 of the 11 departments, with credit declines in the other 3 areas; the -80.3 percent change in Workbased Learning is due primarily to the movement of 508 Construction Management students away from credit courses. (Table 4)

Total Number of Lecture Sections/Average Number of Students Per Section

· The total number of lecture sections offered for Fall 2004 is 1,756. The average number of students per section is 24.2, up from 23.7 in Fall 2003. (Table 5)

Kent County Market Share

· 30.9 of every 1000 Kent county working adults attend GRCC this Fall semester. This number is up from 30.1 per 1000 last year. (Table 6)

Persistence Rates

· One-year persistence rates for beginning, degree-seeking freshman from Fall 2003 returning for Fall 2004 is 58.7 percent, up from last year’s 56.1 percent. (Table 7)

· 49.5 percent of all Fall 2004 students attended GRCC in Winter 2004. 15.5 percent had attended GRCC in the past but not last winter. Spring 2004 high school graduates comprise 16.0 percent of the total. New transfer students total 3.1 percent. Early, guest, or new students graduating before Spring 2004 make up 15.9 percent of the total. (Chart 1)

Gender

· Female students comprise 52.1 percent of the total fall population. (Table 8)

Age

· 29.6 percent of Fall 2004 students are age 25 or older. This number has been decreasing since Fall 1999, when those 25 years or older made up 41 percent of the student population. The average age of students is 24.7 years. (Tables 9 and 10)

New High School Graduates

· Of the total enrollment, the percent of Spring 2004 high school graduates is 16.0 percent. The total of 2275 students is up slightly from the 2236 students in 2003. (Table 11)

Ethnicity

· The percentage of total students from minority populations has increased to 18.7 percent, up from 18.3 percent in Fall 2003. Largest percentage increases are seen in the Hispanic population, with an additional 100 students enrolling. (Table 12)

Fulltime Students/Fulltime Equivalency

· The proportion of students who attend GRCC full time for Fall 2004 is 44.9 percent. This has been increasing every year for the past 5 years. (Table 13)

· The average FTE (Full-Time Equivalent) for Fall 2004 is 8,528, a new record. The average number of credits enrolled is 9.3, up from 9.0 in Fall 2003. (Table 14)

Out of District

· The proportion of in-state students who come from outside Kent county (GRCC service area) is 25.4 percent; out-of-state students account for 1.4 percent. (Table 15)

Early College

· The number of early college students is 380 for Fall 2004, up from 330 last year. (Table 16)

Credits by Location and Time

· The number of credits taken on the main campus comprise 121,160, 91.7 percent of the total; evening classes account for 19.7 percent of credits, weekend classes are 1.5 percent. (Table 17)

Customized Training and Workshops (Non-credit)

· The total number of non-credit enrollments in 2003-2004 is up in all three areas; Training Solutions shows an 11.9 percent increase over the previous year. (Table 18)

· A total of 25,282 credit students, customized training clients, and workshop participants were served at GRCC during 2003-2004. (Chart 2)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Section 1: Credit Enrollment Report for Fall 2004

Table 1: Headcount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Table 2: Credit Hours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Table 3: Credit Hours by Program Type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Table 4: Credit Hours by Department . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Table 5: Total Number of Lecture Sections/Average Number of Students

Per Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Table 6: Kent County Market Share Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Table 7: Student Fall-to-Fall Persistence Rates. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Chart 1: Fall 2004 Enrollment by Student Type

(New, Transfer, Returning) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 14

Section 2: Fall Credit Enrollment Data By Demographic Variables (1995-2004)

Table 8: Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Table 9: Age 25 and older . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Table 10: Average Age of Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Table 11: New High School Graduates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Table 12: Ethnicity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Table 13: Fulltime/Parttime Breakdown . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Table 14: Fall Semester Full Time Equivalent (FTE)/

Average Credits Enrolled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Table 15: Residency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Table 16: Early College . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Table 17: Credits by Location and Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Section 3: Customized Training/Workshop Enrollments for

July, 2003 – June, 2004 (Non-credit)

Table 18: Customized Training/Workshop Enrollments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Section 4: Total Number of Students/Clients Served for

July, 2003 – June, 2004

Chart 2: Total Number of Students/Clients Served 2003-2004 . . . . . . . . . 33

Section 1

Credit Enrollment Report for Fall 2004

TABLE 1

Headcount for Fall Semesters

Year	Fall	% Change
2004	14,206*	+0.7
2003	14,111	+1.4
2002	13,923	+3.3
2001	13,479	+0.2
2000	13,451	+6.7
1999	12,602	-3.5
1998	13,063	-0.3
1997	13,098	+0.5
1996	13,028	-6.5
1995	13,934	+1.5

* In Fall, 2004, there are 508 students who are enrolled exclusively in the Construction Management program, which is no longer a credit-based program. This programmatic change affects counts and percentages in most of the charts in this report.

TABLE 2

Credit Hours for Fall Semesters

Year	Fall	% Change
2004	132,188	+4.3
2003	126,689	+3.7
2002	122,126	+6.7
2001	114,445	+4.4
2000	109,599	+8.6
1999	100,925	-3.4
1998	104,507	+0.4
1997	104,088	+2.9
1996	101,147	-4.4
1995	105,847	-2.5

TABLE 3

Credit Hours by Program Type

	Arts & Sciences		Workforce Development
Year	Number	% Change	Number	% Change
2004	96,353	+6.3	35,835	-0.6
2003	90,664	+5.1	36,047	+0.5
2002	86,267	+7.3	35,872	+5.1
2001	80,377	+7.3	34,145	-0.9
2000	74,883	+7.4	34,472	+10.6
1999	69,748	-1.3	31,178	-7.8
1998	70,669	NA	33,803	NA

TABLE 4

Credit Hours by Department/Program

Fall 2002-Fall 2004

	Fall	Fall	Fall	Percent Change Fall 03 to Fall 04
	2002	2003	2004
School of Arts and Sciences
Behavioral Sciences (including Education)	9,293	10,301	10,827	+5.1%
Biological Sciences	4,935	5,125	6,586	+28.5%
Criminal Justice	4,982	4,782	4,557	-4.7%
English	15,193	16,640	17,111	+2.8%
Hospitality Education	3,408	3,393	3,478	+2.5%
Language and Thought	10,025	10,107	11,169	+10.5%
Mathematics	14,711	15,352	16,371	+6.6%
Performing Arts	2,662	2,705	2,914	+7.7%
Physical Science	4,598	4,963	5,398	+8.8%
Social Sciences	10,711	11,377	11,950	+5.0%
Visual Arts	3,055	3,171	3,188	+0.5%
Wellness	2,694	2,748	2,804	+2.0%
Total	86,267	90,664	96,353	+6.3%

School of Workforce Development
Accounting/Office Admin/Business	12,817	13,192	13,456	+2.0%
Applied Technology	2,244	2,533	2,580	+1.9%
Child Development	1,971	2,060	2,415	+17.2%
Computer Applications	6,327	6,140	6,378	+3.9%
Dental Auxiliary Programs	1,518	1,391	1,556	+11.9%
Drafting and Design	2,582	2,201	2,248	+2.1%
Manufacturing	2,506	2,469	2,398	-2.9%
Nursing Program	3,161	3,559	3,589	+0.8%
Occupational Therapy Assisting	295	314	329	+4.8%
Radiologic Technology	594	606	574	-5.3%
Workbased Learning	1,857	1,582	312	-80.3%
Total	35,872	36,047	35,835	-0.6%

TABLE 5

Total Number of Lecture Sections and

Average Number of Students Per Section

Year	Total Number of Lecture Sections	Average Number of Students Per Section
2004	1756	24.2
2003	1747	23.7
2002	1711	23.3
2001	1627	23.2
2000	1560	23.3
1999	1435	23.2

TABLE 6

Kent County Market Share Data

(Credit courses only)

Year	Kent County Workforce Age 18-64*	Kent County Residents Attending GRCC (Fall Enrollment)	GRCC Market Share Rate**
2004	337,025	10,398	30.9
2003	340,575	10,236	30.1
2002	335,825	10,161	30.3
2001	330,125	9,827	29.8
2000	329,275	9,959	30.2
1999	319,675	9,312	29.1
1998	312,700	9,507	30.4
1997	305,975	9,772	31.9
1996	296,725	9,673	32.6
1995	291,675	10,548	36.2

*Kent County Civilian Workforce

**Shows how many of every 1000 residents are enrolled for fall semester; some readjustments occurred for the past 5 years after counts were updated in 2002.

Sources: http://www.michlmi.org/LMI/lmadata/laus/lausindx.htm

2004 data taken from July 04 report

TABLE 7

One Year Persistence Rates for

Beginning Degree-Seeking Freshman

	Percent Continuing	Percent Continuing	Percent Continuing	Percent Continuing	Percent Continuing
	Fall 99 to Fall 00	Fall 00 to Fall 01	Fall 01 to Fall 02	Fall 02 to Fall 03	Fall 03 to Fall 04
Female	59.5	56.1	60.9	57.6	61.2
Male	56.4	53.4	52.2	54.7	56.2

African-American	55.3	45.6	52.8	42.9	41.2
American Indian	47.1	61.5	53.8	35.0	51.7
Asian	72.5	56.0	58.1	61.4	62.7
Hispanic	51.6	38.6	49.6	52.6	52.7
White	58.8	56.3	57.2	55.2	61.5

Age 18-21	60.5	57.3	59.5	58.6	61.0
Age 22 and older	47.3	42.5	44.1	44.4	53.6

Full time	64.0	60.8	61.5	61.3	64.4
Part time	45.7	43.0	45.8	44.4	44.8

TOTAL	58.0	54.8	56.4	56.1	58.7

Workforce Development	NA	NA	NA	58.1	58.2

AFP (FTIAC & non-FTIAC)	47.1	43.5	46.1	45.4	48.3

CHART 1

Fall 2004 Enrollment by Student Type

(New to GRCC, Transfer, Returning)

Section 2

Fall Enrollment Data by

Demographic Variables

TABLE 8

Fall Enrollment by Gender

Fall Semesters	Number of Males	% Male*	Number of Females	% Female*
2004	6799	47.9	7407	52.1
2003	6939	49.2	7172	50.8
2002	7031	50.5	6892	49.5
2001	6894	51.2	6581	48.8
2000	6930	51.7	6483	48.3
1999	6557	53.1	5985	48.9
1998	6941	53.2	6107	48.8
1997	6826	52.1	6271	47.9
1996	6816	52.3	6211	47.7
1995	7094	50.9	6839	49.1

*Percent of total students

TABLE 9

Fall Enrollment for Age 25 and Older

Fall Semester	Number	Percent*
2004	4201	29.6
2003	4351	30.8
2002	4328	31.1
2001	4595	34.1
2000	4838	36.1
1999	5320	41.3
1998	4933	37.8
1997	5358	40.7
1996	5614	43.1
1995	6385	45.8

*Percent of total students

TABLE 10

Average Age of Students

Fall Semester	Average Age
2004	24.7
2003	24.9
2002	24.9

TABLE 11

Fall Enrollment for New High School Graduates

Fall Semesters	Number	Percent*
2004	2275	16.0
2003	2236	15.8
2002	2364	17.2
2001	1578	11.7
2000	1603	11.9
1999	1573	12.4
1998	1993	15.3
1997	1948	14.9
1996	1921	14.7
1995	1778	12.7

*Percent of total students

TABLE 12

Fall Enrollment by Ethnicity

Fall	African- American		Native American		Asian		Hispanic		White		International		Unknown
	N	%*	N	%*	N	%*	N	%*	N	%*	N	%*	N	%*
2004	1385	9.7	111	0.8	379	2.7	784	5.5	11175	78.7	92	0.6	280	2.0
2003	1324	9.4	121	0.9	408	2.9	684	4.8	11147	79.3	110	0.8	317	2.2
2002	1220	8.8	112	0.8	400	2.9	558	4.0	11149	80.1	116	0.8	368	2.6
2001	1053	7.8	109	0.8	387	2.9	494	3.7	10932	81.1	93	0.7	411	3.0
2000	964	7.2	96	0.7	375	2.8	523	3.9	10954	81.4	69	0.5	470	3.5
1999	837	6.5	94	0.7	345	2.7	408	3.2	10732	83.3	41	0.3	426	3.3
1998	824	6.3	106	0.8	382	2.9	414	3.2	10968	84.0	27	0.2	342	2.6
1997	888	6.8	107	0.8	390	3.0	390	3.0	11003	84.1	36	0.3	274	2.1
1996	796	6.1	105	0.8	406	3.1	367	2.8	11086	85.1	40	0.3	228	1.8
1995	898	6.4	125	0.9	413	3.0	345	2.5	11869	85.2	46	0.3	238	1.7

*Percent of total students

TABLE 13

Fall Enrollment for Fulltime/Part time Breakdown

	Full Time (12 or more credits)		Part Time (Less than 12 credits)
Fall Semesters	Number	Percent*	Number	Percent*
2004	6374	44.9	7,832	55.1
2003	6068	43.0	8043	57.0
2002	5653	40.6	8270	59.4
2001	5179	38.4	8294	61.6
2000	4771	35.5	8680	64.5
1999	4342	34.5	8260	65.5
1998	4556	34.9	8507	65.1
1997	4522	34.5	8576	66.5
1996	4383	33.6	8645	66.4

Year

Year

One Year Persistence Rates for

Beginning Degree-Seeking Freshman

Male

Full time

TOTAL

Percent*

Fall Enrollment for New High School Graduates

Native

American

Asian

White

Full Time

Part Time

Fall Semesters

Percent*