2.6

The institution is in operation and has students enrolled in degree programs. (Continuous operation)

Compliance Judgment

X     In compliance     Partially compliant     Non-compliant

Narrative

Francis Marion University uses the degree inventory from the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education and records from the Francis Marion University Office of Institutional Research to show that the University has students enrolled in degree programs.

Francis Marion has been in operation since 1970 [1]. Currently, the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education authorizes Francis Marion University to offer 48 baccalaureate programs, eight master’s programs, and a specialist degree [2]. The records maintained in the Office of Institutional Research indicate that student enrollment has declined only slightly for fall and spring semesters over the last five years and has been generally maintained for summer semesters as shown in Table 1 below.

Table 1. University Enrollment:

Spring, Summer, and Fall Semesters (2012 – 2016)

*Data for the Summer term include Late Spring, Summer I, and II. Data for all of the terms combine undergraduate and graduate students.

During Spring 2017, Francis Marion enrolled a total of 3,326 students: 2,998 undergraduate students and 328 graduate students. Enrollment figures for undergraduate and graduate degree programs are shown in Tables 2 and 3 below.

Table 2. University Enrollment by Undergraduate Degree Program in Spring 2017

Table 3. University Enrollment by Graduate Degree Program in Spring 2017

Documentation

1. Catalog 2016-2017, History, p. 10
2. South Carolina Commission on Higher Education Degree Inventory Report