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Re:The End of the English Major by watwut on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @12:16PM (#34971910)
42.1% of American 18- to 24-year-olds are enrolled in college or graduate school

https://educationdata.org/college-enrollment-statistics

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Re:The End of the English Major by xenon7 on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @01:10PM (#34972675)
It's really that low? Ah, my bad. That's surprising to me.
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Re:The End of the English Major by red-iron-pine on Tuesday February 28, 2023 @02:21PM (#34973591)
And 41% is just enrollment -- many will never finish.

Maybe 30% of the US actually holds any sort of degree.

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