Fall 1986, "end-of-registration" enrollment data were gathered for the 50 Illinois public community colleges and compared with data from earlier years. Highlights of the analysis indicate that: (1) the colleges enrolled 334,884 students in instructional credit courses, representing a decrease of 4,898 students (1.4%) from fall 1985; (2) full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment was 166,204, a decrease of 0.3%; (3) the proportion of full-time students increased from 28.2% in fall 1985 to 28.7% in fall 1986, with almost half of the full-time students enrolled in pre-baccalaureate transfer curricula; (4) the number of female students decreased 2.1% from 196,812 to 192,752 between 1985 and 1986, while the number of male students dropped 0.6%; (5) minority student enrollment remained steady; (6) the median age of community college students in fall 1986 was 28.0 years, an increase over 1985's average of 26.6; (7) the number of freshmen enrolled in community colleges decreased 5.1% to 176,914, while the number of sophomore students increased slightly from 15.8% of the student population to 16.1%; and (8) nearly 45% of the students enrolled in the fall of 1986 had been enrolled at the same college the previous term. (EJV)