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Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Apr 2, 2025

Sharp Drop In College Enrollment Raises Alarm

Fewer high school graduates began college this fall, with enrollment in that age group dropping 5 percent from last year, according to an analysis by the National Student Clearinghouse Research ...
Icon for www.usnews.comU.S. News & World Report · Dec 12, 2024

How College Freshman Fall 2024 Enrollment Increased

FAFSA completion rates and college enrollment typically ... The highest increase in enrollment at for-profits was among freshmen age 25 or older, 49.3%. For-profit schools tend to offer many ...
Icon for edsource.orgEdSource · Nov 13, 2023

Students over the age of 50 offer community colleges hope for increased enrollment

Last year, California’s community colleges experienced an 11% increase in the number of students older than 50 — exceeding the rate for students under 20 and making up the highest percentage increase of any age group. Campus administrators have ...
Icon for www.insidehighered.comInside Higher Ed · 20d

Is Admissions Trump’s Next Higher Ed Target?

from 20 percent to 8 percent. (This paragraph has been updated to correct Harvard's Black enrollment figures.) Pérez said that colleges that reported higher underrepresented minority enrollment have a simple explanation: demographic trends. “The truth ...
Icon for theweek.comTHE WEEK · Sep 2, 2023

5 college admissions trends to watch out for this year

less competitive public colleges. With a larger body of applicants, admissions rates have been simultaneously declining. As acceptance rates continue to fall, "even the most qualified candidates ...
Icon for edsource.orgEdSource · Sep 27, 2023

Why enrollment is rebounding at California’s community colleges

Several colleges across the state, from San Diego to San Jose, are reporting that their enrollments are up by double digit percentages this ... aided by growth in dual enrollment programs. As of the spring, students in that age group had surpassed their ...
Icon for www.columbian.comThe Columbian · Mar 26, 2025

WSU Vancouver seeing slightly declining enrollment in contrast

That surpassed the community college’s goal of increasing enrollment by 5 percent over the past three years, according to a news release from the college. In fall 2019, about 12,000 students ...
Icon for www.actionnewsjax.comAction News Jax · 25d

As college enrollment declines, interest in these majors is growing for the 2024-25 school year

For the past decade, college enrollment has steadily declined ... means fewer young adults will reach college age in the coming years. For many institutions, this shrinking pool of prospective ...