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From NPR Ed
College enrollment is down for the eighth straight year
by NSC Research Center
May 30, 2019
In spring 2019, overall postsecondary enrollments decreased 1.7 percent
from the previous spring. Figure 1 shows the 12-month percentage change
(fall-to-fall and spring-to-spring) for each term over the last three
years. Enrollments increased 3.2 percent at four-year private nonprofit
institutions, but this increase was largely due to the recent
conversion of a large for-profit institution to nonprofit status.
Enrollments decreased among four-year for-profit institutions (-19.7
percent), two-year public institutions (-3.4 percent), and four-year
public institutions (-0.9 percent). Taken as a whole, public sector
enrollment (2-year and 4-year combined) declined by 1.9 percent this
spring.
Current Term Enrollment Estimates, published every December and May by
the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, include national
enrollment estimates by institutional sector, state, enrollment
intensity, age group, and gender. Enrollment estimates are adjusted for
Clearinghouse data coverage rates by institutional sector, state, and
year. As of spring 2019, postsecondary institutions actively submitting
enrollment data to the Clearinghouse account for 97 percent of
enrollments at U.S. Title IV, degree-granting institutions. Most
institutions submit enrollment data to the Clearinghouse several times
per term, resulting in highly current data. Moreover, since the
Clearinghouse collects data at the student level, it is possible to
report an unduplicated headcount, which avoids double-counting students
who are simultaneously enrolled at multiple institutions.
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