enrollment decrease

"You’re getting in-migration. You’re getting in transfers. You’re drawing more kids in," Jerome McKibben of McKibben Demographic Research told the school board. "But that deficit keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger. You haven’t had enough births in this district to maintain your enrollment for 30 years."

In the last year, Michigan’s enrollment rates have declined 4% — the largest decrease in the country. This data comes from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, which has been tracking enrollment rates by state since 2019.

A 2021 report from the Commission on Higher Education said Indiana’s college attendance rates dropped 6 percentage points in the last five years – with sharp declines happening in the last two years.

Unlike some other large Hoosier public colleges, Ball State University welcomed a smaller freshman class this year.The 3,278 students represent an eight…

Fewer high school graduates in Indiana are enrolling in college according to a recent report from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education.The…