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Is College Worth It? Undergraduate Enrollment Slips in US
More students are questioning the costs of higher education as inflation hits household budgets.
Students pass through Sather Gate on the University of California, Berkeley.
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Undergraduate enrollment at US colleges and universities is dropping as more students question whether the costs of getting a degree are worth it.
The number of undergrad students dropped 1.1% this year, and is now down 4.2% since 2020, according to preliminary data from the National Student Clearinghouse.