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Colleges and universities collectively experienced a 15% decline in enrollment between 2010 and 2021, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.

Colleges and universities in the U.S. are facing some strong headwinds on enrollment figures, forcing some tough conversations. Inside Higher Ed recently published an article under the headline ...

College enrollment numbers, long in decline, may be hitting a cliff next year. After peaking in 2010, undergraduate enrollment dropped from roughly 18.1 million students that year to about 15.4 ...

This follows a 15% drop in college enrollment between 2010 and 2021, ... The so-called "enrollment cliff" — a sharp decline in the number of traditional college-aged students — is no longer a ...

The “enrollment cliff” refers to the dramatic drop in the college-age population beginning in 2025. Forecasting the number of college-age youths is a relatively simple task. Take the birthrate of a given year and fast forward 17 and 18 years — when most kids start college.

The ‘enrollment cliff’, a phenomenon referring to declining college enrollment numbers in the United States, is generally attributed to a drop in fertility during the Great Recession. Between ...

The enrollment cliff isn’t a theory anymore—it’s here. Shrinking high school grad numbers, shifting student behavior, and growing skepticism of the ROI a college degree offers have created a new enrollment reality, and it’s arriving faster than many institutions are ready for.

Today on the podcast: “The Demographic Cliff.” [Sound from college fair] Hi, guys, welcome to the college fair. ... It comes on top of a decline in enrollment that’s already been happening over most of the last 10 years. People have been questioning whether college is worth the high cost, and a relatively strong labor market drew a lot of ...

The US sector is already facing a number of challenges this year from the Trump White House. The president has launched unprecedented executive orders affecting research, a crackdown on diversity initiatives, and begun his campaign to close the Department of Education. For Ghazarian, the enrolment cliff represents a “far more fundamental and long-term threat”.

Colleges and universities are about to experience the landfall of a long-brewing demographic storm, commonly referred to in higher ed as “the enrollment cliff.”As highlighted in a recent Chronicle of Higher Education video, this decline in the traditional college-aged population presents unique challenges that will require institutions to rethink how they attract and serve students in the ...

The term “enrollment cliff” has been around in higher education circles for more than a decade. Nathan Grawe is a professor of economics at Carleton College and the person who coined the term.

The enrollment cliff in higher education refers to a significant decline in the number of traditional college-aged students in a state or region in the country, which is projected to occur due to ...

The enrollment cliff is brutal, especially for small liberal arts schools with limited funds and an ever-shrinking pool of prospective students. By partnering up, Findlay and Bluffton are setting to share resources, cross-register classes, and preserve programs they’d likely have to scrap if they went solo.

You may have seen the term “enrollment cliff” mentioned by Higher Education professionals with the year 2025 attached to this projection. This expected decline in student enrollment to Higher Education institutions has been projected to occur due to multiple factors. These factors include a decline in birthrate after the 2008 recession, increasing costs of tuition,…

Recent discussions on enrollment in higher education have centered around the “Enrollment Cliff”. The notion holds that due to changing demographics, colleges and universities across the U.S. will see a dramatic decline in enrollment

College enrollment projections anticipate numbers to plummet by more than 15% after 2025—just three short years away. The impending cliff was initially predicted due to steadily declining birth rates since the 2008 recession. This cohort of lost babies in the years ensuing 2008 would have begun to enter college 17 years later–starting their ...

That continues the trend of dual enrollment propelling growth at two-year colleges. Serving a Changing Demographic Base. Looming large over the discussions was fear of a second enrollment cliff somewhere on the horizon, caused by a demographic drop-off that has been predicted for years but remains, the panelists said, largely unaddressed.

(Updated: April 2, 2025) With college closings expected to uptick over the next five years due to the demographic cliff, two small regional colleges avoided shutting their doors by merging with larger institutions. ... The only public university on this list, enrollment at Maritime Academy has fallen by 31% since the 2016-17 academic year, ...

It was also the first time I heard the terms “cliff” and “trough” applied to higher education. ... higher education enrollment expanded, peaked around 2011–12, contracted in the years since and now resides in a trough lasting at least until 2028. ... people return to college for more training and put off or don’t have children ...