Student Demographics

FALL 2018 ENROLLMENT HIGHLIGHTS
 

• The credit enrollment for fall 2018 was 6,000 students. On average, students took eight (8) credits.
• The return rate of students who were enrolled in spring 2017 and returned in fall 2018 is 51.3%.
• Full-time students comprise 30.5% of the FCC student body, while 69.5% attend part time.
• Female students make up 57% of the fall 2018 student body.
• High School Based Dual Enrollment (that is, students concurrently enrolled in high school and at FCC) increased by 20.9% to 924 students, up from 764 students in fall 2017. 
• Overall, 6.2% of the student body (369 students) transferred to FCC in fall 2018 (44 students transferred from 2-year colleges, and 328 transferred from 4-year colleges). This represents a 103% increase from the 182 transfer students in fall 2017.
• Students of color represent 35.6% of the student body. The largest share of students of color are Hispanic students (12.4%) followed by African American/Black students (12.3%) and then students identifying as “Multiple Race” (4.9%). White students comprise 64.5% of the student body.
• Traditional age students (18-21) comprise 42.1% of fall 2018 enrollment and the average FFC student is 24 years old. There was a 10.7% increase in the FCC student body aged 17 and under, coinciding with the increase in High School Based Dual Enrollment.
• There were 1,518 self-identified first generation college students at FCC in fall 2018.
• 14.3% of the student body took only online courses in fall 2018. This metric has increased steadily each fall semester since 2014.