Overall postsecondary enrollment in fall 2022 continued to rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic, led by community colleges.
Enrollment across the entire postsecondary sector declined by 0.4% from fall 2021 to fall 2022 – a smaller decline than the decrease seen from fall 2020 to fall 2021 and much less than the approximately 3% decline during the pandemic. However, for public community colleges, enrollment increased by 0.4% to 6.1 million students, according to an analysis by the American Association of Community Colleges of Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) data.
Enrollment growth was greatest among non-degree-seeking students, which may be due to bumps in the number of dually enrolled learners.
In addition, recent IPEDS data also showed the following:
- In fiscal year 2022, almost 49% of expenses at Title IV public less-than-two-year institutions went toward instruction, compared to 36% for public two-year institutions and 25% at public four-year institutions.
- There were nearly 36,000 instructors at public two-year institutions in academic year 2022-23, earning an average salary of approximately $76,000 per year.
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