Danville Area Community College 
Community College District 507 
Enrollment   2846
Average Class Size 
 14 
Average Age of Student 
 30 
Male Students 
  40% 
Female Students 
  60% 
Degrees/Certificates Offered 
 77 
Credit Courses Offered 
  
Noncredit Courses Offered 
Areas of Study 
Business 
Health Science 
Industrial Technology 
Liberal Arts 
Public Service 
and Science 
District Size 
square miles, 
population about 90,000 people, 
18 communities 
Campus Size 
  65 acres 
Founded 
 1947
Accreditation 
 North Central Association of Colleges and Schools 
Member 
 League for Innovation in the Community College 

 


FACT SHEETS: Student Enrollment
2000 Academic Year

STUDENT ENROLLMENT

Danville Area Community College is an accredited public 2-year college that has a full time equivalent enrollment of 1,825 annually.  The College is integrally linked with the local community of 35,000, the district of 90,000, and a vast network of area businesses, universities, and other colleges.  The College is located in east central Illinois, 125 miles south of Chicago, and 90 miles west of Indianapolis.

Annual Enrollment: Summer 2000/Fall 2000/Spring 2001
 
 
Spring 2001 Fall 2000 Summer 2000 FY Total
Credit Hours 24,251.5 5245.5
Full-time Equivalent 1,698 350
Credit Headcount 2,744 1186
Non-Credit Count 264 472
Full-time 1,187 402
Part-time 1,557 784

ETHNICITY

The total student enrollment (Credit and Noncredit combined) for Fiscal Year 2001 was 7,479. As
the chart below shows, Danville Area Community College has an ethnically diverse student body in both
Credit and Noncredit programs and courses.
 
Spring 2001 Fall 2000 Summer 2000 FY 2001 Total
Asian 21 8
American Indian 3 1
Black 294 108
Hispanic 87 23
White 1978 855
Unknown 463 191

GENDER

In FY 2001, Over 60% of our Ccredit students enrolled during the FY 2001 were women.
 

AGE

The average age for a DACC student is 30.  Nearly 58% of the students at DACC are over the age of 20.
 
 
17
124
4%
18
407
13%
19
392
13%
20
270
9%
21-24
435
14%
25-30
331
11%
31-39
390
13%
40-55
464
15%
56-64
75
2%
65 & over
89
3%
Unknown
70
2%

ENROLLMENT STATUS IN CREDIT COURSES AND PROGRAMS

The majority of our Credit students enrolled in FY 2001  were Transfer curriculum students (42%).
or Vocational curriculum students (3%). Nearly 11% of the Credit students were enrolled in Continuing Education or Business Training curriculum.
 

ATTENDANCE
 
 
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