HPR: More students are going to college. Affordability and workforce training are factors

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Hawaiʻi Public Radio
January 16, 2026
By Elissa Nadworny

College enrollment in the U.S. continued to rise last fall, surpassing prepandemic levels, new figures out on Thursday show.

Across undergraduate and graduate programs, total enrollment reached 19.4 million students, growing 1.0% compared with the fall of 2024, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, a nonprofit that studies higher education.

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