Enrollment Steadily Dropping

During the 2008 recession, full-time equivalent enrollment at public institutions was on the rise, but it has fallen for nine years in a row since the 2011 fiscal year.

Note: Full-time equivalent enrollment equates student credit hours to full-time, academic-year students; medical students are excluded. Chart doesn't reflect data from the District of Columbia.

Source: State Higher Education Executive Officers Association Get the data