Leaving high school and entering university used to be the norm for Australians , but that is now beginning to change.

Fewer Aussies are now enrolling in university than any point in the last decade, with figures from the Federal Department of Education revealing university enrolments for domestic students sinking in both 2022 and 2023, after peaking in 2021.

Around 396,000 domestic students enrolled in university in 2023, the lowest rate in the last 10 years and a drop of 22 per cent compared to the enrolment numbers before the pandemic.

Data also revealed a quarter of students who began university in 2017 had dropped by the end of 2022, the second-highest dropout rate on record.

These revelations come as leading universities around the country are slashing budgets,

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