For the First Time Since the Pandemic Began, Colleges Saw Undergraduate-Enrollment Gains This Fall

The latest enrollment data from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center provides an early sign of a long-awaited turnaround in college attendance: Undergraduate enrollment was up for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic began. The preliminary data, released Thursday, reveal that undergraduate enrollment across all types of institutions rose 2.1 percent in the fall of 2023 compared with the same time last fall.