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The number of 18-year-olds is about to drop sharply, packing a wallop for colleges — and the economy 

The Hechinger Report

By 2039, this estimate shows, there will likely be 650,000, or 15 percent, fewer of them per year than there are now. Still more new research, from the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, projects that the pace of college closings could now accelerate. That means they already have 2.7 In 2023, the total was 17.

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