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Net Migration by State or Jurisdiction, 2018 and 2020 4  \nAcknowledgments 5  \nAbout the Heldrich Center 5  \nHeldrich Center for Workforce Development 1  \nPostsecondary Fall Enrollment Net Migration Trends Remain Unchanged During COVID-19  \nIntroduction  \n\n| To mitigate the spread of COVID-19, many colleges and universities in the United States adopted remote policies, shifting campus operations and instruction from in-person to virtual in 2020. Since many students were not physically required to be present on college campuses, one would expect a large shift in national enrollment and a disruption of the migration of high school students attending college in | other states. However, newly released preliminary data from the National Center for Education Statistics reveal a different story of how the COVID-19 pandemic affected overall college student net migration patterns. This research brief details a review of trends over the past 20 years of overall national data on postsecondary student enrollment, net migration, and the impact of the pandemic. |  |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Overall Postsecondary Student Enrollment |  |  |\n| As of the 2020 data used for this analysis, overall fall enrollment was 3.3% lower than in 2019 following the onset of the pandemic. The decrease was more pronounced for first-time full-time students, for whom there was a 9.2% decrease in enrollment from 2019 to 2020. During periods of recession, enrollment typically increases as people leave the\u003Cbr>Net Postsecondary Student | M | workforce for postsecondary education, but the recession associated with the pandemic did not yield the same growth in enrollment. Data over the next few years will likely provide a complete story of the enrollment trends as a new pattern normalizes.\u003Cbr>igration |\n\nFigure 1 shows the national average of total net migration of postsecondary students from 2002 to 2020. The trends have remained relatively stable over this period. While many colleges and universities shifted to remote instruction, overall net migration has remained stable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Similar to the fall of 2018, approximately three quarters of states (36 out of 50) and the District of Columbia had a positive net migration of high school students attending college full time for the first time. The remaining 14 states had a negative net migration (more residents out-migrate for college than nonresidents in-migrate for college) .1 Pennsylvania continues to be the top importer of  \npostsecondary students with a net migration of +13,707, followed by Arizona (+9,875) and Indiana (+9,362) for  \nfall 2020. Conversely, New Jersey continues to be the top exporter of postsecondary students with a net migration of-25,912, immediately followed by Illinois (-17,969) and Texas (-14,529) . It appears that the pandemic did not disrupt migration patterns. While researchers hypothesized that more students would attend institutions closer to their homes during the pandemic, the introduction of virtual/remote instruction allowed many students to continue attending institutions outside of their state of residence.  \n1 Ruiz, R. (2020) . The “where”of going to college: Residence, migration, and fall enrollment [web log] . 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The decline was more pronounced for first-time full-time students, with a 9.2% decrease from 2019 to 2020.\"},{\"question\":\"What did the data show about net migration during COVID-19?\",\"answer\":\"Net migration trends remained relatively stable during the COVID-19 pandemic. Remote instruction did not lead to major disruptions, and many students continued attending out-of-state institutions.\"},{\"question\":\"Which states were the top importers and exporters of postsecondary students in fall 2020?\",\"answer\":\"Pennsylvania was the top importer (+13,707), followed by Arizona (+9,875) and Indiana (+9,362). New Jersey was the top exporter (-25,912), followed by Illinois (-17,969) and Texas (-14,529).\"}]","Postsecondary Fall Enrollment Net Migration Trends Remain Unchanged During COVID-19 - Research brief | PDF",1792052255,15]