The report, released Monday, shows the University System of Georgia has hit a record 282,978 students. That's nearly 5 percent more than last year.
Black student enrollment increased 7.5 percent, or nearly 5,000 more students since. Total black enrollment is 69,700.
The university system has gained 32,000 students in five years, the equivalent of the enrollment of the University of Georgia. That's an overall increase of 13 percent since 2003.
Most of that growth has been at the state's smaller campuses, such as two-year colleges like Gainesville State and other commuter schools.
The colleges achieving double-digit enrollment are:
*Atlanta Metropolitan College, up 19.1 percent to 2,241 students
*Bainbridge College, up 16.2 percent to 3,091 students
*East Georgia College, up 28.6 percent to 2,555 students
*Gainesville State College, up 10.2 percent to 8,238 students
*Georgia Gwinnett College, up 98.4 percent to 1,563 students
Two state universities also have experienced double digit growth from Fall 2007 to Fall 2008. Fort Valley State University is up 21 percent to 3,106 students and Georgia Southwestern State University is up 13 percent to 2,717 students.
The full USG fall 2008 enrollment report is available on the web at:
http://www.usg.edu/research/students/enroll/fy2009/fall08.pdf
(The Associated Press contributed to this story.)
http://accesswdun.com/article/2008/11/215132