Pandemic reduces enrollment nationally 10%, report says. State schools see similar trend. //end headline wrapper ?>Milwaukee Area Technical College. Photo by Carl Baehr.
Declines in college enrollment spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic are continuing this spring according to new national data. Enrollment at two-year community and technical colleges is down by nearly 10 percent across the country, which indicates students of color, older students and those from low-income families are continuing to steer away from college. And enrollment at some Wisconsin technical colleges is aligning with the national trend.
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center reports that at public, two-year community and technical colleges, enrollment fell this spring by 9.5 percent compared to spring of 2020. Undergraduate enrollment at public four-year universities dropped by 3.3 percent, and at non-profit, private universities, enrollment fell by 2 percent. The report is based on prelimin