Diverging trends in Minnesota, North Dakota

The fight to recruit college students is intensifying as demographic changes prompt some schools to rethink their approaches. While the number of high school graduates in Minnesota is expected to decline in coming years, the number in North Dakota is expected to rise.

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Change in projected high school graduates
compared with the number of 2022-23 graduates*
* During the 2022-23 school year, Minnesota had 68,890 high school graduates and North Dakota had 7,710.
Jim Foster , Star Tribune Source: Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, Knocking at the College Door