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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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Student Transfer Decreased Sharply During the Pandemic, Potentially Causing a Lasting Impact on Postsecondary Attainment
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Fall 2020 Undergraduate Enrollment Down 4.4%; Graduate Enrollment Up 2.9%
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Fall 2020 Undergraduate Enrollment Down 4% Compared to Same Time Last Year
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Undergraduate Enrollment Down 2.5% and Graduate Students Up 3.9%, Compared to Sept. 2019

CLEARINGHOUSE PRESS RELEASES
New Research: Spring 2021 Transfer Enrollment Declines 3.8 Times Larger Than Last Spring
COVID-19 Accelerated Transfer Decline for White and Black Students, Male Students, and Traditional College-Age Students HERNDON, VA – (April 12, 2021) – The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released today new research showing transfer enrollment is down...
Fall 2020 College Enrollment Update for the High School Graduating Class of 2020
6.8% fewer students attending college immediately after high school this past fall, an unprecedented one-year decline HERNDON, VA – (March 25, 2021) – The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center released today an update to the High School Benchmarks 2020...
INDUSTRY NEWS
- Demographic Changes and Pandemic Fallout Could Alter Higher Ed Enrollment Trends
- Community Colleges Turn to New Incentives for Recruitment
- What to watch as interest grows in alternative paths to jobs
- 25% of students postponed college during Covid, some indefinitely
- Transfer rates drop, continue to mirror enrollment declines
- 5 College Application And Enrollment Trends To Watch For In Fall 2021
- Colleges Get Creative To Reach Students After Enrollment Plummets
- Rural Community Colleges See Slump in Enrollment Due to the Pandemic
- State Strategies To Re-Engage Students With Some College And No Degree
- Unprecedented declines in college enrollment among new high school graduates appeared last fall.
LATEST RESEARCH REPORT
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Tracking Transfer
The 2020 update shows that of those who began postsecondary education at a community college in fall 2013, lower-income students were half as likely as their higher-income peers to have transferred to a four-year institution (24% vs. 40%) and to have attained a bachelor’s degree (10% vs. 21%) within six years of first entry.
INFOGRAPHICS
The Some College, No Degree 2019 State Profiles
The Some College, No Degree report series seeks to understand the educational trajectories of millions of Americans who left postsecondary education without receiving a degree or certificate.
The Some College, No Degree National Picture 2019 Factsheet
The Some College, No Degree report series seeks to understand the educational trajectories of millions of Americans who left postsecondary education without receiving a degree or certificate.