BENTONVILLE — Northwest Arkansas Community College on Tuesday reported an enrollment decline of 1.7 percent this spring semester compared to last spring.
The college had 7,181 students enrolled Tuesday, a decrease of 127 students from this point last spring semester, according to a college news release. Tuesday was the 11th day of classes, the day the state uses to compare college and university enrollments from year to year.
Students are taking a total of 63,169 credit hours this semester, a decline of 3 percent from the spring 2015 semester, according to the release.
Fall semester enrollment was down about 2.5 percent from the previous fall. Both this semester’s and last semester’s enrollment declines align roughly with what college officials had expected. They developed the 2015-16 budget on the assumption enrollment would decline 3 percent for the entire academic year.