From the News Service of Florida: Enrollment in the Florida college system dropped during the COVID-19 pandemic and is not projected to return to pre-pandemic levels in the coming years, according to a report released last week by the state’s Education Estimating Conference. Here are enrollment numbers for the past four years and forecast numbers for the current year and the next five years:
— 2018-2019: 320,302
— 2019-2020: 316,276
— 2020-2021: 293,493
— 2021-2022: 271,916
— 2022-2023: 268,785
— 2023-2024: 270,267
— 2024-2025: 268,620
— 2025-2026: 267,007
— 2026-2027: 263,882
— 2027-2028: 260,709