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From Census.gov / News Releases / New Data Showing the Highest School Enrollment Count in Years, October 11, 2023
College Enrollment
In 2022, college enrollment remained lower than in 2019, 17.3 million compared to 18.3 million in 2019.
In 2022, 81.1% of students enrolled in college attended a public university or college – a 2.3 percentage point increase from 2020.
An estimated 4.3 million enrolled college students age 15 and over were also employed full-time in 2022, compared to 4.8 million in 2021. Another 4.7 million college students were employed part-time, while 8.2 million were not employed.
Source: Current Population Survey (CPS), School Enrollment Supplement
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