McHenry County College Had the Highest Rate of Growth in Student Head Count And

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Byline: Elena Ferrarin eferrarin@dailyherald.com By Elena Ferrarin eferrarin@dailyherald.com By Elena Ferrarin eferrarin@dailyherald.com

McHenry County College had the highest rate of growth in student head count and full-time-equivalent enrollment in the last five years of all community colleges in Illinois, officials said.

The fall 2012 opening enrollment survey from the Illinois Community College Board shows that MCC is up 33.9 percent in student head count -- from 5,374 students in fall 2008 to 7,914 students now -- and up 31 percent in full-time-equivalent enrollment since 2008.

Community colleges across the state posted large increases in enrollment …