The college enrollment rate dropped in 2020. Only 62.7 percent of young adults who graduated from high school in 2020 had enrolled in colleg...

Forty percent of Millennials have a bachelor's degree, making them the best-educated generation. They are paying a steep price for those...

Among high school graduates in 2019, fully 66 percent were enrolled in college by October 2019. This is not a record high enrollment rate, b...

The white working class is shrinking, according to an analysis by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis. The question is why. The St. Louis ...

The number of college students attending four-year schools has climbed 75 percent over the past four decades, rising from 5.9 million in 197...

Going to college was not the norm for the Baby-Boom generation. Among high school graduates born from 1960 through 1964, the youngest Boomer...

Earning a college degree is still worth the cost, say the experts. A recent study  by the Federal Reserve Board, for example, finds the rate...

Yes, says the Federal Reserve Bank of New York in an analysis on its Liberty Street Economics Blog . Despite the rising cost of college, the...

Education leads to better health for reasons not fully understood. An Urban Institute study takes a closer look at health disparities by edu...

For more than 50 years, the Higher Education Research Institute at UCLA has been keeping track of the characteristics, attitudes, and behavi...

Most high school graduates enroll in college. Many take on student loans to pay for their education. But how successful are they in earning ...

The nation's colleges should prepare for slower growth, according to a new set of projections by the National Center for Education Stati...

A lot has been written about the struggles of Millennials. The generation had the misfortune to enter the job market in the midst of the Gre...

Among high school graduates who enroll in a four-year institution within 12 months of receiving their high school diploma, most enroll in a ...

Many students who enroll at a four-year college fail to earn their bachelor's degree, according to the latest figures from the National ...

With help wanted signs multiplying across the nation, college enrollment continues to decline. Only 18.4 million students were enrolled in c...

Average student debt upon graduation grew to $28,650 in 2017, according to the Institute for College Access and Success. This is the debt ow...

Men without a bachelor's degree earn more than their counterparts did several decades ago, reports Stephen J. Rose of the Urban Institut...

First-generation college students face an uphill battle. They are far less likely than their peers with college-educated parents to earn a b...

The nation's parents have high expectations for their children—too high, in fact. Fully 68 percent of the 26 million students in grades ...