College enrollment numbers for Fall 2025 have been good. Early estimates show 19.57 million undergrads are ready to hit the books: up about 290,000 students from the Fall of 2024. Now, new data from the National College Attainment Network (NCAN) show Free Applications for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) for the high school class of 2025...Read More

For years, traditional higher education (colleges/universities) have enjoyed a massive “early investment” advantage over trade and career-based schools. Namely, the 529 savings plan. These plans, created decades ago by Section 529 of the IRS code, are “tax-advantaged” savings accounts that allow parents to contribute money to their kids’ college funds, beginning on the day of...Read More

The times they are a-changin’. It wasn’t that long ago, the 1990’s to be exact, when one out of every ten college students wanted to become a teacher.[1] Today, that percentage has been sliced in half.[2] Of course, like any degree program, there are times of high demand, and times of low demand. Today, we’ll...Read More

The ultimate goal of educators is to give students the knowledge base they need to land a good paying job. And in today’s jobs market, that knowledge base is changing. You see, it wasn’t that long ago that employers, nearly every good employer, demanded their job candidates have a four-year college degree to even be...Read More

Ideas and ideals about higher education have changed drastically over the years. It used to be understood that the best pathway to a great paying job after high school was four-year college. That’s no longer the case! According to a new poll from HR Dive, a remarkable percentage of US Adults believe trade school is...Read More

Today’s prospective college students are very practical. They understand the costs associated with earning a college degree, they’re looking for an education that can lead almost immediately to a good paying job… and they’re willing to pay for it. And this may be one of the main factors of why one degree program in particular...Read More

As an institution of higher education, you know the best information about your current and prospective students, especially their true feelings, doesn’t come from hypotheticals or assumptions… It comes directly from college students themselves. Today, CMG will share the recent survey results from Inside Higher Ed[1] that offers you that very information. Information you can...Read More

Yes, college enrollment, especially for recently graduated high school students, has been trending down. But even with the demographic cliff upon us, there is an increasing interest in at least five degree types that now have prospective students, especially recent high school grads, really considering enrolling in college. What’s better, if you offer these programs...Read More

If you’ve been marketing your online college programs, chances are you’re heavily invested in a key demographic. A demographic that includes millions of Americans who are already in the workforce… Adult learners. And, of course, targeting this demographic has been widely successful for many online institutions (especially those we partner with) as adult learners are...Read More

If you operate a trade school or career-based college, you’ve likely been seeing a great uptick in enrollments over the past few years. The industry has been, well, on fire. Now, there are a great number of reasons why enrollment have been on a strong uptick, but perhaps the simplest explanation of the new data...Read More