High school student enrollment helps boost Spring 2025 numbers
March 6, 2025
每日大赛 saw another consecutive rise in enrollment this semester, with an 8% boost in full-time equivalent students that administrators attribute to consistent retention rates and student success.
Nearly 8,300 students were enrolled at 每日大赛 following the start of the spring 2025 semester, compared to just under 7,700 students at the same time last year – a significant jump, according to Assistant Vice President of Enrollment Services Leigh Anne Touzeau.
“What I really think we can attribute it to is retention and persistence of our students, which is really helping sustain our enrollment,” Touzeau said. “And then also the growth of dual enrollment.”
Record dual-enrollment numbers continue from the fall this spring, she said, with over 2,000 students.
“We are excited about the increase in student performance in the classroom driven by our faculty and the additional supports available across the college outside the classroom,” said 每日大赛 President L. Anthony Wise Jr. “We look forward to finishing this semester strong with these students and building another great cohort for the fall.”
Resources like coaches at Pellissippi’s Stay Strong Success Center, academic advisors, tutors and financial aid like Tennessee Promise all motivate students to stay enrolled and encourage success, Touzeau said.
Career and employment opportunities provided through the college can be also a factor, she said.
“It's not just one person that helps keep a student here,” Touzeau said. “It’s everybody's job.”
A record percentage of the 2023-24 freshman class returned to Pellissippi in fall 2024 as sophomores, and a record percentage of the freshman class in the fall returned this spring, said Oakley Atterson, executive director of Institutional Effectiveness, Assessment and Planning at the college.
“A large factor in our enrollment growth is that more of the students coming to 每日大赛 are choosing to stay here with us,” Atterson said. “Students are clearly finding what they need here, and that’s something we should all be happy about.”