While FAFSA filing rates are rising, many lower-income students are attending college without tapping into the full array of financial aid resources available to them.
Financial aid offices are buckling under rising demands and shrinking resources, impacting student services, according to a five-year report from NASFAA.
Most Americans think college costs more than it does—keeping many from enrolling. A new survey says more transparent pricing could help change those opinions.
Early projections indicate that tuition discounts for first-time undergraduates during the 2024-25 academic year rose to 56.3%, according to this NACUBO survey.
Fewer students are stopping out of college and 42 states recently saw increases in re-enrollment over the year prior, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
College and university financial aid offices strained, underequipped and slower at assisting students with FAFSA requests since the Trump administration cut staffing at the Department of Education.
Interest in community colleges continue to boost year-over-year undergraduate spring enrollment, according to the latest numbers from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center.
Shifting government policies have contributed to a lull in international enrollment globally, but perhaps no more than in Canada and the U.S., according to a new survey from Studyportals.
Students preparing for life at sea are projected to make the highest earnings on their bachelor's degrees from a public institution over the span of their career, according to this database.
As colleges and universities modify curricula to match the rapid pace of technology and the changing needs of the workforce, a new batch of skills is becoming a golden ticket in the hiring process.
Tufts University has offered the most public defense yet of a graduate student who was detained as the Trump administration revokes hundreds of student visas.
The Center on Education and the Workforce at Georgetown University has updated its database capturing median net returns on a college education. Here are some of the most eye-catching findings.
Three for-profit trades schools saw new full-time enrollment jump by 15.4% in fall 2024. Fall enrollment and market revenue is expected to grow for the entire sector through 2030, according to a new report from Validated Insights.
Institutions will need to seek more partners in the private philanthropic space to help support student financial aid. Income-based loans are one way to maximize contributions, according to these nonprofit leaders.
Despite colleges and universities slowly turning to AI for help with attracting students, their commitment to a "human-centered approach" is keeping some schools at shoulder's length in the application stage.
Graduating high schoolers are 99% certain that a foray into higher education is going to work out but several factors contribute to high levels of stress during the college application process.
A new study from Dartmouth College suggests that test-optional admissions policies may be making it harder for high-achieving students from disadvantaged backgrounds to get into top colleges.
