What is the difference between FTE, Headcount, and Enrollment?

Body

Short story:

  • FTE is a measure of instructional activity. It utilizes the number of students in a course section and the clock hours for the course. The calculation is: (# of students x clock hours) / 510. 
  • Headcount is the unique count of students. Headcount is used when we want to know how many unique students are enrolled at the college and/or over a specific period of time. 
  • Enrollment is a count of the number of sections students have taken. Each student is counted for every class they are enrolled in. Enrollment is sometimes called "Duplicated Headcount". 

Long story:

IR developed a presentation with accompanying handout to explain the differences between FTE, Headcount, and Enrollment and how these metrics interact with one another. See attached!

Attachments

pdf

What Even is FTE Anyway.pdf Computer

Tue 4/23/24 10:04 AM
pptx

What Even is FTE Anyway.pptx Computer

Tue 4/23/24 10:04 AM
;