National Student Clearinghouse Reporting Center Reports Yet Another Drop in College Enrollment - the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center

In spring 2016, overall postsecondary enrollments decreased 1.3 percent from the previous spring. Figure 1 shows the 12-month percentage change (fall-to-fall and spring-to-spring) for each term over the last three years. Enrollments decreased among four-year for-profit institutions (-9.3 percent) and two-year public institutions (-2.8 percent). Enrollments increased slightly among four-year public institutions (+0.6 percent) and four-year private nonprofit institutions (+0.7 percent). Taken as a whole, public sector enrollments (two-year and four-year combined) declined by 0.9 percent this spring. https://nscresearchcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/CurrentTermEnrollment-Spring2016.pdf