Postsecondary Enrollment During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from Rhode Island

In Figure 5, White students in the No FRL group experienced a decline in their postsecondary enrollment in the first fall of the pandemic, followed by a bit of a rebound in COVID’s second fall (2021). [...] Postsecondary enrollment rates in Rhode Island, by socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity Notes: Figure shows the percentage of graduating high school students who enroll in a postsecondary institution within one year, by the year in which they graduate from high school and their socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity. [...] Postsecondary enrollment rates in Rhode Island, by socioeconomic status and gender Notes: Figure shows the percentage of graduating high school students who enroll in a postsecondary institution within one year, by the year in which they graduate from high school and their socioeconomic status and gender. [...] Enrollment in the private, four-year sector also fell substantially (from 19% of those graduating in the classes of 2018 and 2019 to 15% of those in the class of 2020), while a relatively steady share of graduating high schoolers enrolled in public, four-year institutions. [...] Postsecondary enrollment rate of high school students in Rhode Island, by sector Notes: Figure shows the percentage of graduating high school students who enroll in a postsecondary institution within one year, by the year in which they graduate from high school and the institutional sector in which they enroll.