First-time graduate enrollment increased 1.8% in the fall of 2020 over the year before, while graduate applications rose 7.3% during that period, according to new data from the Council of Graduate Schools. According to the council's announcement, first-time enrollment of underrepresented minorities grew at a "healthy pace" between fall of 2019 and 2020. First-time enrollment increased the most among Latinx students at 20.4%, followed by Black/African-American students at 16% and American Indian/Alaska Native students at 8.8%. Increases in traditionally underrepresented students helped drive growth in domestic enrollment, which rose 12.9% year over year.