Undergraduate Enrollment Falls 662,000 Students in Spring 2022 and 1.4 Million During the Pandemic
To date, the undergraduate student body has dropped by nearly 1.4 million students or 9.4% during the pandemic.
- To date, the undergraduate student body has dropped by nearly 1.4 million students or 9.4% during the pandemic.
- Meanwhile, total postsecondary enrollment of approximately 16 million students, which includes graduate students, has fallen a total of 4.1% from last spring, or 685,000 students, per the Spring 2022 Current Term Enrollment Estimates report.
- Overall, postsecondary enrollment declined a total of nearly 7.4% or 1.3 million students since this time two-years ago.
- Meanwhile, two-year college skilled trades program enrollment increased this spring, including mechanic and repair (+11.5%, 9,950 students), culinary (+12.7%, 6,170 students), construction (+19.3%, 11,140 students), and precision and production (+16.7%, 7,740 students).