Enrollment Declines Steepest in Midwest and Northeast - Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed

Overall college enrollments continue to slide, according to the latest data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit that tracks 97 percent of students who attend degree-granting institutions that are eligible to receive federal financial aid. This spring the center found a decline of more than 275,000 students, or 1.8 percent, compared to the previous spring. The decrease follows six straight years where fewer students attended college in the U.S. Enrollments went down in 34 states this spring, the center said. Six of the 10 states with the largest declines are in the Midwest or Northeast (see below). https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2018/05/22/enrollment-declines-steepest-midwest-and-northeast