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Ex. SEC-27-023 Order Primary source read

Current Term Enrollment Estimates: Fall 2021 (published Jan. 13, 2022)

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)

National Student Clearinghouse Research Center · United States (data; context) (Federal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States (data; context)
Level
Federal
Authority
n/a (private research center; enrollment data covering 97 percent of Title IV degree-granting enrollments)
Issued
2022-01-13 Jan. 13, 2022
Effective
n/a (read as 2022-01-13)
End
n/a
In force
Jan. 13, 2022 (no end date recorded; counted as in force for 120 days)
Limitation types
Other
Functions reached
  • CB enrollment consequence
  • typical employer context
Collection
Colleges, Universities and Community Colleges SEC-27

Operative words

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

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.

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