Undergraduate losses slow — but enrollment is still well below pre-COVID levels

Undergraduate enrollment in Spring 2023 dropped by just 0.2% from the previous year, following a 3.9% decline in Spring 2022. Although enrollment losses are slowing overall, the numbers are still significantly below pre-COVID levels, down about 1.1 million students from Spring 2020. The undergraduate sector alone lost 1.2 million students since the pandemic, while graduate enrollment is up by just over 76,000.