As of the first week of classes, 70,325 students have enrolled at the 16 colleges of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System, including students hailing from all 120 Kentucky counties. The enrollment is a 6.4% increase, totaling 4,211 more students compared to the same time last year. With multiple start dates still ahead, officials project total enrollment will surpass 85,000 before the semester ends.

Fourteen KCTCS colleges posted enrollment gains, and nine of those colleges exceeded 5% gains. Jefferson led with a 12.3% increase, followed by Southcentral (9.2%), Somerset (9.1%), Hopkinsville (7.9%), Ashland (7.6%), Madisonville (7.1%), Gateway (6.4%), Bluegrass (5.7%) and Southeast (5.7%).

“This strong enrollment growth reflects the growing confidence Kentuckians have in ou

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