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 ...
The decline in young college enrollment since 2011 is not driven by a drop in the overall number of 18- to 24-year-old high school graduates. That number has modestly increased since 2011. Instead, the falling share of young high school graduates who are enrolling in college is causing the decline.
“College enrollment declines appear to be worsening,” said Doug Shapiro, ... of more than 604,000 students or a 5% decline. Community colleges continued to suffer the most, with 351,000 fewer ...
These days, college isn't what it used to be. A study from Best Colleges notes that enrollment has been on the decline since the 2010s. Why are people avoiding a degree? Well, the answer isn't as ...
Nationwide, undergraduate college enrollment dropped 8 percent from 2019 to 2022, with declines even after returning to in-person classes, according to data from the National Student Clearinghouse.
One of the biggest reasons we are seeing a decline in college enrollment is the cost. College tuition has skyrocketed over the past few decades. Between 1980 and 2020, the price of attending college in the U.S. jumped by more than 1,200%. 3 That’s substantially faster than the nation’s inflation or wage growth. As a result, students must ...
For many, getting into college is the central goal of high school. As of fall 2022, 15.4 million students were enrolled in an undergraduate program. Freshman year enrollment even increased 5.5% in fall 2024, a hopeful sign after a post-pandemic decline. But getting into college is only part of the story. Though recent trends are promising, college enrollment has been declining since 2010.
Survey data suggests that prospective learners are being dissuaded from college by skepticism about whether degrees are worth the time and money. Enrollment has been declining in higher education for more than a decade, and the most common explanations in recent years have been lingering effects of the pandemic and a looming demographic cliff expected to shrink the number of traditional-aged ...
Despite the benefits of college completion, college enrollment has declined for years, with more dramatic drops since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, finds Katharine Meyer.
This follows a 15% drop in college enrollment between 2010 and 2021, as reported by The Hechinger Report. Some states will feel the pinch more acutely: Illinois is projected to see a 32% decline ...
For the spring 2022 term, enrollment across public and private colleges in the U.S. fell to 16.2 million, down 4.1% year over year, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center ...
Fully 71 percent of the decline in college attendance since 2010 coincides with the decline of men as students in higher education. Perhaps sexism disguised as disinterest in higher education in ...
College enrollments have steadily been declining over the past decade. This is a cause of great concern, says Adjunct Lecturer Chris Gabrieli, not just for the prospects of a person’s future but for all of society. “College going and college completion are associated with many, many positives. People are more likely to vote.
Among the major reasons for the decline in college enrollment is the strength of the U.S. economy. For example, following the Great Recession in 2008, college enrollment increased at record rates as nontraditional and older students headed back to school in a weaker job market. Declining enrollment today is a regression to historically normal ...
For decades, a college diploma was seen as the golden ticket to a good job and long-term income growth. But college enrollment has been on the decline since 2010, decreasing nearly 12% in the last 14 years. On top of that, the population of college-aged students is on the verge of dropping as well.
Enrollment of 18-year-old college freshmen decreased by 5% this fall compared to last year, and now the focus is turning to understanding why the decline occurred and how it can be reversed.
“If I would have gone to college after school, I would be dead broke,” says 19-year-old Daniel Moody. “The type of money we’re making out here, you’re not going to be making that while ...
