Enrollment continues huge slide
One of the more puzzling questions about enrollment at Yavapai College has to do with the Prescott Campus. While enrollment at the Verde Campus has stopped its decline and has even shown a slight increase in the last year, the enrollment of students on the Prescott Campus continues in a precipitous slide.
In the College fiscal year 2009/10, Prescott reported in its audited annual report that there were 2,396 Full Time Equivalent Students (FTSE). One FTSE equals twelve credits. By comparison, the College reported in August, 2016 that enrollment during the 2015/16 fiscal year had plummeted to 1252.7. This is a drop of 1,143.3 FTSE. This is a huge drop.
If one compares 20016/07 FTSE with 2015/16, the result is a fall of 843.3 FTSE. The decline is all the more surprising because the current administration has invested millions of dollars in construction on that campus. It is also the center for all sports programs, major sports facilities, the Performing Arts Center, and Dell Webb Family Enrichment Center.
The drop in one year from 2014/15 to 2015/16 was 104.7 FTSE. In terms of enrollment, this is huge.
