Community College Enrollments

ERIC Clearinghouse for Community Colleges
EdInfo 99-07
July 1999

The total national student enrollment in community colleges is reported to be 5,539,536 for Fall, 1996. California has more than twice the enrollment of any other single state, and accounts for over 20 percent of the national total student enrollment. Community college tuition and fees average about one-tenth the tuition and fees paid at independent four-year colleges. The ten states with the largest community college student enrollment and their respective tuition and fees are:

Total Enrollment In-State Tuition and Fees
1. California 1,125,973 $371
2. Texas 402,055 $788.
3. Illinois 350,935 $1,290.
4. Florida 321,699 $1,151
5. New York 272,357 $2,519
6. Ohio 221,928 $2,323
7. Michigan 200,161 $1,578
8.Washington 179,986 $1,445
9. Arizona 159,734 $782
10. North Carolina 147,143 $581

This information was reported in ED 422 994, American Association of Community Colleges Annual 1998-99: A State-by-State Analysis of Community College Trends and Statistics. A full-text copy of this document may be obtained from ERIC Document Reproduction Services (EDRS), 7420 Fullerton Road, Suite 110, Springfield, Virginia 22153-2852; or by calling (800) 443-ERIC.


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