Make it five straight terms of growth for Portland Community College. Fall term enrollment figures show the local school has expanded in terms of total headcount AND full-time equivalent students, up 4.6 and 9.5 percent respectively.
PCC President Preston Pulliams has an idea why we’re seeing such growth:
“Ever since the economy took a turn for the worse, our enrollment has grown term after term,” he says. The biggest spike is in southeast where the center at 82nd and Division jumped by 20 percent enrollment wise.
All not bad, especially considering that PCC is the largest, post-secondary institution in the state and serves close to 87,000 students.
