Note that chart is from 2015, here is a more recent one[1]. There is no drop in current college age students, in fact the birth rate saw slight growth in the de

Note that chart is from 2015, here is a more recent one[1]. There is no drop in current college age students, in fact the birth rate saw slight growth in the decade leading up to today's 18 year olds. There has since been a significant decrease in birth rate, but it shouldn't have affected college enrollment yet. Edit: Enginerrrd posted data[2] with more fidelity than the 5-year bins both of our charts were using, and it indeed shows a cliff for this year. [1]https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/stories/2023/05/aging-united-states-population-fewer-children-in-2020-figure-2.jpg https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/stories/20... [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39682145 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39682145