2017 November GrayReports – Student and Employer Demand Trends

Gray Associates

January 8, 2018

Every month, Gray releases the latest student and employer demand trends in higher education.  Here are a few of the trends from November of 2017 that we released in December:

  • The number of job postings from Burning Glass Technologies for Medical Insurance Specialist, the Program of the Month, have grown each year since 2012.
  • Student demand for on-campus programs is down 20% year-over-year. 
  • The number of student inquiry conversions for online programs grew for the 13th consecutive month.
  • All five of the fastest-growing programs grew 20% or more.


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