
Seven Gap Year Trends in 2026
As we continue to celebrate our first decade at Gap Year Solutions, we have been reflecting on how gap years have changed over the last 10 years.

As we continue to celebrate our first decade at Gap Year Solutions, we have been reflecting on how gap years have changed over the last 10 years.

Harvard Business Review, 11/8/2024. Click here.

By Katherine Stievater I am delighted that the Independent Educational Consultants Association (IECA), of which I am a Professional member, published my article on recent Gap Year trends in their Winter

Click here for article from Winter 2024 edition of IECA Insights Magazine

U.K. study looking at longer-term outcomes of gap years (published Nov 2012). Click here for study

Survey conducted by Gap Year Solutions. Click here to access results (posted 1/12/2024)

Despite rising awareness of Gap Years and a COVID-induced surge in Gap Years, the number of high school students taking a Gap Year has returned to pre-pandemic levels. We know this from two different sources.

Regular readers of these pages know that we at Gap Year Solutions love data. Given that there is so little data to be found on Gap Years, we’ve had to

After a huge spike in Gap Year deferrals during the early part of COVID-19 to avoid online learning and campus lockdowns, Gap Year numbers appear to have settled back to their pre-COVID levels.

Jonathan Kyed is 21 years old and on his second Gap Year. He’s also from Denmark, where a remarkable 80% of students take a Gap Year after high school.