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GREENSBORO — Guilford College has 2,833 students this fall, a record that exceeds the previous mark by 5.5 percent

That number exceeds the previous record set in fall 2007 by 145 students.

Included in the record-setting headcount is a record number of traditional-aged students, 1,471 — 19 more than in fall 2007.

There are 1,263 adult students in the Center for Continuing Education — 104 more than last fall. Adult enrollment has increased in each of the last three years. The all-time record is 1,299 adult students in fall 2005.

There are 99 students in The Early College at Guilford who are enrolled in college classes.

Also included is a record number of traditional first-year students, 448— four more than in fall 2007. It is the sixth straight first-year class of more than 400 students.

The record first-year class also includes the largest percentage of traditional students from North Carolina (50 percent) since 1970.

Full-time equivalent enrollment is 2,613, including 1,460 traditional students, 1,054 adult students and 99 Early College students

The college’s fall headcount has increased in eight of the last nine years.