Enrollment at Bay Area and California community colleges has seen a significant drop for three consecutive years. Our ABC7 News data team dug into the data.
along with construction on the school's new science center completed in April may have stopped some people from enrolling.Graph not displaying correctly?SRJC president Dr. Frank Chong says he believes creating affordable student housing will help increase enrollment.
"So it has become increasingly unaffordable for families to live in Sonoma County and that's why we built in my background we're building and completing a five-story, 352 bed student residence hall which is quite unique for community colleges, which typically are commuter schools," said Dr. Chong.
Across California, the largest loss was among students aged 50 and up, a 32% drop from the pre-pandemic school year. Younger students ages 20 to 24 and 25 to 29 also saw large drops.Among racial and ethnic groups, Native American students saw the largest percent decrease, at 29%, followed by Filipino students at a 26% drop, Black students at 25% and White students at 21%."I'm not at all surprised.
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