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Enrollment Trend Continues at HVCC; Increases 8 Percent Over Spring 2024



TROY, NY (02/18/2025) As the Spring 2025 semester gets underway at Hudson Valley Community College, enrollment continues to steadily trend upward, driven, in part, by an unprecedented 125 percent increase in newly enrolled students over last spring.

As of the college's official census date on Monday, Feb. 10, when final counts are publicly reported, total enrollment for the Spring 2025 semester was up 8.4 percent over last spring. The total number of enrolled students this spring is 7,600, compared to 7,012 in spring 2024. Over the past two years, the college's spring semester enrollment has grown by more than 15 percent.

"Nearly all student categories - new students, transfer students and part-time students - showed growth over last year's numbers this spring, and that is a credit to the faculty, advisors and all of the student support staff at the college. We are thrilled to see students and families recognizing the remarkable value and variety of opportunities offered by the college," said Officer in Charge Louis Coplin.

Seeing growth over last spring are the number of new students (up 125 percent), transfer students (up 41 percent), and non-matriculated part-time students (up 18.5 percent).

According to the National Clearinghouse Research Center, which tracks national enrollment trends across the many categories of post-secondary education, undergraduate enrollment increased across nearly every sector, with community colleges in particular, seeing a 5.9 percent increase over last year.

The spring term enrollment increase at Hudson Valley follows an annual jump of 5.4 percent during the fall 2024 semester.

About Hudson Valley Community College:

Founded in 1953, Hudson Valley Community College is the largest community college in upstate New York and offers more than 80 degree and certificate programs in three schools: Business and Liberal Arts; Health Sciences; and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM); and also administers the Educational Opportunity Center for academic and career training at no cost to those who qualify. One of 30 community colleges in the SUNY system, Hudson Valley enrolls more than 19,000 students in credit and non-credit courses and is a recognized leader in distance learning and workforce development. The college has more than 90,000 alumni. To learn more, please visit www.hvcc.edu.

 

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