Between ongoing economic challenges, new and more dangerous COVID-19 variants, and fluctuating instructional environments, the higher education landscape is facing a wave of uncertainty and evolution—including how these factors might affect future enrollment.
Even as they grow more accustomed to the “new normal” of social distancing and remote learning, today’s prospective college students have significant questions and concerns about the safety, value, and accessibility of higher education. To better understand how the pandemic is affecting their academic plans, Hanover Research conducted a national survey of more than 800 current U.S. high school sophomores and juniors who are considering undergraduate programs in 2022 or 2023.