Number of Australians enrolled in bachelor degrees falls by 12% in less than a decade

Enrolments in bachelor degrees dropped from 934,000 in 2016 to 815,000 in 2022

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The number of Australians enrolled in bachelor degrees has fallen 12% in less than a decade, as experts warn the cost of living crisis may be affecting decisions and ambitious targets to ramp up university enrolments will not be met.

Some 815,700 people were enrolled in bachelor degrees in 2022, compared with 934,700 in 2016.

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