It is unsurprising that graduate students’ enrollment would be least affected by the pandemic’s unique attributes: Graduate programs focus much less on an “on-campus experience”; involve fewer, smaller classes and more independent research that potentially transitions better to remote learning; and enroll students who tend to be financially better off than the average undergraduate.See, for example, this Urban Institute report. Less impacted by the pandemic’s idiosyncrasies, graduate enrollment shows the usual effect of a bad job market. The unemployment rate for young bachelor’s degree holders skyrocketed last ... (full story)