Total enrollment at UNC System schools declined this year for the first time in nearly a decade, and experts predict more competition for students in years to come. In the 2022 UNC Fall Enrollment Report presented to the UNC System Board of Governors’ Committee on Educational Planning, Policies, and Programs last week, total fall 2022 headcount dropped by about 2%. “The fall 2022 total UNC System headcount enrollment was 239,663 students, a decrease of 4,837 students (-1.98 percent) from the previous fall and the lowest total enrollment since fall 2018,” the report read. “New first-time freshman enrollment decreased by 390 (-1.07 percent). New graduate student enrollment decreased by 1,425 (-7.89 percent). New transfer student enrollment declined for the fourth straight year and reached its lowest level since 2013.”
