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Exceeding Expectations

TOTAL ENROLLMENT Fall Semester
CLASS SECTIONS OFFERED Fall Semester Spring Semester Total for Academic Year Total Student Headcount per Semester / Academic Year Spring Semester

Total Class Sections per Semester / Academic Year students
6,000
sections
600 5,492
5,000
564
500 4,697
4,000 4,167 4,278 4,300
491 483
400 422 408 3,000 3,410 3,315 3,902 3,845

2,793
300
2,000
259 257 273 291
200 232 235 226
200 208 1,000
187
100
2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12

2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
WHAT IS AN FTES?

ENROLLMENT TRENDS FTES is short for Full-Time FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT ENROLLMENT
WHERE STUDENTS LIVE Equivalent Student, a term Number of Full-Time Equivalent Students (FTES) Enrolled
based on a calculation students
e Canyon Country Campus has a used by the state to deter- 2,500
FALL 2007
greater number of out-of-district mine funding levels per
20 2,348
students aer five years, reflecting a 42 student. One FTES is equiv- 2,000 2,031
statewide trend as many public col- 11 alent to 525 class hours in 1,832
leges cap their enrollment, sending 2 credit and noncredit 1,500
prospective students elsewhere, and 14 7 4 courses. The figure 525 is 1,434 1,453
derived from the fact that
the campus has maintained or in- 1,000
175 days of instruction are
creased the number of class sections required each year, and a
available. FALL 2011 student attending three 500
hours per day for 175 days
In fall 2007, the Canyon Country 38 32 will be in attendance for 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12
Campus was attended primarily by 525 hours (3 x 175 = 525).
part-time students (those with less 5 4
than 12 units). Since then, enroll- 9 1 11 students do so. However, in any given semester, as many as one-third of all enrolled
ment by full-time students (those College of the Canyons students are taking classes exclusively at the Canyon Country
with 12 or more units) has in- Campus. In the most recent graduating class, 77 percent of graduating students dis-
creased. College of the Canyons stu- trict-wide had taken at least one class at the Canyon Country Campus, up from 68
dents can attend classes at both the Canyon Country Castaic Newhall Saugus percent a year earlier. is compelling figure demonstrates how quickly the campus
Valencia and Canyon Country cam- has been incorporated into district operations and how vital it has become for the ac-
Stevenson Ranch Valencia Out of District
puses, and a substantial number of ademic success of our students.

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