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Icon for www.msn.comMSN · Apr 1, 2025

Why College Freshman Enrollment Declined and What it Could Mean for Students

This enrollment decline shouldn't deter students from attending college. There could be some ... according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The median weekly earnings for those with no ...
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 · Feb 27, 2025

The decline of the college-educated American man

Spokeo analyzed data from the Department of Education's National Center for Education Statistics to explore the yearslong decline of young men's college enrollment. Most high school graduates in ...
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 ... s enrollment by nearly 25 percent since 2021, a period during which comparable institutions have struggled to attract students and as the number of 18-year-olds is about to begin a long decline.
Icon for www.mauinews.comThe Maui News · Mar 28, 2022

College enrollment still trails pre-pandemic levels

“The pandemic made college enrollment decline for everyone, but, as we know, from studying college enrollment in the pandemic effects, it didn’t affect everybody evenly,” he said.
Icon for www.kiro7.comKIRO-TV · 9d

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

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, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.
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.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 fell 5% this fall compared to last year, according to data released in October 2024 by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. This decline ...
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.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.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.
WTKR · 4d

ODU sees increase in adult learners as traditional student enrollment declines

Old Dominion University is navigating several challenges as it looks to the future, including an overall decline in campus enrollment.
Icon for www.masslive.comMassLive · 10d

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

The federal government’s actions toward Harvard and international students could have significant effects on higher education enrollment and the viability of colleges. Many schools have already ...
Icon for www.bostonglobe.comThe Boston Globe · 25d

The reason dozens of Mass. colleges could close within a decade (hint: it’s not Trump)

“From the college perspective, there’s some anxiety right now,” says Joseph DiCarlo, dean of enrollment and director ... the coming decline in the number of 18-year-olds means there will ...
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 ... to tackle the root problems of the statistics.
Icon for www.telegram.comTelegram · 25d

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

Most Worcester colleges are ... Center for Education Statistics. Massachusetts will see a 10.7% drop over the 52-year period, according to the center. Nationally, the decline will be 4.7% ...
Icon for www.phillyvoice.comphillyvoice.com · 13d

For the first time in nearly a decade, Philly school district's enrollment was higher than the previous year

For the first time in nearly a decade, enrollment at the School ... Pew attributes this decline to a small reduction of college degrees in people aged 25-44. Martin isn't overly discouraged ...
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 www.mlive.comMLive · 19d

Grass Lake schools defy Michigan enrollment decline trend with steady growth

GRASS LAKE, MI — In a time when many schools in Michigan are working to stem the tide of enrollment decline, Grass Lake’s student count has been slowly on the rise. Grass Lake Community ...
Icon for auburnpub.comAuburn Citizen · 16d

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

Even as enrollment declined and the college was in financial trouble, he received an $18,136 bonus in 2020-21 and $19,000 in 2021-22. Gibralter wasn't the only Wells College administrator who ...
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 ...
Crain's Chicago Business · 2d

Valparaiso University's credit cut to junk by Moody's

Valparaiso University, a Lutheran school in Indiana struggling to enroll more students, was downgraded two notches to junk by Moody’s Ratings.
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 ...
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.
Newsweek on MSN.com · 12d

List of College Majors Seeing Salaries Decline: Report

Some majors are seeing declines in salaries, which could lead undergraduates to rethink what they want to get their degree in.
Icon for www.usnews.comU.S. News & World Report · Feb 25, 2021

How to Find Admissions Statistics for College

Experts say that using admissions statistics can help students shape their college search. "I think as students are starting to look at colleges, they should be thinking about 'is this a school ...
Icon for www.usnews.comU.S. News & World Report · Sep 1, 2023

What the End of Race-Conscious College Admissions Could Mean for HBCUs

While college enrollment has declined overall ... Many experts agree that minority enrollment will decline at predominately white institutions in the coming years. A study of public universities ...
Icon for www.nhbr.comNH Business Review · 23d

(Opinion) Enrollment decline, funding challenges for higher ed

It is doing so even though there has been a dramatic decline in college-age students throughout the nation ... This may be one of the reasons why enrollment numbers this year look like certain programs are over-performing. Naturally, when forced to ...
Icon for edsource.orgEdSource · Oct 18, 2022

Enrollment decline at Los Angeles Unified less than than expected

“It seems that for the first time in a decade, there is, at least at this point, that reversal of a long term trend of aggressive enrollment decline.” The last time LAUSD had an enrollment drop as low as 1.9% was during the 2013-14 school yea