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

Demographic cliff be darned. Data from the Education Data Initiative is projecting the Fall 2025 semester, which is about to begin, to show enrollment growth! Get this, for Fall 2025, college undergrad enrollment is projected to increase to 19.57 million students: up 290,000 undergrads over Fall 2024. Although Bachelors and Associate program enrollments are still below the...Read More

We recently shared some statistics on Spring 2025 college enrollment with you in an article titled “Spring 2025 College Enrollment Stats… The Bad, The Good, The Great, and The Opportunity.” In it, we noted how total secondary enrollments actually grew by 3.2% this spring over spring 2024, with community colleges seeing the largest growth (5.4%)....Read More

You want the good news or the bad news? Let’s start with the bad news, so when you hear the good news, the bad news becomes easier to swallow. Here we go. The bad news. Two out of every three people, 62%. That’s roughly the percentage of American adults who do NOT have at least...Read More

There are over 3 billion page results for the following Google query: Can college students take online classes from another school? 3 billion page results! Meaning college students may be interested, or are very interested in fact, in taking your online courses, while still enrolled in their current college. But can they? Are they even...Read More

Perhaps now more than ever, students of all ages, including adults, are looking for an education that can lead directly to a good job… without having to amass gigantic student loan debt. Because of this clear trend, career educators, trade schools and tech academies are having field day. Today, only about 25% of American adults...Read More

647,000,000 page results. That’s what Google produces when you search “best paying trade jobs.” [1]That’s an enormous number of results. But who would search “best paying trade jobs”? People who are looking to get into the trades, of course! This is why your school should seriously consider adding the 18 programs that lead to the...Read More

It wasn’t long ago that almost every prospective college student “knew” that earning a college degree online was probably far cheaper than earning one in person. This, not only because of the higher costs associated with living on campus or commuting to one daily… But because credit hours were assumed to be cheaper to earn...Read More

For the past two or so months now, DOGE (or the department of government efficiency) has been trimming some fat from the federal government. It’s been Elon Musk’s goal to reduce waste by as much as $1 trillion. Now, while some DOGE cuts are probably warranted, others may not be. Time will tell. But regardless...Read More