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Icon for www.msn.comMSN · 24d

Declining Enrollment Threatens Colleges, Sparking Closures And Economic Fallout

The postsecondary education sector is grappling with mounting financial challenges, including declining enrollment ... in U.S. colleges and universities has dropped 15% from 2010 to 2021 ...
Icon for edsource.orgEdSource · Oct 20, 2022

Fall undergraduate enrollment declines have slowed, but still ‘troubling’

Nationally, the rate of undergraduate decline is also 1.1%, a significant slowdown from fall 2021 when enrollment dropped 3.1%. For the first time since the pandemic, the declines nationwide are steeper at four-year schools than at community colleges ...
Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Dec 17, 2024

College enrollment is declining. Is the botched FAFSA rollout to blame?

ScholarshipInstitute.org examined data from the National College ... and 2021, for example—right after the Great Recession through part of the coronavirus pandemic—total undergraduate ...
Icon for www.mauinews.comThe Maui News · Mar 28, 2022

College enrollment still trails pre-pandemic levels

The 2021 Baldwin graduates had a 47 percent college enrollment rate, an ongoing decline from 52 percent in 2020 and 58 percent in 2019; about 53 percent of King Kekaulike graduates enrolled in ...
Icon for www.insidehighered.comInside Higher Ed · Sep 27, 2021

2021 survey of admissions leaders finds 32% had filled classes by May 1

The 2020-21 year was a shock to the entire system of higher education. Admissions was hurt throughout, beginning as students were sent home and banned from campuses (before the 2020-21 year had even started), making it impossible for many students to see ...
Icon for edsource.orgEdSource · Nov 4, 2021

California community college enrollment drops below 2 million students, more than previously reported

In April, EdSource reported that the community college system experienced a 16.8% decline in student headcount ... the chancellor’s office had been unable to produce enrollment data for the fall 2020 and spring 2021 semesters, citing the challenges ...
Icon for hechingerreport.orgThe Hechinger Report · 26d

As colleges lose enrollment, some turn to one market that’s growing: Hispanic students

When she began to check out colleges as a high school student ... accommodation is one of many that have helped push up Dominican’s enrollment by nearly 25 percent since 2021, a period during which comparable institutions have struggled to attract ...
Icon for theweek.comTHE WEEK · Sep 2, 2023

5 college admissions trends to watch out for this year

Colleges have seen a more significant influx of applicants during the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 ... body of applicants, admissions rates have been simultaneously declining. As acceptance rates ...
Icon for www.usnews.comU.S. News & World Report · Jun 4, 2021

What to Do Next After Postponing College

Declining undergraduate enrollment is among the many blows suffered by colleges due to the coronavirus ... While numbers improved slightly for the spring 2021 semester, the National Student ...
The Bulletin · 3d

Editorial: Higher education may see lower enrollment and higher tuition

The future of higher education in Oregon looks to be declining enrollment. The future of students in higher education looks to be increasing costs. Enrollment at Oregon’s colleges and community colleges actually increased by about 3%,
Icon for www.kiro7.comKIRO-TV · 10d

The number of 18-year-olds is about to drop sharply, packing a wallop for colleges—and the economy

"But multiply that by a decade and it has a big impact." This comes after colleges and universities already collectively experienced a 15 percent decline in enrollment between 2010 and 2021, the most recent year for which the figures are available ...
The Asahi Shimbun · 9d

Junior colleges pushed to close, impacting rural area students

The education ministry will review its enrollment eligibility requirements for financial aid after a larger than expected number of private junior colleges, particularly those in rural regions, learned they would be disqualified.
Icon for www.telegram.comTelegram · 25d

Rising costs, falling enrollment and Trump: It's a difficult time for Central Mass. colleges

Becker College couldn't rebound from a financial hit during the COVID-19 pandemic and permanently closed in fall 2021. Anna Maria College is struggling financially with falling enrollment ...
Icon for www.mauinews.comThe Maui News · Jan 28, 2023

The enrollment decline challenge

colleges and community colleges everywhere have been experiencing a serious decline in enrollment that began before the pandemic and has been exacerbated by it. We at UH-MC are experiencing ...
Icon for www.news-journal.comLongview News-Journal · 26d

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

Scholarship Institute examined data compiled by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center on shifting interests among undergraduate majors. Originally published on scholarshipinstitute ...
Icon for www.foxnews.comFox News · Apr 4, 2025

Texas university argues college admissions policies are 'unjust,' touts new 'meritocratic admissions' policy

The University of Austin in Texas (UATX) believes college admissions are "unjust," so the ... It was founded in 2021 by a group of academics and notable figures, including former New York Times ...
Icon for www.mprnews.orgMPR News · 17d

Minnesota college enrollment recovers after a decade of decline

Colleges and universities across the state and region saw enrollment grow last fall — good news for the institutions after a decade of decline and further dips during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Icon for www.wsbradio.comWSB Radio · 25d

East Georgia State College to merge with Georgia Southern University amid enrollment decline

SWAINSBORO, GA — East Georgia State College is set to merge with Georgia ... aimed at streamlining operations and addressing declining enrollment. Located in Swainsboro, East Georgia State ...
Icon for auburnpub.comAuburn Citizen · 16d

Wells College president was paid $310K in bonuses, despite school's enrollment decline

Michael Brophy, president of Hilbert College near Buffalo, was paid $327,606 in 2021-22. No other president ... has been losing revenue due to declining enrollment and became more reliant on ...
Ithaca Times · 12d

Ithaca College Works to Decrease Budget Deficit Through Revenue Enhancement

Ithaca College has been working with Huron Consulting Group since October 2024 to identify strategies to close the budget deficit through a balance of cutting costs and increasing revenue. Administrat
The New York Times · 9d

With Black Enrollment Down, Amherst College Faces an Identity Crisis

Amherst was known for its diverse student population. Now it is trying to save that legacy without violating the law.
Icon for www.columbian.comThe Columbian · Mar 26, 2025

WSU Vancouver seeing slightly declining enrollment in contrast

(Taylor Balkom/The Columbian files) Clark College’s fall enrollment exceeded the school’s expectations, President Karin Edwards announced in a video State of the College address last week.
Icon for www.masslive.comMassLive · 10d

Could Trump’s crackdown on foreign students exacerbate declining college enrollment?

Another school, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, said in February that it would close its Great Barrington campus due to declining enrollment. At the same time that enrollment is declining for many ...
Icon for katv.comkatv · 19d

Arkansas Baptist College president resigns amid financial crisis and enrollment decline

As challenges have resulted in Arkansas Baptist College declaring financial exigency, the institution's decline of enrollment is a stark factor. By the request of Arkansas Baptist College Board of ...
Icon for www.nbcwashington.comNBC Washington · 16d

Howard U. program aims to reverse declining Black male enrollment at HBCUs

The efforts to recruit and retain Black men on college campuses stems from a steady decline in the enrollment of the demographic at historically Black colleges and universities nationwide.
Icon for www.kcur.orgKCUR 89.3 FM · 25d

Several Missouri colleges are at serious risk of closure from a looming 'enrollment cliff'

Nathan Grawe is a professor of economics at Carleton College and the person who coined the term. “The phrase ‘enrollment cliff’ just refers to the idea that we anticipated a decline in the ...
Icon for www.usnews.comU.S. News & World Report · Nov 15, 2021

Declining International Student Numbers Stabilize

This year marks the first time that the U.S. saw international enrollment decline in consecutive ... from more than 3,000 colleges – painted a grim picture, the 2021 fall snapshot offers some ...
Icon for www.wftv.comWFTV · 26d

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

For the past decade, college ... enrollment fell 5% this fall compared to last year, according to data released in October 2024 by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. This decline ...
Icon for www.yahoo.comYahoo · 10d

Could Trump’s crackdown on foreign students exacerbate declining college enrollment?

Most recently, Eastern Nazarene College in Quincy announced in June that it would close by the end of the academic year, citing financial issues. At the same time that enrollment is declining for ...
Icon for www.washingtonexaminer.comWashington Examiner · 20d

International student enrollment at US colleges under fire amid visa revocations

Hamas massacre of Israelis will indeed have a chilling effect on foreign student enrollment in U.S. colleges and universities this fall,” Brustein wrote in an email. But a sharp decline in ...
WFAE 90.7 · 4d

Empty Seats: The Black male enrollment gap at HBCUs

Historically Black colleges and universities have played a vital role in educating generations of students, but today, enrollment among Black males at HBCUs is at its lowest level since the mid-1970s.