Wednesday, December 31, 2003
|
Wednesday, December 31, 2003 |
|
Fayette students fall to 5th among Clayton State enrollment By J. FRANK LYNCH A big surge in enrollment this fall from Fulton and DeKalb counties for the first time moved those two jurisdictions slightly ahead of Fayette County as “feeders” for students at Clayton College & State University. University spokesman John Shiffert said last week that a record 5,661 students were enrolled this fall. As has traditionally been the case, Clayton State’s two main “feeder” counties for students are Clayton and Henry counties, representing 29.6 percent and 16.6 percent, respectively, he said. Fayette County had ranked among the university’s typical “Big Three” for years, Shiffert said, until this fall when 446 students from Fayette enrolled. Altogether, students from Clayton, Henry, Fulton, DeKalb and Fayette counties made up 73.7 percent of Clayton State's fall 2003 enrollment. Other Top 10 counties in enrollment were Rockdale, Coweta, Spalding, Gwinnett and Newton. Clayton State has more international students than students from other states, Shiffert said. The 344 international students at Clayton represent 6 percent of the entire student body, he said, with the leading nationalities being Vietnam (39), Nigeria (38), Jamaica (28) and India (25). Approximately 5 percent of Clayton State's students come from states other than Georgia, with Florida (38), Alabama (21), California (19) and Texas (17) the top four. Demographically, African-American students make up the largest single group at 47 percent, followed by white students at 41.5 percent. Multiracial and Asian/Pacific Islander students account for 4.3 and 4 percent, and Hispanics 2.6 percent. In addition, 28 American Indian or Alaskan Native students call the university home. With an average age of 28, Clayton State students range from 17 to over 65, with the highest concentration between the ages of 18 and 26, said Shiffert, but 1,800 are between the ages of 27 and 38, and 659 students are between 40 and 50. The School of Arts & Sciences remains the largest of the University’s five academic units, with 2,066 students. More information on Clayton State’s enrollment can be found on the University’s Institutional Research Web site, maintained by Director of Institutional Research Dr. Ming Wang, at adminservices.clayton.edu/irp/.
|
||