Blinn College’s September enrollment report included discussion by members of the board of trustees and administrators about a five year enrollment drop at the Bryan campus.
While the Bryan campus is designed for 9,500 students, the latest fall enrollment number was 6,100. The highest fall number on the Bryan campus was almost 12,000 in 2017, or the year before Blinn opened its first building on the RELLIS campus.
Fall enrollment numbers are not final because Blinn still has 27 percent of its fall classes yet to start. Blinn has four, eight, and 12 week courses in addition to semester-long classes.
Total headcount as of the trustees meeting was down by 107 students. Chancellor Mary Hensley told trustees the numbers are higher compared to projections from earlier this summer.
Blinn’s headcount at Bryan is down more than six hundred from last fall, while RELLIS has the same headcount. The number of students taking online classes is up, and headcount is down among high school students and at the Brenham, Sealy, and Schulenburg campuses.
Click below for comments from the September 21, 2021 Blinn College trustees meeeting.
