The number of students enrolling in graduate education for the first time increased by almost 4 percent from fall 2014 enrollment to fall 2015, according to the Council of Graduate Schools 2005 to 2015 survey.
Although overall grad school enrollment figures haven’t really changed since 2013, first-time enrollment in graduate programs continues to increase; 2015 set a record, totaling more than half a million first-time graduate students.
The largest gains were seen in first-time enrollment of underrepresented minority groups.