Why Is College Enrollment Dropping? 

People are catching on. Don’t go to college to pay for a degree for a job that doesn’t exist or it’s not worth the time and effort.

“Why is college enrollment dropping?” Simple answer, they priced themselves out of the market with their astronomical prices.

College and universities are expensive because they act like businesses that treat students like deep pocket customers, but they are supposed to be public services. And now, the US is having a shortage of highly educated professionals like doctors because of it!

thank god for the 18 year old americans now who avoid going to college. They are smarter than me, a 39 year old man who has an undergrad, a master's and a pharmacy doctorate. They know that millenials like me were scammed into going to college and taking out huge amounts of loans with the promise of getting a high paying job. So many millenials have huge debts and no jobs and no way of paying back those loans. I am so proud of young people catching on to the higher education scam. Professors don't give a sh!t about your life and college executives only care about extorting all that money from naive 18 year olds. Karma is a b!tch!. 18 year olds are da bomb and so smart!

As far as I know, the starting wage for non-STEM majors is $3-$5 an hour more than minimum wage.

Who can afford it?

I hope this trend of young people refusing to go to college and go lesser expensive routes for career education at force predatory colleges to fold and force employers to look at other ways to determine one’s ability to perform a job as a condition of employment.

A ton of companies no longer require a degree.

BTW, why Syracuse? These kids drive $200K Benzes, BMWs, and a few Ferraris sprinkled in here and there, not to mention $1,500/mo. “allowances .” What? You don’t have $100K each year, plus inflation? So sorry.

As a college grad I know that a major hurdle for new students is the realization that they’ll have to go into debt. For their whole lives debt is seen as a bad thing to them, with many of their parents struggling to pay off things such as a car or house (especially after 2008) and getting into debt themselves, staying/getting out of debt often becomes a focus in the family. The national debt is also a huge talking point. So, they go to school to pursue their dreams but then they see the amount they owe go up and up. (Many people at that age haven’t been in debt at all until then). Many students get stressed by this and question if it’s even worth it, if the very idea of perusing their dreams is a bad plan compared to just chasing the bag. So, many drop out for that reason.

Same reason they are leaving Workforce. No stake in Society.

Ill help you out its way too expensive and people are barely making it in this economy

Colleges and universities across the board have dumbed down higher education to the point where a true liberal arts education and genuine critical thinking have become rarities. As for the high cost: for decades the colleges have been protected from market forces. Every time the federal and state governments raise financial aid and student loans, the colleges raise tuition. Why? Because they can, passing the exhorbitant costs onto the tax payer. Also, I've met bachelor's degree holders and even masters degree holders who are culturally illiterale and have, let's say, minimal English skills. Rather shocking, actually.

I new of this dude with a mechanical engineering degree, and he was unable to find a job.

It all depends on what you choose for a major. A recent study found that if you view college as an investment, the only majors that show a positive return on investment are STEM majors.

Some quick math. 2-4 years and thousands of dollars for a degree vs 10-15 hours of independent study and 70 bucks to earn an EPA.

A doctor practicing for 16 years shouldn't still be paying on student loans. Huge debt makes life slaves

computer science degree outdated in 3 years life is moving faster than the education system also employers aren't requiring a 4 year degree they are using their own method schooling on the job training it is faster and more streamlined gone are the days of teaching history for a engineering degree so a professor can keep his job or teaching pop culture so a person can get an accounting degree this is why enrollment is down

The richest people in the world don’t even have a college degree. That should tell you something.

Because it’s overpriced and doesn’t give you much of an advantage in the job market

10k a year?! What school offer that???

Too expensive to get a degree you’ll never use.

Too expensive and not good enough.

RU-vid Peter Schiff College You’re answer to the question.

Get rid of gov backing on all student loans causing inflation on higher education services. Right now best higher education advise I'm giving to my children is get skills not papers trade unions for da Boyz, art apprenticeship for the girls, then switch. Then you can create and produce not only fine products, but products that look dam good