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NIC releases its fall enrollment report and reveals just who the student body really is Christina Villagomez News Editor NIC has released its official fall enrollment report. According to the report, total headcount was down 2.6 percent, but full-time enrollment (FTE) has increased 1.4 percent from the previous fall semester’s numbers. “NIC’s fall enrollment numbers reflect trends on the national scale where years of unprecedented growth is beginning to level off,” said North Idaho College President Joe Dunlap. The Vice President of Student Services Graydon Stanley said that while total headcount fell in line with administrator’s predictions, the increase in FTE was a surprise. Enrollment in professional
6,574 total enrolled
es have long waiting lists. “We started looking at it, because the numbers made no sense when you here about the demand for professional technical programs,” Stanley said. Mike Mires, dean of professional technical and workforce education, said typically the majority of the students are lost from second-year programs and high demand fields such as machining and welding. Mires said often after students from these programs get a one-year certificate, they will immediately receive offers from a competitive job market and ultimately decide not to continue on to a degree. The report also showed that the amount of dual credit students on campus had the largest in-
technical programs showed a bigger drop in both headcount and FTE, with 12.9 percent fewer students attending than last year. “We had two programs in PT [professional technical] department that were grant programs that have ended,” Kylene Lloyd, Student Services Data & Information Analyst, said. “That is were a large amount of out decrease in headcount went.” Lloyd said that the students that had been enrolled due to these temporary grants had actually inflated the programs numbers, and if they had not been originally counted, the professional technical programs would actually be showing growth this year. Stanley said that currently, many professional technical cours-
4,601
All numbers for the report crease, with the numbers showing were tallied up on Oct. 15, and a 5 percent increase over the prereleased on Oct. 16, reflecting a vious year. The majority of these stu- change in educational institutions dents continued to be from Coeur across the state who will no longer d’Alene High School, with Lake be releasing enrollment numbers on the 10th City High day of the seSchool hav“NIC’s fall enrollment mester as was ing the secin previnumbers reflect trends done ond highous years. est number. on the national scale.” StanStanley ley said the said with change took the steady place in order JOE DUNLAP growth of to more accuNIC President dual enrately represent the inforrollment, mation, which NIC is beginning to look into hosting was often previously skewed by these classes at the high schools late start dates for dual credit to take the logistical pressure students, or by those who might off the campus and to help with withdraw or be dropped from the college’s waitlist problem. various classes.
Racial breakup of the student body
total enrolled full time
5,404 199 71 60 25 Caucasian Students
American/Alaskan Native Students
Asian Students
African American Students
Hawaiian/ Pacific Islander Students
678 67.7% 27
NIC students that are dual enrolled
The average student’s age at NIC
of NIC students are from Kootenai County
Top majors at NIC
60% 40%
of NIC students are female
of NIC students are male
2,213
426
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General Studies
Business
Education
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