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Eight KCTCS Colleges Cited as Nation’s Leaders in Student Growth

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Eight of the 16 colleges in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System are cited as being among the fastest growing public community colleges in the nation, according to a listing published in Community College Week magazine.

The listing was based on enrollment figures between Fall 2006 and Fall 2007.
Bowling Green Technical College was first in the 2,500-4,999 student category with a 39.1 percent increase in students. Ashland Community and Technical College was ninth in the same category with a 16.5 percent increase. Hazard Community and Technical College was 22nd in that category with a 12.3 percent increase. Elizabethtown Community and Technical College was 28th with a 10.6 percent increase, while Madisonville Community College and Maysville Community and Technical College were 37th and 47th with increases of 6 percent and 8.3 percent respectively.

Somerset Community College ranked 18th in the 5,000-9,999 student category, with a 12.6 percent increase in the.
In the 10,000-plus student category, Jefferson Community and Technical College was 49th with a 5.2 percent increase.