Not all Catholic schools are private schools: does it matter for student performance?

Catholic Higher Education Globally: Enrollment Trends, Current Pressures, Student Choice, and the Potential of Service Learning

“…Enrollment grew three-fold globally between 1980 and 2020, from 2.2 million students to 6.6 million. As discussed in Wodon (2021), Catholic higher education grew even faster than K12 education. However, while for K12 education most of the growth was in Africa, for tertiary education most of the growth took place in the Americas (gain of 1.8 million students), Asia (gain of 1.2 million students), and Europe (gain of 0.9 million students).…”

“…For K12 education, as discussed in Wodon (2021), enrollment in Catholic schools has been growing especially rapidly in Africa and to a lower extent in South Asia. As a result, globally, seven in ten students in Catholic primary schools live in low-and lowermiddle income countries.…”

“…The enrollment estimates provided in this article are the latest available at the time of writing. For analysis of slightly older data, see Wodon (2018Wodon ( , 2020aWodon ( , 2021. Two types of Catholic universities and faculties can be distinguished.…”

“…10 A companion piece looks at students' decision to enroll in Catholic universities in the United States (Wodon 2022). 11 The article provides updates with previous data and analysis published in Wodon (2021).…”