Southeast Community College (SCC) is touting momentum this spring semester with a 12% increase in enrollment compared to last year.
SCC President Paul Illich says they have more than 10 thousand students across all three campuses as well as its dual credit and prison education programs. Of the total spring enrollment, 95% of the students are from Nebraska with 83% from SCC’s 15-county service area. Lincoln’s enrollment is 7,682 followed by Milford with 1,552, Beatrice with 1,552 and 161 students in the Prison Education Program.
In addition, there are 3,389 students enrolled in career/technical fields and 3,383 in dual credit.
“Over the last decade, we have really worked on our ability to expand our capacity to produce a skilled workforce,” said Dr. Paul Illich, SCC president. “Our enrollment increase is a powerful reminder of the importance of ensuring everyone in our service area has access to the life-changing benefits of higher education. This is consistent with our transformative initiative to produce a skilled workforce and to strengthen our communities.”
SCC’s spring semester started with the opening of the Sandhills Global Technology Center on the Lincoln Campus. The $37 million project is a collaboration between SCC, Sandhills Global and the city of Lincoln. The Center is 65,000 square feet and will house programs in Biotechnology, Computer Information Technology, Design & Drafting and Electronic Systems.
In the fall semester, SCC will open the Welding Technology Center which will be the largest training facility in the U.S. This new facility will allow SCC to accept more students into the Welding program while serving the needs of the industry.