Who is included in headcount enrollments?
Headcount enrollments represent the number of students actively enrolled at a campus for a specified census date. The census date is the close of the third week of instruction for campuses on a quarter calendar and the fourth week of instruction for campuses on a semester calendar. This definition applies to all terms that comprise the college year. • What is full-time equivalent student enrollment? The number of full-time equivalent students (FTES) for a term is derived by dividing total semester or quarter student credit hours attempted at a campus by 15. Annual full-time equivalent students are derived by either dividing total semester student credit hours for the academic year by 30 or total quarter student credit hours by 45. Summer Arts FTES are calculated by dividing total student credit units by 30. The FTES calculation adjusts headcount enrollment for differences associated with having skewed distributions of either part-time or full time students. If students at a campus atte