WSAC?s Research Digest #2: Enrollment

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Washington Student Achievement Council
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Research Digest #2: Why enrollment rates hold more hope than alarm

It?s no secret that postsecondary enrollment has declined since the COVID-19 pandemic. In fact, there were about 80,000 fewer undergraduate students enrolled in Washington in 2021-2022 than there were before the start of the pandemic, amounting to a 17 percent drop in enrollment. But the SAP Dashboard also calls out one of the state?s bright spots: pandemic enrollment declines were tempered for students who received need-based financial aid.

In our second Research Digest, we look at data that suggests that financial aid was a boon for students during the pandemic enrollment slump.?

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