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Georgia Highlands College Sees Increase In Enrollment
GHC had a 2.8-percent increase in enrollment growth for fall 2018, the highest increase among state colleges in Georgia.
CARTERSVILLE, GA — Georgia Highlands College leads the University System of Georgia’s state colleges in enrollment growth for fall 2018, according to numbers released by the system. The Rome-based institution's current enrollment is 2.8 percent higher than what it recorded in fall 2017, the highest percentage in year-to-year growth among USG colleges.
Georgia Highlands' enrollment is 6,184, compared to 6,013 reported in the fall of 2017. GHC's enrollment trails Georgia Gwinnett College, which had the highest enrollment among state colleges at 12,508. Georgia Gwinnett College comes in second place with enrollment growth, reporting a 1.8-percent spike from 2017 to 2017.
According to the USG, fall 2018 enrollment in the USG’s 26 colleges and universities had an increase of 1.1 percent over the previous year, making this fall the fourth consecutive year that enrollment continued to reach an all-time high in the USG’s total student enrollment.
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“While the University System of Georgia continues to see modest increases in enrollment, more students than ever are graduating from our institutions,” Chancellor Steve Wrigley said. “The number of USG students annually earning degrees is up 21 percent since 2011, when the Complete College Georgia initiative related to college attainment launched. With this success, we remain committed to our goals of making college more affordable and accessible, finding greater opportunities to be more efficient and ensuring more Georgians enter the workforce with a college credential.”
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The enrollment numbers were released in the USG’s “Fall 2018 Semester Enrollment Report,” which breaks down enrollment by institution, class, race and ethnicity, in-state, out-of-state and international students, as well as gender and age.
The full enrollment report is available here.
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