FTE Enrollment Down Only at CSU, According to USG Report

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.