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By AC Danan
Except for two courses in the College of Arts and Sciences, SSC-R marks an uptrend in freshmen enrollment this school year 2008-2009.
Registering the most number of enrollees, CIHM yielded a total of 521 students which is almost 5% higher than last year’s total of 497. Tourism rose to 30% increase from last year’s 86 while HRM is 1 enrollee better than last year’s figure of 411.
CABACS got 265 enrollees compared to last year’s 216, also marking a 30% increase. Percentage increase in CABACS courses are as follows: Computer Science (47%), Business Management (40%), Legal Management (38%), Marketing (.5%), and Financial Management (13.5%)
Meanwhile, CAS suffered a setback with Mass Communication and Political Science, both losing 2 enrollees to match last year’s figure of 34 and 19 respectively. However, Psychology inched up with 43 enrollees, which is 72% (the highest percentage increase) higher than last year’s figure of 25.
This school year recorded 878 total number of freshmen, which is 11% more than last year’s 792 figure. (Data source: EDP)
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