Graduate enrollment has declined, snapping two consecutive years of growth, per CGS report

Despite a boost in applications across multiple graduate and postgraduate programs from fall 2021 to fall 2022, enrollment decreased. Overall first-time enrollment fell by 4.7%. Doctoral degree enrollment dipped by 4.4%, while Master’s degrees experienced an uptick, at 2.5%. While graduate certificates have experienced impressive growth between 2016-17 and 2021-22 at 10.5%, they, too, declined overall by 1.2%.