Enrollment at colleges and universities nationwide has dropped 15% over the last decade — but not in Arizona. Public universities here are breaking records instead.
For the second year in a row, Arizona State University is celebrating a record number of graduates – more than 21,000 this spring. Statewide, total enrollment at Arizona’s public universities reached nearly 238,000 students last fall, the highest in state history.
Much of that growth is online. Nearly 88,000 students — 37% of the total — are enrolled virtually, making Arizona the largest public online university system in the nation…