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This decline in the overall birth rate is why beginning next year in 2025, and lasting until 2037, we are going to see a major decline in enrollment as 2008 babies begin to reach college age. It ...
Partly due to a drop in birth rates following the 2008 financial crises, the nation's college-aged population is expected to decline over the next five to 10 years by as much as 15%.
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 ...
In the 1970s, American colleges and universities saw a dramatic increase in enrollments due to the post-war baby boom and the growth of women in higher education and the work force. By the 1980s and 1990s, although the baby boom had long ended, institutions continued to enjoy good fortune due to growing demand.
According to the Pew Research Center, Hispanic students college enrollment has increased by 240 percent since 1996, more than their African American or White counterparts. [104] However, this growth is similarly at the open access colleges and does not translate into enrollment at four-year colleges.
According to National Student Clearinghouse data, community college enrollment has dropped by 2.2 million students since its peak year of 2010–11. In 2017, 88% of community colleges surveyed were facing declining enrollments. [118]
Undergraduate and graduate enrollments have both been in decline, [32] [33] while trade schools continue to attract growing numbers of students. [34] [35] White men are a major group opting for alternatives to higher education. [25] [36] Many faculty members are leaving academia, [37] especially those from the humanities. [38]
MCC reported an undergraduate enrollment of about 8,500 students in Fall 2023, down from 11,600 in Fall 2019, the last semester before COVID-19. A decade ago it was 16,500 students.