Due to all of the aforementioned reasons, enrollment two-year schools is in increasing rapidly. In 1988, the quantity of students in these schools was 39%, and this number rose to 43% ten years later. In contrast, enrollment in universities wa at 62% in 1988, declining to 56% in the following decade The most recent data is for 2008, and this shows a surprising fact: enrollment numbers for community colleges and university are almost equal, at 48% and 51% respectively. This is a trend that is sure to continue as the economy grows more and more unstable.