There were approximately 18.58 million college students in the U.S. in 2022, with around 13.49 million enrolled in public colleges and a further 5.09 million students enrolled in private colleges. The figures are projected to remain relatively constant over the next few years.

What is the most expensive college in the U.S.? The overall number of higher education institutions in the U.S. totals around 4,000, and California is the state with the most. One important factor that students – and their parents – must consider before choosing a college is cost. With annual expenses totaling almost 78,000 U.S. dollars, Harvey Mudd College in California was the most expensive college for the 2021-2022 academic year. There are three major costs of college: tuition, room, and board. The difference in on-campus and off-campus accommodation costs is often negligible, but they can change greatly depending on the college town.

The differences between public and private colleges Public colleges, also called state colleges, are mostly funded by state governments. Private colleges, on the other hand, are not funded by the government but by private donors and endowments. Typically, private institutions are  much more expensive. Public colleges tend to offer different tuition fees for students based on whether they live in-state or out-of-state, while private colleges have the same tuition cost for every student.

Student Enrollment reports the number of enrolled students per year, per grade.

This file contains two enrollment statistics for a given school year. First, it shows the end-of-year enrollment, which contains any actively enrolled student in a Delaware public school for at least one day. Since end-of-year enrollment allows for student movement between schools, students entering schools from out of state, and students leaving schools, the total number of students are not meant to reflect the actual number of students enrolled at any point-in-time. End-of-year enrollment is meant to show the total number of students being educated within the public school system within a school year. The second key statistic is Fall enrollment. This snapshot is taken at the beginning of each school year to help the state properly allocate resources to schools. Fall enrollment is generally smaller than end-of-year enrollment.

In 2029, the projected number of White high school students enrolled in four-year colleges in the United States was around 1,913,800, a decrease when compared to 2,266,000 in 2019. For Hispanic high school students, however, the projected number of those enrolled in college in 2029 was approximately 620,000, an increase from 607,400 in 2019.

In the academic year of 2023/24, around 21 million students were enrolled for undergraduate degrees in the United States. This was a slight increase from the previous year, when 20.6 million students were enrolled as undergraduates.

Enrollment is a head count of all students receiving their primary PK-12 educational services through Wisconsin public schools. This map is in a series of maps that show enrollments by district for a particular student group (demographic) for the 2023-2024 school year. Additional enrollment data are available for the public to view on the WISEdash Public Portal. Enrollment data is sourced from the WISEdata system. Enrollment Count is the number of students enrolled on specific dates as determined by school enrollment/exit dates that cover those dates. Percent Enrollment by Student Group is a percent of the enrollment count for all student groups combined. DPI collects data to meet all required school, district, state, and federal reporting mandates, e.g., Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), and Title II Higher Education Act. These data inform education research and data analysis. Multiple teams from IT and content areas work together at DPI to build tools for data collection, to support districts in data collection, and to report on and facilitate the use of data based on federal and state reporting mandates. Through the DPI dashboard and reporting tools, DPI staff, teachers, administrators, parents, and researchers are better able to understand and improve educational outcomes for Wisconsin students.A person's race or ethnicity is the racial and/or ethnic group to which the person belongs or with which he or she most identifies. Ethnicity is self-reported as either Hispanic/Not Hispanic. Race is self-reported as any of the following 5 categories: Asian, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Black or African American, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, or White. The data displayed reflects the race/ethnicity that is reported by school districts to DPI.An economically disadvantaged student is one who is identified by Direct Certification (only if participating in the National School Lunch Program) OR a member of a household that meets the income eligibility guidelines for free or reduced-price meals (less than or equal to 185 percent of Federal Poverty Guidelines) under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) OR identified by an alternate mechanism, such as the alternate household income form.English Learner status is any student whose first language, or whose parents' or guardians' first language, is not English and whose level of English proficiency requires specially designed instruction, either in English or in the first language or both, in order for the student to fully benefit from classroom instruction and to be successful in attaining the state's high academic standards expected of all students at their grade level.

Report on Demographic Data in New York City Public Schools, 2020-21Enrollment counts are based on the November 13 Audited Register for 2020. Categories with total enrollment values of zero were omitted. Pre-K data includes students in 3-K. Data on students with disabilities, English language learners, and student poverty status are as of March 19, 2021. Due to missing demographic information in rare cases and suppression rules, demographic categories do not always add up to total enrollment and/or citywide totals. NYC DOE "Eligible for free or reduced-price lunch” counts are based on the number of students with families who have qualified for free or reduced-price lunch or are eligible for Human Resources Administration (HRA) benefits. English Language Arts and Math state assessment results for students in grade 9 are not available for inclusion in this report, as the spring 2020 exams did not take place. Spring 2021 ELA and Math test results are not included in this report for K-8 students in 2020-21. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic’s complete transformation of New York City’s school system during the 2020-21 school year, and in accordance with New York State guidance, the 2021 ELA and Math assessments were optional for students to take. As a result, 21.6% of students in grades 3-8 took the English assessment in 2021 and 20.5% of students in grades 3-8 took the Math assessment. These participation rates are not representative of New York City students and schools and are not comparable to prior years, so results are not included in this report. Dual Language enrollment includes English Language Learners and non-English Language Learners. Dual Language data are based on data from STARS; as a result, school participation and student enrollment in Dual Language programs may differ from the data in this report. STARS course scheduling and grade management software applications provide a dynamic internal data system for school use; while standard course codes exist, data are not always consistent from school to school. This report does not include enrollment at District 75 & 79 programs. Students enrolled at Young Adult Borough Centers are represented in the 9-12 District data but not the 9-12 School data. “Prior Year” data included in Comparison tabs refers to data from 2019-20. “Year-to-Year Change” data included in Comparison tabs indicates whether the demographics of a school or special program have grown more or less similar to its district or attendance zone (or school, for special programs) since 2019-20. Year-to-year changes must have been at least 1 percentage point to qualify as “More Similar” or “Less Similar”; changes less than 1 percentage point are categorized as “No Change”. The admissions method tab contains information on the admissions methods used for elementary, middle, and high school programs during the Fall 2020 admissions process. Fall 2020 selection criteria are included for all programs with academic screens, including middle and high school programs. Selection criteria data is based on school-reported information. Fall 2020 Diversity in Admissions priorities is included for applicable middle and high school programs. Note that the data on each school’s demographics and performance includes all students of the given subgroup who were enrolled in the school on November 13, 2020. Some of these students may not have been admitted under the admissions method(s) shown, as some students may have enrolled in the school outside the centralized admissions process (via waitlist, over-the-counter, or transfer), and schools may have changed admissions methods over the past few years. Admissions methods are only reported for grades K-12. "3K and Pre-Kindergarten data are reported at the site level. See below for definitions of site types included in this report. Additionally, please note that this report excludes all students at District 75 sites, reflecting slightly lower enrollment than our total of 60,265 students

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This file includes enrollment data from 2011-12 school year. Data are disaggregated by school, district, and state levels and include counts of students by the following groups: grade level, gender, race/ethnicity, and student programs, and special characteristics. Please review the notes below for more information.

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In the fall of 2022, about 7.5 million students were enrolled in at least one distance education course from a public postsecondary institution in the United States. This is compared to around 792,800 students who were enrolled in distance education courses from private, for profit institutions. The high enrollment level in distance education courses is due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Data from the Ministry of Colleges and Universities' College Enrolment Statistical Reporting system.

Provides aggregated key enrolment data for college students, such as:

• Fall term headcount enrolment by campus, credential pursued and level of study
• Fall term headcount enrolment by program and Classification of Instructional Program
• Fall term headcount enrolment by student status in Canada and country of citizenship by institution
• Fall term headcount enrolment by student demographics (e.g., gender, age, first language)

To protect privacy, numbers are suppressed in categories with less than 10 students.

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• Course enrolment in secondary schools
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This file includes enrollment data from 2013-14 school year. Data are disaggregated by school, district, and state levels and include counts of students by the following groups: grade level, gender, race/ethnicity, and student programs, and special characteristics. Please review the notes below for more information.

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University-Wise Student Enrollment of Higher Education by Levels in 2074 BS provided by Ministry of Education

This dataset presents the number of students enrolled, total and gendered, in higher education institutions, identified for the years 2021-22 and 2022-23 in the information systems and surveys of the Ministries of National Education, Higher Education, Agriculture, Fisheries, Culture, Health and Sports. It provides information for each institution and component. In this dataset, the number of students enrolled in the institutions is broken down by components and by implementing municipalities. Only separate identifier accounts (IAUs) can count the number of institutions. Some of the enrolled students are not disseminated at the request of the institution. Information on urban units has been updated for all data according to the zoning defined by INSEE in 2020. This dataset does not include the number of students enrolled in STS and assimilated under apprenticeship status. Paramedical and social schools: provisional data for 2022-23, data from 2021-2022 renewed. — The Degree of Studies variable was added in September 2023. This is the level reached by the student for the current year, this level being measured in years of study from the bachelor’s degree. The degree of study relates to a given enrolment in a given diploma. The degree of study “0” corresponds to the first year of capacities in law and university degrees of cycle 0 and DAEU. The levels are grouped from the 6th year after the bachelor’s degree under the code “BAC+ 6 and above”.

This dataset includes enrollment data for Pittsburgh Public Schools. Data is presented by school, feeder pattern / attendance boundary, and by neighborhood. A table also includes data on the number of students attending schools by neighborhood. Data includes preschool students through 12th grade.

This data can be very useful in understanding neighborhood-level enrollment patterns, student demographics by neighborhood and school, and can also be used to inform school-community partnerships.

Students attending charter, private and parochial schools are not included in this data. Only students enrolled in a Pittsburgh Public School are captured.

Totals with fewer than 11 students have been redacted to adhere to School District privacy policies.

Data was extracted from the Pittsburgh Public Schools data system in January, 2021. It captures the school where the student was enrolled on October 1st. The neighborhood school the student feeds into based on their address as of the beginning of the 2020-21 school year.

Germany DE: School Enrollment: Secondary: Private: % of Total Secondary data was reported at 10.013 % in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 9.973 % for 2021. Germany DE: School Enrollment: Secondary: Private: % of Total Secondary data is updated yearly, averaging 8.688 % from Dec 1999 (Median) to 2022, with 24 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.013 % in 2022 and a record low of 6.536 % in 1999. Germany DE: School Enrollment: Secondary: Private: % of Total Secondary data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Germany – Table DE.World Bank.WDI: Social: Education Statistics. Private enrollment refers to pupils or students enrolled in institutions that are not operated by a public authority but controlled and managed, whether for profit or not, by a private body such as a nongovernmental organization, religious body, special interest group, foundation or business enterprise.;UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS). UIS.Stat Bulk Data Download Service. Accessed April 5, 2025. https://apiportal.uis.unesco.org/bdds.;Weighted average;

In California in 2022, 20.5 percent of students enrolled in K-12 public schools were white, 11.9 percent were Asian, and 56.2 percent were Hispanic. In the United States overall, 44.7 percent of K-12 public school students were white, 5.5 percent were Asian, and 28.7 percent were Hispanic.

In the fall of 2022, about 81,360 students who were enrolled exclusively in distance education courses in postsecondary institutions were located outside of the United States. This is compared to around 3.13 million students who were located in the same state as the institution, but enrolled in exclusively distance education courses. This high level of enrollment in distance learning courses is due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.