Enrollments fall for first time in 15 years
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/10/10/enrollments-fall-first-time-15-years
“It is the first such dip since at least 1996, according to officials at NCES.”
Potential causes:
1. Rising tuition levels are pricing students out of higher education.
2. A rebounding economy is putting more potential students into the workplace.
3. Enrollment restrictions in California community colleges are having an impact on total enrollment numbers.
4. Rising (and record) student debt levels are affecting completion.
5. More students have shifted from full time to part time enrollment.
6. New restrictions on for-profit colleges is affecting enrollment.
Enrollment at Title IV-Eligible Colleges, Fall 2010 and 2011
| Fall 2010 | Fall 2011 | % Change | |
| Total | 21,588,124 | 21,544,004 | -0.20% |
| Public | 15,280,273 | 15,242,412 | -0.25% |
| Private | 3,881,906 | 3,954,529 | 1.84% |
| For-Profit | 2,425,945 | 2,357,063 | -2.92% |
| 4-Year | 13,335,777 | 13,493,033 | 1.17% |
| 4-Year Public | 7,924,813 | 8,046,131 | 1.51% |
| 4-Year Private | 3,822,683 | 3,887,755 | 1.67% |
| 4-Year For-Profit | 1,588,281 | 1,559,147 | -1.87% |
| 2-Year | 7,847,996 | 7,662,010 | -2.43% |
| 2-Yr. Public | 7,284,613 | 7,125,944 | -2.23% |
| 2-Yr. For-Profit | 519,323 | 485,349 | -7.00% |
| Less Than 2-Year | 404,351 | 398,961 | -1.35% |
| Full-Time | 13,537,645 | 13,433,428 | -0.78% |
| Part-Time | 8,050,479 | 8,120,576 | 0.86% |
| American Indian | 189,017 | 180,835 | -4.52% |
| Asian | 1,138,531 | 1,153,218 | 1.27% |
| Black | 2,902,749 | 2,966,463 | 2.15% |
| Latino | 2,643,952 | 2,825,433 | 6.42% |
| Native Hawaiian | 60,772 | 64,017 | 5.07% |
| White | 11,943,403 | 11,770,782 | -1.47% |
| 2 or More Races | 312,127 | 414,406 | 24.68% |
| Race Unknown | 1,689,804 | 1,436,838 | -17.61% |
| Nonresident Alien | 707,769 | 742,012 | 4.61% |
Read more: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/10/10/enrollments-fall-first-time-15-years#ixzz28tqhQ7Og Inside Higher Ed
Stephen
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