C redit headcount was 3,643 in spring 2013, a decline of 29 students or 0.8 percent from spring 2012. Full-time headcount declined by 6.6 percent; part-time headcount increased by 2.7 percent. The number of part-time students in the spring has increased for 12 consecutive years. Nearly two-thirds of this spring’s students were enrolled part-time.

The preliminary estimate of state-fundable full-time-equivalent (FTE) enrollment was down less than one percent from last spring.

A total of 2,717 students were continuing their education from last fall, accounting for three-fourths of spring 2013 enrollment. Students returning to Carroll after an interruption in studies accounted for another 12 percent of spring students.

A fourth of the students who were enrolled full-time in the fall and continued in spring 2013 switched to part-time attendance in the spring. Among fall part-time students, 8.5 percent switched to full-time in spring 2013.

A representative sample of ten students enrolled this spring would include four under 20 years of age, three age 20 to 24, two in the 25-39 age group, and one student age 40 or older. Six would be female. Eight would be pursuing a transfer curriculum.

Nine would be Carroll County residents.

Over a fourth (27.2 percent) of the students enrolled in the college’s tuition management plan, a record high for a spring semester. This payment plan through automated bank payments or credit card allows students to budget their tuition payments on a monthly basis.

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