Student enrollment for the Fall 2025 semester at Del Mar College has grown, a welcome increase after years of COVID-affected enrollment numbers. Enrollment currently is at 12,035. Around this time in the Fall 2024 semester, enrollment was at 9,672, a 24 percent increase. One reason behind this growth is the introduction of the new tuition waiver program, Freedom to Dream. Out of the enrollment numbers, 1,738 are Freedom to Dream students, with dual credit enrollment accounting for 3,100, and roughly 1,200 for continuing education students. The tuition waiver is not only aimed toward recent high school graduates, but adults who…