Dive Summary:
- College enrollment in 2012 declined by 467,000 students compared to the year before, new U.S. Census Bureau numbers show.
- Students over 25 accounted for the lion's share of that decline, with 419,000 fewer students year over year.
- With 3.2 million new students between 2006 and 2011, the overall trend has been an increase in enrollment, but the latest numbers suggest that an improving economy may put a dent in that.
From the article:
... Among the groups that bucked the trend in the past year were Hispanics, who saw enrollment rise by nearly 450,000 between 2011 and 2012, which constitutes an increase from 11 percent of the college student population to 17 percent. The percentage of black students also ticked up slightly, to about 15 percent. ...
