Enrollment Projections
Enrollment Projections 2009-2020
The UCF FTE Enrollment Plan for 2009-2014 recommends
a continued growth approach to meet the educational demands
in the state of Florida, with continued emphasis on the Central
Florida metropolitan region in support of the university's vision.
UCF is over-enrolled by 6.8% FTE in 2008-09 (30,840 funded FTE
vs. 32,933 actual FTE). Increased retention and yield
rates combined with UCF’s emphasis on providing access
to Florida community college transfers, and especially those
students transferring from our consortium community colleges,
has resulted in higher than expected enrollments in recent years.
In the 2009-10 General Appropriation, UCF was provided no enrollment
growth over 2008-09 or 2007-08. With UCF’s fundable FTE enrollment
forecasted to grow to 34,036 (not including medical) in 2009-10,
UCF forecasted over-enrollment is expected to increase from 6.8% in 2008-09
to 10.4% in 2009-10.
The UCF Fall 2008 total headcount enrollment was 50,275, which
included 557 students for whom state funding was not provided.
These students include UCF and other state employees, as well
as senior citizens in a specific program. Please see table and
chart titles that indicate if these “non-fundable”
students are included. Please visit the website for all official
university historical enrollment figures.
The UCF 2009-2014 Enrollment Plan combines growth
on the Orlando campus with growth within the regional campus
system as well as distributed learning strategies. It is aligned
with the Campus Master Plan and supports initiatives in the
UCF Strategic Plan. The growth rate in the regional campus system is
projected to be more than three times as great as the Orlando campus
growth rate over the planning horizon, reflecting the openings of new centers,
and accomodating increasing numbers of transfer students.
FTE estimates associated with the UCF’s Medical College, opening in 2009,
are also included in the 2009-2014 UCF FTE Enrollment Plan.
