Data are provided showing trends in enrollment and student characteristics at state-supported and independent two-year colleges in Arkansas. The report covers the following areas: fall 1983 and fall 1984 enrollment at state and independent two-year institutions; actual (1974-75 through 1983-84) and projected (1984-85 through 1999-2000) numbers of high school graduates; headcount enrollment by student level (i.e., first-time entering, other lower division, or unclassified pre-baccalaureate) by attendance status; fall on-campus headcount enrollment of full-time first-time students, 1980 through 1984, by campus; trends in part-time enrollment; male and female enrollment by institution, 1980 through 1984; enrollment by age, 1981 through 1984; enrollment by current legal residence, 1981 through 1984; and average credit load by student level by type of institution, 1981 through 1984. Data analyses point out the following trends: (1) between 1983 and 1984, enrollment at the state-supported two-year colleges decreased by 3.4% from 12,767 to 12,331; (2) the independent two-year colleges experienced an enrollment decline of 7.4%; (3) the state-supported two-year colleges enrolled a record number of part-time students (N=6,967) in 1984, accounting for 56.5% of the total headcount enrollment; (4) state two-year colleges increased their ratio of women to men from women representing 58.7% of enrollment in 1982 to 63.4% in 1984; and (5) the median age of part-time students was 28 years, while that of full-time students was 19 years. Tables providing detailed data by college are appended. (AYC)