Enrollment At MCC Is Down From Last Year, But Students & Faculty Remain Optimistic

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, enrollment at four-year universities has dropped significantly, and many students are instead enrolling at community colleges. Even with this factored in, Monroe Community college is still seeing a decline in enrollment for the 2020-2021 school year.

WHAM interviewed a couple of MCC school ambassadors that are in charge of greeting students as they come back to campus. Truman Benz and Jaquelyne DiClement both had some good things to say about the educational climate:

Benz has met a few students who came too mcc to save some money.

“The experience now is actually very similar if you were to go to a four-year, because all colleges are moving online. Why would you spend an extra $10,000, $20,000, $30,000 to go to a four-year when you can save a lot more money getting just as a good of an education here?”

DiClemente commented on the fact that there is COVID-19 testing right on campus:

“It’s good that we’re testing and taking the precautions, because we don’t have to close down the line, versus the schools that are opening up fully, and then they might have to close again due to cases,” she said.

The first enrollment estimates are lower than last year; around 10,000 instead of 11,572. With less students comes less staff, so some teachers will have to teach on both campuses.

Source:
13WHAM