Friday, June 13, 2003

CCSU has record summer enrollment

For the third consecutive semester, Clayton College & State University has set a new student enrollment record.

Today's record du jour is for the largest student population to enroll for the University's summer semester. Following yesterday's finalizing of the student record, attendance for the summer 2003 semester stands at 3,445, by far the largest summer total in the University's history.

Overall, the current academic year has been a record-breaker for Clayton State. Enrollment for the fall semester topped out at 5,214, only the second time the University had ever exceeded 5,000 students (the first was the fall semester 1995's 5,020 students) for any semester. However, the fall 2002 enrollment record only lasted until January 2003, when 5,555 students enrolled at Clayton State for the just-completed spring semester.

The current semester's total attendance is some 900 students higher than the typical Clayton State summer semester over the past decade. For the last 11 years, the average summer attendance has been 2,500, with 2,750 being the norm for the three summers prior to 2003.