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Foreign students — who often pay full tuition — are returning to U.S. colleges and universities

by Stephanie Hughes
Nov 16, 2022
International students are more likely to pay sticker price for a degree.
Students abroad frequently seek out higher education in the U.S. And American colleges are seeking them out, too.
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College enrollment has dropped again since last spring

by Meghan McCarty Carino
May 26, 2022
Rising wages for entry-level positions may be luring young people who are opting to work instead of attend college. What might this shift mean for the workforce in the longterm?
Higher education enrollment continues to drop, even after classes have returned to in-person.
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Fewer students fill out FAFSA, enroll in college since pandemic began

by Samantha Fields
Jul 21, 2021
The National College Attainment Network estimates that about 270,000 fewer high school seniors have filled out the FAFSA since 2019.
People mill about on the City University of New York campus. During the pandemic, the number of FAFSA applicants dropped, which means fewer eligible could students receive grants and loans.
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Early signs suggest college enrollment could rebound this fall

by Robbie Feinberg
Jul 5, 2021
In Maine, the turnaround is being driven by out-of-state students.
University of Southern Maine senior Fantasia Perez works as a tour guide, leading interested students across the school’s campus in Gorham, Maine.
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The economic impact of low college enrollment by undocumented students

by Farida Jhabvala Romero
Jul 11, 2019
Nearly 100,000 undocumented students graduate from high schools across the U.S. each year. Only a fraction enroll in college.
This student, an undocumented immigrant in San Jose, California, is heading off to college. Counselors say other students without legal status see no reason to go on to higher education because their job opportunities are limited.
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Here's what's driving increasing college enrollment

by Mitchell Hartman
Apr 29, 2019
New data from the Labor Department show more high school graduates enrolled in college last year than in 2017. Nearly 69 percent of 2018 high school graduates went to college, compared to 67 percent the year before. College enrollment has steadily risen over the last decade or so. Click the audio player above to hear […]
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Signs of decline in international student applications have colleges worried

by Adriene Hill
Mar 14, 2017
For a while now, universities and colleges have been concerned about international applicants and whether they’d be scared off by the politics surrounding immigration to the U.S. Now we have some signs those fears are founded. A new survey of about 250 schools finds about 40 percent of them have seen international applicant numbers drop […]
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For-profit colleges see sharp drop in enrollment

by Andy Uhler
Jul 15, 2016
New data shows enrollment in for-profit colleges was down 10 percent in 2014.
DeVry University is an example of a for-profit college. New data shows that enrollment in for-profit schools was down 10 percent in 2014.
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College enrollment drops among low-income students

by Amy Scott
Nov 24, 2015
Despite billions of dollars invested, college access still lags.
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