More people are looking at the cost of college and deciding it’s not worth it.
Newsmax reports:
College Enrollment Continues to FallDeclining college enrollment has continued, with experts suggesting that people are questioning the value of a postsecondary education.Total college enrollment — both undergraduate and graduate — fell this spring to 16.2 million students, marking a one-year decline of 4.1%, or 685,000 students, the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center (NSCRC) announced on Thursday.That followed a 3.5% drop last spring, meaning postsecondary institutions have lost nearly 1.3 million students since spring 2020.Most of this spring’s decline was accounted for by undergraduate enrollment, which dropped 4.7%, or more than 662,000 students, compared to spring 2021.The total number of undergraduates now is 9.4%, or nearly 1.4 million students smaller than before the pandemic.”I thought we would start to see some of the declines begin to shrink a bit this term,” NSCRC Executive Director Dr. Doug Shapiro said during a conference call with reporters, The New York Times reported.”I am surprised that it seems to be getting worse.”Even before COVID-19, though, college enrollment had been dropping nationally.Enrollment at public institutions this spring was down 5% — losing 604,000 students from a year ago — and community colleges (351,000) accounted for more than half of these losses.Community colleges have lost more than 827,000 students since the start of the pandemic.
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