{"id":"SEC-27-023","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (data; context)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"27","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"National Student Clearinghouse Research Center","authority":"n/a (private research center; enrollment data covering 97 percent of Title IV degree-granting enrollments)","instrument":"Current Term Enrollment Estimates: Fall 2021 (published Jan. 13, 2022)","title":"Total postsecondary enrollment declined 2.7 percent (476,100 students) in fall 2021, a two-year decline of 5.1 percent (937,500) since the pandemic began; undergraduate enrollment fell 3.1 percent (465,300); community colleges fell 3.4 percent (161,800) in 2021 and 13.2 percent (706,100) over two years; public four-year institutions lost 251,400 undergraduates (3.8 percent); private nonprofit four-year undergraduate enrollment fell 2.2 percent (58,700)","dateIssued":"2022-01-13","effective":"n/a","end":"n/a","startDate":"2022-01-13","endDate":"","quarters":[],"types":["OTHER"],"addressees":[],"clause":"Total postsecondary enrollment declined by 2.7 percent or 476,100 students in fall 2021, for a total two-year decline of 5.1 percent or 937,500 students since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic... Undergraduate enrollment alone fell by 3.1 percent or 465,300 students over last year... public four-year institutions losing the largest number of students (251,400 or -3.8%)... Enrollment declines at community colleges were less severe this fall (-3.4% or 161,800 students) than in 2020... (-13.2% or 706,100 students over 2019). Private nonprofit four-year undergraduate enrollment decreased by 2.2 percent or 58,700 students this fall.","enforcement":"n/a","functions":["CB enrollment consequence","typical employer context"],"notes":"Pairs with Ex. SEC-15-007 (fall 2020: total down 2.5 percent; first-time students down 13.1 percent). Facts and circumstances, never pleaded as an order.","sourceUrl":"https://nscresearchcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/CTEE_Report_Fall_2021.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":537599,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"SEC-27","url":"/library/SEC-27-023","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/SEC-27-023","citation":"National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, Current Term Enrollment Estimates: Fall 2021 (published Jan. 13, 2022) (Ex. SEC-27-023)","stateName":"","related":["SEC-15-007"]}