2022 E-Insights Report

Key Insights on Education

The Tampa Bay MSA’s performance was encouraging for some indicators and not-so- encouraging on others. For example, the Tampa Bay MSA has been registering a gradual but steady increasing trend in terms of educational attainment and STEM degree production per capita. However, the Tampa Bay MSA’s college persistence rate and the first-time-student enrollment rate have been on a slight decline in the recent years.

The search for online certifications rose sharply during the days following the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and declined gradually in the following months.