Free tuition, the rising cost of education, and post-pandemic enrollment are reshaping the age makeup of the student body. In 2011, students aged 19 or younger made up 29% of El Camino College’s enrollment. Today, they make up over 40%. Over the same period, the number of the 20- to 24-year-old group — once the backbone of the college — has shrunk by over 21%, while students 30 and older have been enrolling at rates ECC has not seen in years. En…
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