Enrollment Trends at Emerson

The student population at Emerson College is 5,891 (4,155 undergraduate and 1,736 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,360 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Emerson is 70.53% which is increased by 453 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 907 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.54 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

845 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by % since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 4,857 where 5,891 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

70.53% of total students is undergraduate students and 29.47% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 453 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 907 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.54 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Emerson than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Emerson College since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,531	3,702	1,406	2,296	829	191	638
2013-14	4,561 30	3,758 56	1,406 0	2,352 56	803 -26	198 7	605 -33
2014-15	4,545 -16	3,787 29	1,466 60	2,321 -31	758 -45	179 -19	579 -26
2015-16	4,479 -66	3,808 21	1,525 59	2,283 -38	671 -87	153 -26	518 -61
2016-17	4,442 -37	3,801 -7	1,526 1	2,275 -8	641 -30	152 -1	489 -29
2017-18	4,459 17	3,812 11	1,546 20	2,266 -9	647 6	167 15	480 -9
2018-19	4,573 114	3,855 43	1,550 4	2,305 39	718 71	180 13	538 58
2019-20	4,930 357	3,878 23	1,502 -48	2,376 71	1,052 334	211 31	841 303
2020-21	5,115 185	3,708 -170	1,388 -114	2,320 -56	1,407 355	200 -11	1,207 366
2021-22	5,900 785	4,117 409	1,465 77	2,652 332	1,783 376	221 21	1,562 355
2022-23	5,891 -9	4,155 38	1,444 -21	2,711 59	1,736 -47	220 -1	1,516 -46
Average	4,857	3,853	1,475	2,378	1,004	188	816

Emerson College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 3,853 where 4,155 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 Emerson College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,702	3,587	1,359	2,228	115	47	68
2013-14	3,758	3,668	1,376	2,292	90	30	60
2014-15	3,787	3,707	1,439	2,268	80	27	53
2015-16	3,808	3,732	1,496	2,236	76	29	47
2016-17	3,801	3,733	1,501	2,232	68	25	43
2017-18	3,812	3,748	1,522	2,226	64	24	40
2018-19	3,855	3,779	1,510	2,269	76	40	36
2019-20	3,878	3,827	1,478	2,349	51	24	27
2020-21	3,708	3,626	1,346	2,280	82	42	40
2021-22	4,117	4,053	1,442	2,611	64	23	41
2022-23	4,155	4,104	1,425	2,679	51	19	32
Average	3,853	3,853	1,445	2,334	3,853	30	44

Emerson College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,004 where 1,736 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 Emerson College since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	829	733	159	574	96	32	64
2013-14	803	707	175	532	96	23	73
2014-15	758	688	164	524	70	15	55
2015-16	671	596	134	462	75	19	56
2016-17	641	578	134	444	63	18	45
2017-18	647	570	147	423	77	20	57
2018-19	718	628	159	469	90	21	69
2019-20	1,052	815	168	647	237	43	194
2020-21	1,407	1,044	157	887	363	43	320
2021-22	1,783	1,285	172	1,113	498	49	449
2022-23	1,736	1,236	169	1,067	500	51	449
Average	1,004	1,004	158	649	1,004	30	166

Emerson College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 54.69%. The percentage was 58.68% 10 years ago and Emerson still has a high percentage of white students. 5.35% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.87% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Emerson College 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	3	164	151	407	5	2,659	172
2013-14	2	156	147	424	4	2,842	182
2014-15	3	171	139	432	2	2,890	191
2015-16	5	172	148	460	4	2,855	180
2016-17	5	181	141	460	4	2,864	179
2017-18	6	193	143	494	4	2,821	162
2018-19	8	204	157	559	2	2,793	157
2019-20	10	236	208	639	1	2,903	179
2020-21	8	248	251	718	4	2,970	190
2021-22	6	322	326	829	8	3,286	238
2022-23	6	315	346	804	4	3,222	260
Average	6	215	196	566	4	2,919	190

Emerson College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

845 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Emerson College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,545	0	0	4,545
2015-16	4,479	0	16	4,463
2016-17	4,442	0	48	4,394
2017-18	4,459	24	25	4,410
2018-19	4,573	85	44	4,444
2019-20	4,930	348	145	4,437
2020-21	5,115	780	1,462	2,873
2021-22	5,900	889	645	4,366
2022-23	5,891	845	457	4,589
Average	4,926	330	316	4,280

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