For high school seniors, the coronavirus pandemic could dramatically alter decisions about college
"I can't imagine that families broadly will have any understanding of the impact of this moment on their finances," said Marie Bigham, and executive director of advocacy group Admissions Community Cultivating Equity and Peace Today, or ACCEPT.
Heightened by fears of a sharp economic slowdown, more students and families are now more likely to choose local and less-expensivethan private universities far from home, according to Robert Franek, editor in chief of The Princeton Review and author of "The Best 385 Colleges." Many students who have wanted to go to school in major cities like Los Angeles or New York City may now have concerns.The majority, or 70%, of all students will stay, or roughly three hours, of their family's home to attend college, according to The Princeton Review; others may even defer admission until 2021.
In the wake of COVID-19, there are other considerations, as well. "Many students who have wanted to go to school in major cities like Los Angeles or New York City may now have concerns," Huntington said. "Students may want to avoid living in dorms with many other students, instead opting for universities where they can afford to live off-campus, or even live at home and commute to school," she added.
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