Enrollment Trends at Fairfield

The student population at Fairfield University is 6,019 (4,757 undergraduate and 1,262 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,020 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Fairfield is 79.03% which is increased by 878 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 142 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.45 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

176 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 300.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,317 where 6,019 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.03% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.97% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 878 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 142 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.45 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Fairfield than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,999	3,879	1,597	2,282	1,120	376	744
2013-14	4,919 -80	3,873 -6	1,566 -31	2,307 25	1,046 -74	339 -37	707 -37
2014-15	5,123 204	3,982 109	1,630 64	2,352 45	1,141 95	412 73	729 22
2015-16	5,138 15	3,970 -12	1,594 -36	2,376 24	1,168 27	401 -11	767 38
2016-17	5,137 -1	4,032 62	1,586 -8	2,446 70	1,105 -63	350 -51	755 -12
2017-18	5,192 55	4,113 81	1,636 50	2,477 31	1,079 -26	328 -22	751 -4
2018-19	5,273 81	4,177 64	1,667 31	2,510 33	1,096 17	338 10	758 7
2019-20	5,349 76	4,303 126	1,755 88	2,548 38	1,046 -50	307 -31	739 -19
2020-21	5,513 164	4,354 51	1,807 52	2,547 -1	1,159 113	361 54	798 59
2021-22	5,826 313	4,603 249	1,937 130	2,666 119	1,223 64	405 44	818 20
2022-23	6,019 193	4,757 154	2,016 79	2,741 75	1,262 39	441 36	821 3
Average	5,317	4,186	1,708	2,477	1,131	369	762

Fairfield University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,186 where 4,757 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 Fairfield University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,879	3,471	1,411	2,060	408	186	222
2013-14	3,873	3,546	1,426	2,120	327	140	187
2014-15	3,982	3,688	1,489	2,199	294	141	153
2015-16	3,970	3,704	1,475	2,229	266	119	147
2016-17	4,032	3,803	1,495	2,308	229	91	138
2017-18	4,113	3,879	1,541	2,338	234	95	139
2018-19	4,177	3,989	1,582	2,407	188	85	103
2019-20	4,303	4,160	1,680	2,480	143	75	68
2020-21	4,354	4,231	1,740	2,491	123	67	56
2021-22	4,603	4,486	1,873	2,613	117	64	53
2022-23	4,757	4,655	1,954	2,701	102	62	40
Average	4,186	4,186	1,606	2,359	4,186	102	119

Fairfield University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,131 where 1,262 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 Fairfield University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,120	370	148	222	750	228	522
2013-14	1,046	384	127	257	662	212	450
2014-15	1,141	513	228	285	628	184	444
2015-16	1,168	513	218	295	655	183	472
2016-17	1,105	467	187	280	638	163	475
2017-18	1,079	476	151	325	603	177	426
2018-19	1,096	472	169	303	624	169	455
2019-20	1,046	445	131	314	601	176	425
2020-21	1,159	582	195	387	577	166	411
2021-22	1,223	567	210	357	656	195	461
2022-23	1,262	606	247	359	656	194	462
Average	1,131	1,131	183	308	1,131	186	455

Fairfield University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.04%. The percentage was 60.21% 10 years ago and Fairfield still has a high percentage of white students. 2.34% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.13% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fairfield 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	6	108	144	336	2	3,010	43
2013-14	5	94	114	322	3	3,030	49
2014-15	3	113	137	352	5	3,577	67
2015-16	2	112	150	372	2	3,659	73
2016-17	1	120	162	396	4	3,757	75
2017-18	4	124	148	406	2	3,916	79
2018-19	5	146	151	396	2	3,983	79
2019-20	5	146	143	413	2	4,018	87
2020-21	4	156	142	445	2	4,150	90
2021-22	3	169	145	431	2	4,373	90
2022-23	2	141	128	448	1	4,637	110
Average	4	130	142	392	2	3,828	77

Fairfield University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

176 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 300.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Fairfield University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,123	44	189	4,890
2015-16	5,138	26	212	4,900
2016-17	5,137	19	546	4,572
2017-18	5,192	41	481	4,670
2018-19	5,273	53	707	4,513
2019-20	5,349	45	826	4,478
2020-21	5,513	1,187	784	3,542
2021-22	5,826	261	1,509	4,056
2022-23	6,019	176	1,067	4,776
Average	5,397	206	702	4,489

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