7 REASONS MORE ADULTS ARE GOING BACK TO SCHOOL
John Link
7 Reasons More Adults Are Going Back To School
By James Link on March 17, 2017
What comes to mind when you think about college students? Young, fresh-faced, wide-eyed high school grads stepping onto campus for the first time? The freshman fifteen, where kids away from home for the first time put on 15 pounds from eating cafeteria food? Homesick kids in dorm rooms?
While those certainly represent some of the college experience, you may be surprised to learn that the college demographic is changing in some major ways. While high school students still make up a large portion of college attendees, adults are also finding their way to campuses.
In 2014, there were approximately 12 million college students under the age of 24 and 8.2 million college students 25 and older. Clearly, things are trending upward.
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