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Number of people enrolled in college in the United States from 2017 to 2024, by sector (in millions)

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January 2025

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United States

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2017 to 2024

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Fall enrollment in the United States 2017-2024, by sector

Published by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Research Department, Feb 28, 2025

From 2017 to 2023, the number of students enrolled in college for the fall term either decreased or stayed the same in all sectors in the United States, except for a slight increase in public 2-year colleges. By 2024, however, enrollment increased slightly for each sector. The sector with the highest enrollment numbers in the U.S. was public 4-year colleges, with *** million students enrolled in the fall term in 2017. This number reached *** million in 2024.

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