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Pandemic accelerates decline of kids pursuing traditional four-year degrees – Montana State University welcomes largest incoming class in university history

September 24, 2021/

According to a nationwide survey of 3,000 students conducted by ECMC Group, a company that helps student borrowers, the number of kids considering a four-year degree dropped by nearly 20% due to the pandemic. In January 2020, 71% of respondents said they were considering the traditional four-year path, but only a few months later after lockdowns took place and layoffs became rampant, only 53% of respondents said they were considering the same option.

By: Dan Grossman

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Montana State University welcomes largest incoming class in university history

Those new students contribute to an overall enrollment of 16,841, the second largest in MSU history and a 4% increase over last fall. MSU’s all-time enrollment record was set in 2018 at 16,902.

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