Cedar Rapids Gazette: Costs across Iowa’s 15 community colleges are rising, while total enrollment is falling — just like at their public and private higher education peers across the state. A new 2020 Condition of Community Colleges in Iowa report released Tuesday shows enrollment of students taking classes for credit and students taking noncredit courses in the 2019-2020 term dropped 1.3% and 23.2%, respectively. The 2020 losses continue a steady enrollment decline in recent years.