Preliminary numbers show a record fall enrollment of 6,072 students at Georgia North-western Technical College.

Official reporting numbers will be available in mid-October.

This is an increase of 18 percent, or 910 students, over the combined enrollment for both Coosa Valley Technical College in Floyd County and Northwestern Technical College in Walker County for fall quarter 2008, which was 5,162 students.

GNTC’s Walker County campus has 2,594 students enrolled, 2,430 at the Floyd County campus, 737 at the Gordon County campus, and 311 at the Polk County campus.

GNTC saw an increase in the number of students that enrolled with full-time status, with 3,188 enrolled full-time and 2,884 enrolled part-time at the college.

“We anticipated a significant increase based on the enrollment increases over the past three quarters,” GNTC president Craig McDaniel said. “Displaced workers, recent high school graduates, and students with traditional college experience make up the bulk of the growth. Our staff and faculty worked tirelessly to make this happen and they are to be com-mended.”

Georgia Northwestern Technical College serves Walker, Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon and Polk counties in Georgia, with campuses located in Walker, Floyd, Gordon and Polk. About 16,000 people benefit from GNTC’s credit and noncredit programs, making it the largest college in northwest Georgia and the fifth largest technical college in Georgia.