ERIC Number: ED610021
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 14
Abstractor: ERIC
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Current Term Enrollment Estimates: Fall 2015
National Student Clearinghouse
"Current Term Enrollment Estimates," published every December and May by the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, include national enrollment estimates by institutional sector, state, enrollment intensity, age group, and gender. Enrollment estimates are adjusted for Clearinghouse data coverage rates by institutional sector, state, and year. As of fall 2015, postsecondary institutions actively submitting enrollment data to the Clearinghouse account for over 96 percent of enrollments at U.S. Title IV, degree-granting institutions. Most institutions submit enrollment data to the Clearinghouse several times per term, resulting in highly current data. Moreover, since the Clearinghouse collects data at the student level, it is possible to report an unduplicated headcount, which avoids double-counting students who are simultaneously enrolled at multiple institutions. n fall 2015, overall postsecondary enrollments decreased 1.7 percent from the previous fall. The report shows the 12-month percentage change (fall-to-fall and spring-to-spring) for each term over the last three years. Enrollments decreased among four-year for-profit institutions (-13.7 percent), two-year public institutions (-2.4 percent), and four-year private nonprofit institutions (-0.3 percent). Enrollments increased slightly among four-year public institutions (+0.4 percent). Taken as a whole, public sector enrollment (2-year and 4-year combined) declined by 2.3 percent this fall. Note that the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center has revised the fall 2014 public sector figures in this report from those published in December 2014 to reflect the fact that some two-year public institutions have been reclassified in Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) as four-year public institutions. Only the allocation of public sector students to two-year vs. four-year institutions has shifted. [For "Current Term Enrollment Estimates: Spring 2015," see ED610023.]
Descriptors: Enrollment Trends, Public Colleges, Private Colleges, Proprietary Schools, Two Year Colleges, Institutional Characteristics, Full Time Students, Part Time Students, Age Differences, Gender Differences, Geographic Regions, Graduate Study, Undergraduate Study, School Size
National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Available from: National Student Clearinghouse. 2300 Dulles Station Boulevard Suite 300, Herndon, VA 20171. e-mail: service@studentclearinghouse.org; Web site: http://www.studentclearinghouse.org
Publication Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Two Year Colleges
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: National Student Clearinghouse Research Center
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