The Danville Weekly reports DVC enrollment climbing
As classes get under way for the fall semester at Diablo Valley College, officials say they are already running out of space as student enrollment nears capacity.
Kevin Horan, executive dean of the San Ramon Campus of DVC, said that the rate of enrollment has taken them all by surprise.
“This is enrollment demand like we have not seen before,” Horan stated. “In the summer we saw tremendous growth as well. At one point this summer we have a 101 percent fill rate.”
Horan said that as of last week, current enrollment was already up to 98 percent. The San Ramon campus has the capacity to seat 7,037 students in its classes. Latest figures show that 6,897 of those seats have been taken.
The big question is why are smaller schools and community colleges on the upswing?
“I think it’s a combination of things,” said Horan. “The state of the economy is one. There are many people who aren’t working now and are seeking job retraining or changing careers.”
“Another factor is that the CSU and UC systems have both increased their fees tremendously and stopped new enrollment,” he added. “So kids who would have gone to a four-year school right out of high school are instead coming to the community college.”
For all the economic reasons mentioned above, this makes perfect sense and this trend will probably continue for some years to come. We are lucky here in this part of the East Bay to have such a great community college to consider as an affordable alternative to increasingly-expensive 4-year schools.
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