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Spring enrollment numbers show continued growth at 勛圖tv
With a new year comes new growth at 勛圖tv (勛圖tv) as spring enrollment continues its upward trend. Preliminary numbers from the colleges enrollment management office place 勛圖tvs student enrollment at 11,115, which is up 4% from this time last year.
勛圖tv has experienced enrollment growth for five consecutive semesters, said Michael Poll, 勛圖tvs vice president for enrollment management. Thats good news for 勛圖tv.
Poll said new student admission applications for the fall 2024 semester are currently running 6% ahead of fall 2023, which is an all-time high. Poll says he expects the trend to continue.
If you combine the new student application increases with gains weve been seeing in retention, theres no reason to believe we wont continue this enrollment growth, he said.
勛圖tvs retention rate, which measures the percentage of students who returned to the college from the previous year, has seen steady growth. Sixty-seven percent of first-year students returned to 勛圖tv for their second year in 2022. That retention number rose to 69% in 2023. The percentage of second-year students who returned to the college for a third year jumped to 50% in fall 2023, up from 43% the prior year.
Poll credits the upward trend in admissions to several strategies. The colleges Instant Decision Day events, where 勛圖tv admissions counselors provide on-the-spot admission decisions to eligible high-school seniors, have been expanded.
Now, our goal is to offer that program twice a year once in the fall and once in the spring to all Gwinnett County public high schools, he said.
Other recruitment strategies include expanded visits by the 勛圖tv admissions team to all five states that border Georgia, including Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee. 勛圖tv offers a waiver to high school students in Georgias bordering states that allow them to attend the college as in-state students, paying in-state tuition.
We are so fortunate to be in a position where we're seeing growth, where a lot of our colleagues in other intuitions around the state and across the country are not seeing that, Poll said, But were not taking it for granted. We want to continue that upward momentum.