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Young Men in US Abandoning College Education at Record Rates
Male college enrollment in Lake County, Ohio plummeted by more than 15% over the last decade -- the steepest decline among any large U.S. county. Nationwide, men now constitute virtually the entirety of the 1.2 million student drop in college attendance between 2011 and 2022. Financial concerns do...
Nationwide, men now constitute virtually the entirety of the 1.2 million student drop in college attendance between 2011 and 2022.Financial concerns dominate decision-making, with even public in-state education costing approximately $25,000 annually. One high school senior secured a $15/hour collision repair job, Bloomberg reports, calculating he'll earn "upwards of a grand every other week" while avoiding student debt. "You see a lot of influencers saying you don't need to go to college, and when people see that, they listen," explained one student from Perry High School.
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