College enrollment

This decline in freshmen is particularly notable at four-year schools — less so at community colleges — and there are a number of reasons for it.

Training in high-tech and the skilled trades are attracting students' interest the most.

It isn't easy to find buyers for typical cinder-block campus buildings.

This spring, there were 14.2 million undergraduates in the U.S., about 9% fewer than in spring 2019.

More than half a dozen have announced they're closing over the past year or so.

Undergraduate college enrollment may be leveling off, but fewer students are choosing to study a fast-growing field for jobs: health care.

International students are more likely to pay sticker price for a degree.

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?

The National College Attainment Network estimates that about 270,000 fewer high school seniors have filled out the FAFSA since 2019.

In Maine, the turnaround is being driven by out-of-state students.