Postal Service changes of address and mail forwarding analyzed by Bloomberg.Ī year into the Covid-19 pandemic, after much speculation about emptied downtowns and the prospect of remote work, the clearest picture yet is emerging about how people moved. Moves like Goodman’s from the pricey Bay Area to another California city were popular pandemic-era journeys, according to data on U.S. The couple bought their first home in Sacramento in March, helped along by low interest rates. “There’s nothing really tethering us to San Jose or the Bay Area, plus it’s just so expensive that there’s no real feasible way for us to have a lifestyle and survive,” said Goodman. Her job went remote, her boyfriend got laid off and leaving the city started making more sense. After moving to San Jose for grad school in 2009, a job and a boyfriend kept her there. The drop off at the nation's largest public college system continues to be most pronounced at community colleges, where enrollment is down a whopping 34% between the fall 2011 semester and this fall, records from SUNY showed.Ĭonversely, SUNY's four university centers have maintained robust student populations over the past decade, fueled by a 26% increase at Binghamton University, the biggest increase among the four campuses.Sarah Lorraine Goodman always wanted to settle down in her hometown of Sacramento, California, but life got in the way. "There’s a national trend, and it’s something SUNY is not immune from." "There was a pandemic issue there, of course, but I think the real issue we’re grappling with is the long-term trend of declining enrollment in higher education," SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras told the USA TODAY Network New York. Overall, the system has about 376,000 students this fall, with almost all taking classes in person due to strict COVID protocols on campuses. ALBANY – The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on enrollment at SUNY colleges and universities, adding to an ongoing decline of students at the 64-campus system.Įnrollment fell 20% over the past decade, a staggering loss of 92,000 students, and dropped 10% alone since fall 2019 as COVID shuttered most in-person classes in March 2020 only to resume in earnest this fall.
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