College Enrollment Hits All-Time High, Fueled by Community College Surge

A recent Pew Research Center analysis of newly released U.S. Census Bureau data, shows that the percentage of 18-24 year olds attending college hit an all-time high in October 2008 (39.6%). The analysis further shows that the increase was greatest in community colleges, hitting 11.8% and almost one percentage point increase from the previous year. In the same period enrollment at four year colleges actually declined by a small amount (-.1%). As we who are involved in the community colleges this trend has likely further increased in the more than year since October 2008. It will be interesting to see what the results show when they cover through 2009.

The full report can be found at:

http://pewsocialtrends.org/pubs/747/college-enrollment-hits-all-time-hig...