For the first time since pandemic, college enrollment ticks up
Colleges are seeing their undergraduate enrollment numbers go up for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, according to new data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
Three years later, undergraduate enrollment has gone up 2.1 percent this fall compared to 2022, and community colleges saw an increase of 4.4 percent.
The recovery has come from unexpected areas, however, as freshman enrollment actually fell 3.6 percent compared to in fall 2022.