Lake Land College is celebrating its highest fall enrollment in years.  The college’s official 10th Day Enrollment Report shows more than 4,100 students enrolled this fall, a 4.5 percent increase from last year and the highest headcount since 2019. Full-time equivalency, which measures overall credit hours, is also up more than 7 percent which is the strongest its been since 2020.

Much of the increase comes from Career and Technical Education programs and high school students taking dual credit classes. Enrollment in dual credit jumped by more than 17 percent this fall, with over 1,300 high school students earning college credit.

Lake Land also opened its new Effingham Technology Center this semester, and already more than 300 students are taking classes there.

Lake Land President Josh Bullock says the numbers are more than just statistics as they represent thousands of students working toward brighter futures. For more information on Lake Land, visit their website.