Enrollment Trends at Boise State

The student population at Boise State University is 26,115 (22,922 undergraduate and 3,193 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,771 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Boise State is 87.77% which is increased by 3,445 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 326 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.36 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

5,058 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 150.52% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 24,028 where 26,115 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.77% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.23% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 3,445 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 326 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.36 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Boise State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Boise State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	22,344	19,477	9,098	10,379	2,867	1,096	1,771
2013-14	21,981 -363	19,026 -451	8,846 -252	10,180 -199	2,955 88	1,127 31	1,828 57
2014-15	22,227 246	19,333 307	8,959 113	10,374 194	2,894 -61	1,148 21	1,746 -82
2015-16	22,086 -141	19,103 -230	8,819 -140	10,284 -90	2,983 89	1,174 26	1,809 63
2016-17	23,854 1,768	20,186 1,083	9,246 427	10,940 656	3,668 685	1,362 188	2,306 497
2017-18	24,121 267	20,744 558	9,193 -53	11,551 611	3,377 -291	1,294 -68	2,083 -223
2018-19	25,504 1,383	22,033 1,289	9,565 372	12,468 917	3,471 94	1,281 -13	2,190 107
2019-20	26,217 713	22,896 863	9,902 337	12,994 526	3,321 -150	1,224 -57	2,097 -93
2020-21	24,069 -2,148	20,763 -2,133	8,935 -967	11,828 -1,166	3,306 -15	1,187 -37	2,119 22
2021-22	25,794 1,725	22,404 1,641	9,565 630	12,839 1,011	3,390 84	1,213 26	2,177 58
2022-23	26,115 321	22,922 518	9,946 381	12,976 137	3,193 -197	1,113 -100	2,080 -97
Average	24,028	20,808	9,279	11,528	3,220	1,202	2,019

Boise State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 20,808 where 22,922 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Boise State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	19,477	12,738	6,222	6,516	6,739	2,876	3,863
2013-14	19,026	12,452	6,030	6,422	6,574	2,816	3,758
2014-15	19,333	12,155	5,917	6,238	7,178	3,042	4,136
2015-16	19,103	12,034	5,841	6,193	7,069	2,978	4,091
2016-17	20,186	12,375	5,868	6,507	7,811	3,378	4,433
2017-18	20,744	12,477	5,700	6,777	8,267	3,493	4,774
2018-19	22,033	12,787	5,771	7,016	9,246	3,794	5,452
2019-20	22,896	13,104	5,859	7,245	9,792	4,043	5,749
2020-21	20,763	12,973	5,702	7,271	7,790	3,233	4,557
2021-22	22,404	13,270	5,731	7,539	9,134	3,834	5,300
2022-23	22,922	13,433	5,823	7,610	9,489	4,123	5,366
Average	20,808	20,808	5,860	6,849	20,808	3,419	4,680

Boise State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,220 where 3,193 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Boise State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,867	747	333	414	2,120	763	1,357
2013-14	2,955	812	382	430	2,143	745	1,398
2014-15	2,894	883	399	484	2,011	749	1,262
2015-16	2,983	903	398	505	2,080	776	1,304
2016-17	3,668	936	417	519	2,732	945	1,787
2017-18	3,377	1,068	454	614	2,309	840	1,469
2018-19	3,471	1,108	449	659	2,363	832	1,531
2019-20	3,321	1,185	446	739	2,136	778	1,358
2020-21	3,306	1,248	468	780	2,058	719	1,339
2021-22	3,390	1,285	468	817	2,105	745	1,360
2022-23	3,193	1,188	433	755	2,005	680	1,325
Average	3,220	3,220	422	611	3,220	779	1,408

Boise State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.91%. The percentage was 77.01% 10 years ago and Boise State still has a high percentage of white students. 2.68% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.68% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Boise State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	169	524	368	1,657	94	17,207	405
2013-14	146	488	336	1,855	80	16,791	605
2014-15	132	436	357	2,149	71	16,919	697
2015-16	106	445	346	2,248	84	16,596	770
2016-17	117	518	362	2,658	83	17,810	896
2017-18	109	534	399	2,994	97	17,774	966
2018-19	118	595	425	3,237	121	18,582	1,079
2019-20	102	652	427	3,283	104	19,153	1,202
2020-21	77	640	398	3,045	98	17,650	1,130
2021-22	99	680	401	3,335	104	18,739	1,216
2022-23	104	700	439	3,580	94	18,779	1,313
Average	116	565	387	2,731	94	17,818	934

Boise State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,058 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has increased 150.52% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Boise State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	22,227	2,019	4,502	15,706
2015-16	22,086	2,305	4,359	15,422
2016-17	23,854	2,568	4,812	16,474
2017-18	24,121	2,989	5,369	15,763
2018-19	25,504	3,575	5,955	15,974
2019-20	26,217	4,017	6,287	15,913
2020-21	24,069	7,922	11,739	4,408
2021-22	25,794	5,403	10,868	9,523
2022-23	26,115	5,058	9,591	11,466
Average	24,443	3,984	7,054	13,405

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