Spring enrollment for undergraduate accounting majors rose 11.3% year-over-year to 188,571 students, a report found, making it the second consecutive annual increase.
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center published the latest edition of its
That figure is marginally greater — about 0.1% — than the pre-pandemic peak levels of 188,421.
The report also found that total postsecondary spring enrollment grew 3.2% year-over-year. Undergraduate enrollment grew 3.5% and reached 15.3 million students, but remains below pre-pandemic levels (378,000 fewer students). Graduate enrollment also increased to 7.2%, higher than in 2020 (209,000 more students).
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Community colleges saw the largest growth in enrollment (5.4%), and enrollment increased for all undergraduate credential types. Bachelor's and associate programs grew 2.1% and 6.3%, respectively, but remain below pre-pandemic levels.
Most ethnoracial groups saw increases in enrollment this spring, with Black and multiracial undergraduate students seeing the largest growth (10.3% and 8.5%, respectively). The number of undergraduate students in their twenties also increased. Enrollment of students between the ages of 21 and 24 grew 3.2%, and enrollment for students between 25 and 29 grew 5.9%.
For the third consecutive year, high vocational public two-years had substantial growth in enrollment, increasing 11.7% from 2023 to 2024. Enrollment at these trade-focused institutions have increased nearly 20% since pre-pandemic levels.
