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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

JANUARY 8, 2025

Thats because the current class of high school seniors is the last before a long decline begins in the number of 18-year-olds the traditional age of students when they enter college. The drop in the number of high school graduates through 2041 is projected to be most severe in the Northeast, Midwest and West.

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10 years later, goal of getting more Americans through college is way behind schedule

The Hechinger Report

JANUARY 13, 2019

At this rate, the target won’t be met until at least 2041 , the research arm of the nonprofit Educational Testing Service, or ETS, predicts. It will take until at least 2056 for 60 percent of all working-age Americans — not just 25- to 34-year-olds —to have college educations of some kind, ETS calculates.

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

10 years later, goal of getting more Americans through college is way behind schedule

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