From NSC Research Center: “Total postsecondary enrollment is up 4.5 percent (+817,000). Undergraduate enrollment neared 16 million, 1.0 percent below 2019 levels (+4.7%, +716,000 this fall), while graduate enrollment grew to 3.2 million (+3.3%, +100,000). Undergraduate certificate program enrollment grew for the fourth consecutive year, up 9.9 percent in fall 2024 (+101,000). Freshmen enrollment grew 5.5 percent (+130,000). Building on last fall’s increases, the growth was strongest at community colleges, which added 63,000 freshmen (+7.1%). Overall 18-year-old freshmen also saw enrollment gains this fall (+3.4%, +59,000).”
International group of four students with backpacks walking at university and resting after lecture. Happy friends of Caucasian and African studying together, spending free time on brake and smiling.
