BestColleges

JANUARY 27, 2023

College officials call this demographic phenomenon the "enrollment cliff." Enrollments have been dropping for a decade and cratered during the COVID-19 pandemic. To make matters even worse, a dangerous precipice looms on the near horizon, a demographic phenomenon known as the enrollment cliff. What Is the Enrollment Cliff?

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

8, Vanderbilt announced all students from families making $150,000 or less per year will receive full tuition scholarships as part of an expansion to Opportunity Vanderbilt , its no-loan financial aid program. "We We want everyone who has what it takes to get into Vanderbilt to be able to enroll, regardless of their financial background.

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Admissions Village

JULY 22, 2024

The demographic cliff refers to how the number of traditional college-aged students will peak in 2025 and then decline dramatically for several years, the result primarily of declining birth rates following the 2008 recession. Many if not all of the top colleges have been working towards this. Colleges are investing in this priority.

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Top Tier Admissions

JANUARY 31, 2024

percent early acceptance rate, the lowest in history since adopting its current non-binding early admissions model for the Class of 2008. The Williams Record reports, “ This year marks the second admission cycle since Williams announced the elimination of all loans and work-study contributions from financial aid packages.

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BestColleges

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Maxing out the federal, state, and university aid given to me, I was able to attend undergrad pretty much loan-free. I remember choosing psychology as my major on my enrollment packet, but women and gender studies also caught my eye. I made the dean's list for the first time and remained on the dean's list until I graduated in 2008.

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BestColleges

JANUARY 5, 2023

Note: These averages only include parents who are enrolled in the accounts mentioned, not all parents. The average 529 balance has only decreased during the economic downturns of 2008 and 2022. Note Reference [7] It's possible that more people were drawing money out of their 529 plans to return to school during the 2008 recession.

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Admissions Village

JULY 5, 2023

It’s worth noting that nine states - California (1996), Washington (1998), Florida (1999), Michigan (2006), Nebraska (2008), Arizona (2010), New Hampshire (2012), Oklahoma (2012), and Idaho (2020) – already had bans on affirmative action in place. If admitted, early decision applicants lose the ability to compare financial aid packages.

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Minor Out-of-State Loans Early Decision 74