Higher education classes in Fayette County are getting more and more crowded.

According to Dr. Kevin Demmitt, director of Clayton State-Fayette, the university’s less-than-a-year old instructional site has a total registered enrollment for all courses of 578 for the semester that opened Aug. 18.

“The most significant growth has been the result of word of mouth advertising,” he says. “Students are having positive experiences and are telling their friends about us. We provide excellent customer service helping students navigate through the admission process, and we have outstanding faculty who are accustomed to working with traditional and non-traditional students.”

Clayton State opened the site in a Westpark office building in Peachtree City in November 2007. Last fall, the enrollment for all courses was 150.

The center recently opened its fourth classroom and has a total of 300 students taking classes.

According to a press release, the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia has currently approved the following degrees for Clayton State-Fayette: B.S. Psychology; B.A.S. Administrative Management; R.N. to B.S.N.; B.S. in Integrative Studies; MBA.

Degree programs that may be offered in the future pending approval by the Board of Regents include a B.S. or certificate in Paralegal Studies; the Master of Science in Nursing; and the Master of Health Administration.

Most courses are taught in the evening, but the university is expanding courses offered during the day. Many courses are offered online and representatives from the university’s Admissions Office, as well as course advisement officials, are already on-site.

“We may look to having more hybrid classes; those that are taught half online and half in the classroom,” said Demmitt.

“I simply could not be more pleased with the reception we have received from the community. The time was definitely right to expand our programs in Fayette County and I look forward to what the future will bring.”

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