Enrollment Trends at Alfred

The student population at Alfred University is 2,007 (1,442 undergraduate and 565 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 279 (12.20%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Alfred is 71.85% which is decreased by 364 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 85 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 72 male students for every 100 female students, down from 88 in 2015.
12 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 100.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,155 where 2,007 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,390 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,813 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,286 to 2,007 students, a net loss of 279 (12.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Alfred University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,286	1,806	908	898	480	165	315
2016-17	2,390 104	1,815 9	938 30	877 -21	575 95	172 7	403 88
2017-18	2,354 -36	1,707 -108	889 -49	818 -59	647 72	178 6	469 66
2018-19	2,302 -52	1,671 -36	834 -55	837 19	631 -16	170 -8	461 -8
2019-20	2,382 80	1,715 44	900 66	815 -22	667 36	175 5	492 31
2020-21	2,187 -195	1,593 -122	798 -102	795 -20	594 -73	159 -16	435 -57
2021-22	1,982 -205	1,485 -108	718 -80	767 -28	497 -97	137 -22	360 -75
2022-23	1,813 -169	1,347 -138	652 -66	695 -72	466 -31	132 -5	334 -26
2023-24	1,843 30	1,422 75	671 19	751 56	421 -45	111 -21	310 -24
2024-25	2,007 164	1,442 20	684 13	758 7	565 144	155 44	410 100
Average	2,155	1,600	799	801	554	155	399

Alfred University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,600 where 1,442 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Alfred University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,806	1,760	882	878	46	26	20
2016-17	1,815	1,719	905	814	96	33	63
2017-18	1,707	1,600	838	762	107	51	56
2018-19	1,671	1,572	803	769	99	31	68
2019-20	1,715	1,647	864	783	68	36	32
2020-21	1,593	1,520	762	758	73	36	37
2021-22	1,485	1,425	687	738	60	31	29
2022-23	1,347	1,283	619	664	64	33	31
2023-24	1,422	1,381	656	725	41	15	26
2024-25	1,442	1,407	675	732	35	9	26
Average	1,600	1,600	769	762	1,600	30	39

Alfred University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 554 where 565 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Alfred University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	480	195	87	108	285	78	207
2016-17	575	169	71	98	406	101	305
2017-18	647	183	70	113	464	108	356
2018-19	631	155	69	86	476	101	375
2019-20	667	166	68	98	501	107	394
2020-21	594	161	68	93	433	91	342
2021-22	497	167	61	106	330	76	254
2022-23	466	201	63	138	265	69	196
2023-24	421	207	62	145	214	49	165
2024-25	565	206	67	139	359	88	271
Average	554	554	69	112	554	87	287

Alfred University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.88% and the percentage of black students is 5.73% at Alfred University. 1.35% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.27% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 58.31% to 49.88%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.19% to 1.35%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.76% to 5.73%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.14% to 8.27%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7401 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6409 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Alfred University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	8	50	246	186	0	1,333	46
2016-17	10	49	313	219	0	1,330	46
2017-18	8	52	338	258	0	1,248	48
2018-19	8	43	320	286	0	1,199	47
2019-20	4	42	378	298	0	1,191	49
2020-21	2	38	275	218	6	1,094	39
2021-22	0	32	187	141	8	1,029	31
2022-23	3	25	162	145	4	941	32
2023-24	3	29	162	166	2	983	40
2024-25	3	27	115	166	0	1,001	57
Average	5	39	250	208	2	1,135	44

Alfred University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

12 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has increased 100.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Alfred University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,286	6	62	2,218
2016-17	2,390	0	100	2,290
2017-18	2,354	0	54	2,300
2018-19	2,302	0	71	2,231
2019-20	2,382	8	86	2,288
2020-21	2,187	94	1,428	665
2021-22	1,982	56	1,039	887
2022-23	1,813	4	266	1,543
2023-24	1,843	7	165	1,671
2024-25	2,007	12	329	1,666
Average	2,155	19	360	1,776

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Enrollment Trends at Alfred

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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