College Enrollment and Retention in the Era of Covid

College Board Research conducted extensive research examining the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on enrollment and retention rates for recent high school graduates. The first report, College Enrollment and Retention in the Era of Covid, looks at college enrollment rates for students who graduated high school in 2020, and college retention patterns for students who graduated high school in 2019. The 2021 Update examines college enrollment rates for students who graduated high school in 2021 as well as college retention patterns for students who graduated high school in 2020. The results in both reports are based on a sample of nearly 10 million students who attended more than 22,000 U.S. high schools and 2,800 U.S. colleges, drawing on data from College Board and the National Student Clearinghouse.