Matt Lindsey, KICA president, said he believes the phenomenon of better-than-expected enrollment at the private colleges is likely because of a few particular reasons. First, Kansas’ independent colleges weren’t immune to the same downward trend in Kansas high school students’ college-going rate, which was exacerbated by the effect the pandemic had on first-year freshman enrollment rates all around the country. But any trends down in enrollment were buoyed by a significant increase in the number of out-of-state students, who Lindsey said might have seen the more rural Kansas as an “oasis” during spring and summer 2020, when students either finalized or switched plans for their 2020-2021 college years.
Source: CJonline.com.
