During the academic year, more than 84,000 students, or one in seven District of Columbia residents, attend college at a D.C. Consortium university. Another 71,000 students go to school at Consortium universities in Suburban Maryland and Northern Virginia.Consortium colleges and universities attract a wide variety of students.With an average age of 26, more than 40% of the Consortium’s students are pursuing graduate or professional degrees.Across the country, people have turned to higher education as an opportunity to improve their marketability, as more and more jobs require a higher degree of educational attainment.The colleges and universities of Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area are no exception as enrollment in non-degree and continuing education graduate courses has soared.
