GRAND ISLAND, Neb. — Student enrollment at Central Community College is seeing a slight dip overall but growth in the number of full-time students.

CCC announced a fall semester enrollment of 6,553 on Thursday. That total includes 1,820 full-time and 4,733 part time students. The total number is 83 less than last fall and 344 more than in 2022. The 2024 full-time student number is 3% higher than last year.

“It is encouraging to see our overall full-time student enrollment numbers increasing, as we continue to see extremely strong job placement of graduates with the technical, business and health degrees, diplomas and certificates our students are seeking in addition to our reasonably-priced transfer courses for advanced degrees,” CCC President Dr. Matt Gotschall said in a statement.

Total college-wide enrollment is comprised of 2,283 on-campus students and 4,270 distance learning students enrolled through CCC’s campuses in Columbus, Grand Island and Hastings and centers in Holdrege, Kearney, Lexington and Ord.

A news release says nursing, health, automotive technology, electrical technology, electrical technology, environmental health and safety, mechatronics, and truck driving all saw enrollment gains. Business courses such as entrepreneurship and media arts experienced increases as are academic transfer courses like biology and psychology.

On-campus housing is near capacity at both the Columbus and Hastings campuses — the two campuses to offer on-campus housing.