The college crush continues. According to the U.S. Office of Education, 5,967,411 students are enrolled in the nation's colleges and universities this academic year, an increase of 12.2% over 1964 totals. Freshman enrollment last fall was up 18%, reflecting the fact that 45% of 1965's graduating high school seniors continued on to college.
One result of the increase is that the nation's big schools are getting bigger. The ten largest universities, in terms of full-time enrollment, and their percentage growth over last year:
Percent of increase California 76,921 14.8 City University of New...
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