It is not just a decline in enrollment – it’s also a decline in men going to college:
Across the U.S. reported an approximately 1.5 million student decrease in all fall semester students enrolled between 2015 to 2020, according to the National Student Clearinghouse, a research nonprofit. Approximately 72% of that decline is from a decrease in enrolled men.
It’s not raining men: Eastern Washington colleges see decline in male students amid nationwide trend | The Spokesman-Review