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                                                                              ENROLLMENT TREN OS
                                                                              The Canyon Country campus was created to re-
                                                                              spond to the growing demand for access to edu-
                                                                              cation in the eastern Santa Clarita Valley. To learn
                                                                              more about the interests, needs and goals of the
                                                                              student population, the college analyzed first-year
                                                                              enrollment data for students who took classes ex-
                                                                              clusively at the Canyon Country campus (CCC).
                                                                              Interestingly, the study showed that CCC students
                                                                              are somewhat older than students at the Valencia
                                                                              campus, with more than 50 percent of the spring
                                                                              2008 students older than 25.
                                                                              More than 40 percent of
                                                                              students taking classes
                                                                              exclusively  at  the
                                                                              CCC live in Canyon
                                                                              Country.   Students
                                                                              from  Saugus  made
                                                                              up about 14 percent of
                                                                              the students enrolled ex-
                                                                              clusively  at the CCC.  The
                                                                              majority of students taking classes exclusively at
                                                                              the CCC are part-time students. This is a signifi-
                                                                              cant difference from students enrolled exclusively
                   An aerial view of the campus in March 2008, looking in a southerly direction.   at the Valencia campus. Ninety-one percent of stu-
                                                                              dents enrolled at the CCC only in fall 2007 were
                                                                              part-time students,  compared to  62  percent en-
                                                                              rolled at the Valencia campus only.  The pattern
                                                                              was similar for spring 2008. Ninety percent of stu-
                                                                              dents enrolled at the CCC only in spring 2008 were
                                                                              part-time, compared to 64 percent at Valencia only.
                                                                              More than 25  percent of students taking classes
                                                                              only at the CCC reported pursuing an associate de-
                                                                              gree and transfer to a four-year institution. Nearly
                                                                              the same percentage of students taking classes ex-
                                                                              clusively at the CCC indicated they are undecided
                                                                              about their educational goals.

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