STUDENT PROFILE | Fall 2009

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Credit Courses/Programs

• Credit Course Enrollment: 9,693 (Fall 2009)
  • 5,445 full-time
  • 4,248 part-time students
• Credit course enrollment is primarily comprised of two groups of students:
  • Full-time, degree-seeking students aged 17-24 years old and
  • "Adult learners" aged 25 or older, many of whom attend part-time, in both degree and non-degree seeking programs.
• Estimated Annual Total Credit Student Enrollment: 15,241 in Academic Year 2008-2009 

 

Fall 2009 Student Demographics:

• Attendance Status
  • Full-time = 56.2%
  • Part-time = 43.8%
• Gender
  • Male = 42.6%
  • Female = 57.4%
• Ages
  • Over 87.8% of full-time students are 24 years old or younger
  • Approximately 57.4% of part-time students are 25 years o f age or older
  • Overall, the average age of BCC's student population is 25 years
    (average age of full-time students is 21; average age of part-time students is 30)
• Ethnicity
  • Caucasian = 61.7%
  • African American = 19.2%
  • Hispanic = 6.7%
  • Unknown = 6.3%
  • Asian = 3.9%
  • Non-Resident Aliens = 1.4%
  • Alaskan Native/American Indian = 0.4%
  • Mixed Race = 0.4%
• 91.6% are Burlington County residents, but the College regularly enrolls students from more than 25 countries, thus offering the opportunity for intercultural exchanges and growth
• 30.2% of 2009 Burlington County high school graduates attended BCC in the Fall 2009 semester.

 

Graduates

• 1,035 degrees and certificates were awarded in the 2008-2009 academic year
  • 76% in transfer programs
  • 24% in career programs
  • 1% in certificate programs

Please note that 57% of BCC student population is enrolled in transfer programs and many of these students transfer from BCC to senior institutions prior to graduating from BCC.