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US College Enrollment Decline – Enrollment Cliff (Continued) Indeed, declining enrollment has not affected all types of colleges equally. Two-year colleges (both public and private) have experienced sharper declines in enrollment than four-year colleges. In fact, enrollment at four-year public colleges increased slightly from 2011 on.

Dozens of private colleges and universities like Limestone have closed in recent years. They are coping with steep declines in enrollment, ... Limestone University’s online and in-person enrollment had dropped from about 3,200 students in 2014 to about 1,600, according to state higher education data. ...

Here are a few more college enrollment decline statistics to consider: Between 1985 and 2010, college enrollment increased at an average rate of 2.2% a year. From 2012-2022, enrollment decreased at an average rate of 1.4% a year. In 2022, college enrollment was 14.8% below peak enrollment in 2010.

Enrollment declines at both public and private, nonprofit four-year institutions were more than three times as large as those at public two-year institutions. This sector experienced steep declines during the pandemic but has seen a strong upswing over the past two falls; between fall 2022 and fall 2024 public two-year institutions’ 18-year ...

Close to 80 private nonprofit colleges closed or merged between 2020 and 2024. Find historical data about college closures and a list of closed colleges and mergers. ... Across the country, colleges are increasingly shuttering as enrollment continues to decline due to natural population trends and higher operating costs. At the end of 2024, ...

As private nonprofit colleges and universities across the nation struggle with declining enrollment and shrinking revenues, Johnson College stands out among nine nonprofit institutions of higher ...

In 2023, four of the 14 universities currently in the Big Ten Conference reported large operating deficits. 7 Since the beginning of 2024, an average of one college each week has announced it would either close or merge with another institution. 8 At least 20 colleges closed in 2024, and more are set to shut down after the current academic year ...

Community college enrollment declining faster than four-year institutions; Total enrollment losses affecting both public and private universities; Why Is College Enrollment Down? Key Factors Behind the Decline. Several factors contribute to falling college enrollment numbers: Demographic Shifts. The much-discussed “enrollment cliff” has ...

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 ...

Immediate College Enrollment Rate; ... Overall, undergraduate enrollment was 15 percent lower in fall 2021 than in fall 2010, with 42 percent of this decline occurring during the pandemic. In contrast, ... enrollment in private for-profit institutions decreased by 55 percent (from 1.7 million to 777,400 students), and enrollment in public ...

In Massachusetts, private colleges and universities are 44 percent more expensive than the national average, federal data show. ... closed in spring 2024 after years of declining enrollment and ...

High-Pell-Serving four-year private nonprofit institutions saw enrollment decline 10.1% compared to 5.5% and 5.8% respectively for moderate and low Pell-Serving categories.

At the same time, 37 percent of private colleges said the FAFSA overhaul increased the amount of financial aid they gave to students, while only 16 percent said they sent less aid—suggesting that it was the delays and errors in the rollout itself that were to blame for the decline in aid-eligible and underserved students this fall.

As enrollment declines, so does tuition revenue, which makes up 43% of the university’s annual core revenues (other revenue comes primarily from donations and partnership programs, per Brodsky ...

The most expansive retrenchment in the past decade, though, occurred at West Virginia University in 2023. That August, after a six-year campaign to increase enrolment, West Virginia announced that ...

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 ...

Pittsburgh Technical College. Pittsburgh Technical College told its community on June 10 that it would cease academic instruction due to declining enrollment, market pressures and inflation. Year founded: 1946. University of the Arts (Penn.) The University of the Arts Board of Directors voted on June 1 to close the institution.

The admissions landscape has changed dramatically since parents applied to college years ago. Amidst declining ... the explosion of private college admissions consulting firms has fundamentally ...

After a bruising year of pandemic-related enrollment declines, higher education leaders across the country are anxiously waiting for this fall’s national enrollment picture to emerge. ... But the latest National Student Clearinghouse data show enrollment at private nonprofit colleges over all fell 1.7 percent in spring 2022 compared to the ...