{"id":1068,"date":"2012-04-19T13:22:51","date_gmt":"2012-04-19T17:22:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nscresearchcenter.org\/?p=1068"},"modified":"2024-02-10T13:17:40","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T18:17:40","slug":"snapshotreport-adultlearners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nscresearchcenter.org\/snapshotreport-adultlearners\/","title":{"rendered":"Adult Learners – 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Adult Learner Enrollment<\/h2>\n

On average, 38% of postsecondary students were age 25 or older (Fall 2009 \u2013 Fall 2011).<\/p>\n

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According to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center, on average, 38 percent of all students, undergraduate and graduate, in a fall term are adult learners. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

\"SnapshotAdult Learner Enrollment<\/h3>

On average, 38% of postsecondary students were age 25 or older (Fall 2009 \u2013 Fall 2011).<\/p>

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The Overlooked Student Group: Enrollment Trends of Adult Learners<\/h4>

On average, 38 percent of all students, undergraduate and graduate, in a fall term are adult learners*, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Although it is a sizable proportion of students, this group is easily overlooked next to traditional student cohorts. Adult learners \u2014 students 25 years of age or older as of October 15 of the respective cohort year \u2014 have been further classified into three age groups by the Research Center in order to observe the differences in trends based on age from Fall 2009 to Fall 2011. National enrollment totals for all students 25 and over increased by 4.3 percent from 2009 to 2010, but decreased by 0.8 percent from 2010 to 2011. The biggest drop (-2.1 percent) in adult learners' enrollment from 2010 to 2011 happened in the 40 and over age group.<\/p>

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Adult Learners by Enrollment Intensity<\/h4>

As shown in the graph at the right, the percent of adult learners attending college on a full-time basis has been steadily increasing. Younger adult students have a higher tendency to register full time (three-year average is 54 percent for the 25-29 age group) than their older counterparts (three-year average is 34 percent for the 40 and over age group).<\/p>

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Adult Learners by Institutional Level<\/h4>

In the 40 and over age group, there has been a one-percent increase in the share of students attending four-year institutions from 2009 to 2011, whereas it decreased marginally (<0.5 percent) for the other two younger age groups. Again, a noticeable trend is that a higher proportion of younger adult students attend four-year institutions (three-year average is 65 percent for the 25-29 age group) than older adult students (three-year average is 55 percent for the 40 and over age group).<\/p>

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Adult Learners by Institutional Sector<\/h4>

In the 40 and over age group, the market share of adult learners at private for-profit institutions increased by 1.5 percent from Fall 2009 to Fall 2011. In the other two younger age groups, there were marginal drops during the same period. The proportion of students attending for-profit institutions among the 25-29 age group is smaller (13 percent on average for three years) than the proportion for both the 30-39 and the 40 and over age groups (19 percent on average for three years).<\/p>

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Sponsored in part by the Lumina Foundation<\/a>, committed to enrolling and graduating more students from college.<\/em><\/p>

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