Since 2011 college enrollment has been declining. Most claim the reason there are fewer college students is because the economy is on an up rise. More people are turning away from a higher education and turning to work. But who exactly is turning away from college?
Apparently the majority of students that graduate high school go to college, so where is the decline in students? It seems that the decline of students come from the older class. People are graduating and moving to the working class. Others, such as people that are already in the working class, turn away from college because they really have no need to go. Now, since we cleared up who is actually going we can ask the question, is the decline a good thing for future college students?
As we all know college tuition has been skyrocketing. With lower amount of students walking into the classrooms it would seem that the colleges are going to raise tuition to get money out of the students that do go. Not a very smart business plan but one that is going on. The good news, not every college is doing this. Two colleges plan to cut their tuition by nearly half the price. Campus of Rosemont will fall from $32,620 to $18,500. That is a 43 percent decrease. Utica will fall from $34,466 to $19,996, that is 42 percent decrease. Not only are these colleges cutting tuition they are also making student aid packages straight forward. These colleges want to be on the radar, and the best way is to lower the price.
If you have an colleges that are lowering tuition feel free to share with everybody. If you have insight on why college attendance is declining please share with everybody.
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