Graduate Enrollment Declines in Part Because of Caution About the Economy

Caution on the part of graduate-admissions counselors and potential students has been a key factor driving a nationwide dip in first-time graduate-student enrollment, the first such drop in seven years, says a report released in September.

Some universities have significantly scaled back some of their postbaccalaureate programs, although most institutions have not made widespread reductions. A number of campuses, both private ones that have seen endowment losses and public ones

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