College <br />Enrollment <br />in the US, Continues <br />To Shrink.<br />The data was revealed in a <br />report published Jan 13.<br />The report was compiled by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a non-profit organization.<br />Our final look at fall 2021 enrollment shows undergraduates continuing to sit out in droves as colleges navigate yet another year of Covid-19, Doug Shapiro, National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, via 'The Wall Street Journal'.<br />Specifically, the report shows a 3.1 percent drop in U.S. college enrollment for 2021.<br />The percentage equates to 465,300 students.<br />More troubling for college admissions offices are the long-term trends since the beginning of the COVID pandemic.<br />According to data, .<br />college enrollment has dropped by almost seven percent since lockdown measures were widely instituted.<br />Many schools have either closed or been forced to merge as a result of the steep decline.<br />The most significant enrollment decrease was seen in students working toward an associate's degree.<br />Majors in undergraduate liberal arts programs dropped by 7.6 percent.<br />while undergraduate computer science and psychology majors both increased slightly.<br />Only four states revealed an increase <br />in fall 2021 enrollment.<br />Those states are Arizona, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Colorado. .<br />In addition, graduate program enrollment has increased by 100,000 students since the beginning of the pandemic
