Undergraduate Enrollments Down 224,000 in Fall 2017
The National Student Clearinghouse® Research Center™ released the Fall 2017 Current Term Enrollment Estimates.
Nearly 57 Percent of Fall 2011 Entering College Students Graduated by Spring 2017
The sixth annual report on national college completion rates offers a look at the six-year outcomes for students who began postsecondary education in fall 2011.
Undergraduate Enrollments Down 300,000 for Spring 2017; Graduate and Professional Enrollments Up 27,000
Declines led by adult learners enrolled in four-year, for-profit institution or a two-year public college.
Fall 2010 Cohort Outcomes: Decline in College Completion Rates Recovers
According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center’s Signature Report, Completing College: A National View of Student Attainment Rates – Fall 2010 Cohort, recent declines in the overall national six-year completion rates have ended.
National College Completion Rates Continue to Decline
Declines in graduation were seen not only in the overall national completion rate, but also every institution type and all student subgroups.
Spring 2015 Sees Decline in Student Enrollment
Spring postsecondary enrollments declined in 2015, according to the Spring Term Enrollment Estimates from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. College enrollments in spring 2015 totaled just under 18.6 million, down 1.9 percent compared to spring 2014. As in each of the last three years, the bulk of this spring’s decline is among students over the age of 24, whose numbers fell by 264,000 (-3.6 percent).
