A total of 11 cities within the District boundaries provided 43.9 percent of all students attending the College in fall 2009, down from 55.3 percent in 2001. Ten cities located outside of the District provided 36.7 percent of the total fall 2009 student body, up from 26.3 percent in fall 2001. An additional 6,550 fall-term students reported living in a zip code that was outside the District but not among those zips associated with the 10 primary out-of-District cities. In the last two years out-of-District students have made up the majority of students enrolled at the college. Fall Term Change in Student Origins Source: Golden West College Office of Institutional Research; analysis by Cambridge West Partnership On average, from fall 2001 through fall 2009, Huntington Beach generated the highest percentage of students, accounting for 20.9 percent. Westminster followed, providing an average of 13.5 percent of the fall student body over this period of time. Together these two cities account for 34 percent of the District students attending the College. However, between the two cities, the change in enrollment volume from 2001 to 2009 represents a 42 percent decline in enrollments. The collection of “all other zip codes” that are out-of-District contributed an average of 25 percent of all students in the fall terms from 2001 through 2009. The change in enrollments from these locations between 2001 and 2009 translates to a 40 percent gain. Of the leading ten specific out-of-District cities, Long Beach provided the highest fall term percentage of all enrollments with an average of 4.1 percent. Santa Ana and Anaheim followed at 3.8 percent and 3.0 percent respectively. However, the change in enrollments from these three leading out-of-District cities between 2001 and 2009 actually translates to a -13 percent loss in the share of all students. Conversely, the change in the share of fall term enrollments between these two points in time for the city of Irvine (116 percent) and Laguna Beach (60 percent), indicate that the traditional patterns of external
A total of 11 cities within the District boundaries provided 43.9 percent of all students attending the College in fall 2009, down from 55.3 percent in 2001. Ten cities located outside of the District provided 36.7 percent of the total fall 2009 student body, up from 26.3 percent in fall 2001. An additional 6,550 fall-term students reported living in a zip code that was outside the District but not among those zips associated with the 10 primary out-of-District cities. In the last two years out-of-District students have made up the majority of students enrolled at the college. Fall Term Change in Student Origins Source: Golden West College Office of Institutional Research; analysis by Cambridge West Partnership On average, from fall 2001 through fall 2009, Huntington Beach generated the highest percentage of students, accounting for 20.9 percent. Westminster followed, providing an average of 13.5 percent of the fall student body over this period of time. Together these two cities account for 34 percent of the District students attending the College. However, between the two cities, the change in enrollment volume from 2001 to 2009 represents a 42 percent decline in enrollments. The collection of “all other zip codes” that are out-of-District contributed an average of 25 percent of all students in the fall terms from 2001 through 2009. The change in enrollments from these locations between 2001 and 2009 translates to a 40 percent gain. Of the leading ten specific out-of-District cities, Long Beach provided the highest fall term percentage of all enrollments with an average of 4.1 percent. Santa Ana and Anaheim followed at 3.8 percent and 3.0 percent respectively. However, the change in enrollments from these three leading out-of-District cities between 2001 and 2009 actually translates to a -13 percent loss in the share of all students. Conversely, the change in the share of fall term enrollments between these two points in time for the city of Irvine (116 percent) and Laguna Beach (60 percent), indicate that the traditional patterns of external
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