Ramon Montiel-García, a newly minted high school graduate from Denver, was accepted to his first-choice school, Wheaton College in Massachusetts. However, with a sticker price of nearly $80,000 per year, he needed financial aid to bring the cost down.

Universities are receiving fewer FAFSA submitters and looking at smaller enrollment numbers than last year due to this year's federal aid delays. Small- to mid-sized private colleges recuperating from the pandemic have another steep hill to climb.

Leveraging insights from Terra Dotta and Flywire, here's how colleges and universities can better support international students and distinguish their campuses from domestic competition.

Restrictions on firearms—or the lack thereof—are playing a larger role in students' college choices, a new survey finds.