SEPTEMBER 20, 2007 - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  

Record Number of Students Attending SMC This Fall

SPARTANBURG, SC – A record number of students are registered at Spartanburg Methodist College this fall.

SMC’s total fall headcount is 797, which includes new, transfer, re-admitted, and continuing students. This reflects an approximately 1 percent increase over Fall 2006.

“We are extremely pleased with our Fall enrollment numbers. Our total enrollment is the largest enrollment in the last 11 years. This year’s freshman class also has the highest average entering grade point average ever recorded at 3.13. Our continued growth is a sign that there continues to be a strong interest in a two-year church related liberal arts institution and that we are fulfilling our mission as an institution related to the United Methodist Church,” says Dan Philbeck, Vice President of Enrollment Management.

Spartanburg Methodist College is in its 96th year of providing a quality education to students in a Christian environment. More than 90 percent of SMC graduates continue their education at other institutions of higher learning.

For more information, please contact Brian Fulkerson, Director of Public Information, at (864) 587-4254.

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