DES MOINES, IOWA (AP) -- Community colleges in Iowa are seeing record enrollment with nearly 106,600 students at the state's 15 community colleges'.
The all-time high enrollment is included in a report released Wednesday by the Iowa Department of Education. Enrollment at the schools is up 4.8 percent from last year.
Officials say the economic downturn contributed to the increased enrollment but that there also has been a growth in the number of high school students taking college level courses at community colleges in Iowa.
Four of the schools saw enrollment increase 10 percent or more from last year. Three of the schools saw single-digit declines in enrollment.
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