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Consistent enrollment growth.
Enrollment growth at ACC targeted universities has remained steady throughout the economic cycle.
- Declining national enrollment statistics over the last decade have been driven by non-traditional students leaving private for-profit universities
and community colleges to return to the workforce as the economy has recovered.
Public 4-year universities have averaged 1.6% annual enrollment growth since 1970 and have continued at these levels since the Great
Recession.
Public 4-year Universities Remain in Demand
Public 4-year University
Enrollment Growth (CAGR)
Cumulative Enrollment Growth
20%
10%
0%
-10%
-20%
-30%
-40%
-50%
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
Public 4-year
Private 4-year Nonprofit
Public 2-year
Private For-profit
Total
Source: National Center for Education Statistics 2019 Table 303.25 (Data through Fall 2018).
Since 1970
1.6%
Since 1980
1.5%
Since 1990
1.5%
Since 2000
2.2%
Since 2010
1.6%
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