College enrollments are falling in the US—except for graduate degrees

One of the more worrying aspects of the Covid-19 pandemic in the US is its effect on undergraduate enrollments. Over the summer there were indications, through student loan data and Census surveys, that students were either dropping out or not enrolling in previous numbers. For some students, particularly those from low-income and minority families, the financial and logistical challenges posed by the pandemic were too much to overcome.