Total U.S. undergraduate enrollment declined from 18.08 million in 2010 to 16.56 million in 2019, indicating a long-term structural decrease that predated the COVID-19 pandemic.
CiteCommunity college enrollment dropped sharply during the 2010s, falling from 7.22 million in 2010 to 5.40 million in 2019, while 4-year public institutions contin...