The recent Turner Business post concerning the newly released USG enrollment report for Fall 2025 focuses on student enrollment using headcount figures provided by the USG. These figures tend to conflate full- and part-time enrollment, and as a result may cloud the enrollment situations across the 26 public college and university campuses in Georgia. To avoid this problem, the current post revisits the enrollment report by considering full-time equivalent enrollment numbers instead. According to these data, CSU stands out even more than it does using headcount statistics. For example, FTE enrollment across all USG institutions grew by 4.3% over the last year. More specifically, there was positive enrollment growth at 25 of the 26 institutions, ranging from 0.5% growth at Valdosta State University to 10.5% growth at the University of West Georgia. In the State Universities category, FTE enrollment grew by 1.9% at Albany State, 3.9% at Clayton State, 8.8% at Fort Valley State, 3.1% at Georgia College, 8% at Georgia Southwestern, 5.3% at Middle Georgia State, 0.7% at Savannah State, and 4.9% at North Georgia. At CSU, FTE enrollment fell by 2.5%, meaning that CSU is the only USG institution (out of 26) where FTE enrollment is down since Fall 2024.
Officials in the Turner College's Butler Center for Research and Economic Development recently put the finishing touches on an extensive report on trends in educational programs and occupations in the Columbus area. The report also includes data on business and technology trends. According to Fady Mansour , Director of the Butler Center, there are several key takeaways from the report regarding 10 occupational gaps that currently exist in the Columbus area. First, software development occupation exhibits the biggest labor shortage, with the report adding that the TSYS School has a bachelor's degree program in information technology along with a new AI track for the bachelor's degree in computer science, both of which can qualify students for this occupation. Other educational programs are in demand, such as computer programming and cloud computing. Second, there is a gap of 30 employees per year in general and operations management. This gap could be addressed by the Turn...
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