Many classes already full six week from beginning of semester; New facility and increased interest in nursing because of Covid-19 may explain enrollment; recall how Valley Advocates only a few short years ago successfully fought the College to prevent it from moving all nursing training out of the Verde Valley
The Yavapai Community College nursing program is showing a robust enrollment for fall 2021. On the Verde Campus, three classes are completely full, while seven classes have only one seat left and three others have only two available seats. The remaining classes are mostly two-thirds full.
The new facilities in Building “L” may account for some of the enrollment on the Verde Valley Campus along with increased interest in nursing created by the Covid-19 pandemic. Whatever the reason, the overall interest in nursing training is high.
Some may recall that as a part of the 2013 ten-year $103.5 million renovation project launched by the Community College (with 95% or more of renovation going to the West side of the County), that the Community College was considering moving the existing Verde Campus nursing program to Prescott Valley. Because of the strong opposition from Verde Valley Education advocates, that plan was eventually scrapped.
Today, the wisdom of keeping the nursing program on the Verde Campus and the decision to renovate Building “L” on that campus are paying huge educational dividends as the 2021 Nursing program fall enrollment so vividly shows.
