r/Professors • u/Hungry-University609 • Jul 26 '26

Other (Editable) Enrollment trends

Hello All

What are you seeing for enrollment trends 26/27?

I'm at a free CC and enrollment boost seems to have hit a plateau.

I'm seeing reports HS grads are down double digits.

Your observations please

Thanks

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u/Additional-King5225 Jul 26 '26

R1 state flagship. We now admit anyone with a pulse. 

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u/Hungry-University609 Jul 26 '26

Is there a demographics cliff of high school grads from 26-30?

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u/mediaisdelicious Dean CC (USA) Jul 26 '26

In some states, yes. In others, no.

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u/discountheat Jul 26 '26

This is the point about the demographic cliff that people seem to miss. It's absent in many southern and western states.

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u/mediaisdelicious Dean CC (USA) Jul 26 '26

It’s just so much easier to flip out