Enrollment Trends at FDU-Florham

The student population at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus is 2,885 (2,012 undergraduate and 873 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 510 (15.02%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at FDU-Florham is 69.74% which is decreased by 527 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 17 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 75 male students for every 100 female students, down from 77 in 2015.
195 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 375.61% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,205 where 2,885 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 3,512 students in 2018 and was lowest at 2,778 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,395 to 2,885 students, a net loss of 510 (15%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,395	2,539	1,162	1,377	856	317	539
2016-17	3,333 -62	2,513 -26	1,130 -32	1,383 6	820 -36	306 -11	514 -25
2017-18	3,512 179	2,747 234	1,185 55	1,562 179	765 -55	291 -15	474 -40
2018-19	3,483 -29	2,730 -17	1,167 -18	1,563 1	753 -12	274 -17	479 5
2019-20	3,366 -117	2,620 -110	1,114 -53	1,506 -57	746 -7	272 -2	474 -5
2020-21	3,396 30	2,707 87	1,136 22	1,571 65	689 -57	235 -37	454 -20
2021-22	3,078 -318	2,320 -387	1,005 -131	1,315 -256	758 69	210 -25	548 94
2022-23	2,823 -255	2,053 -267	938 -67	1,115 -200	770 12	223 13	547 -1
2023-24	2,778 -45	1,997 -56	925 -13	1,072 -43	781 11	225 2	556 9
2024-25	2,885 107	2,012 15	938 13	1,074 2	873 92	294 69	579 23
Average	3,205	2,424	1,070	1,354	781	265	516

Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,424 where 2,012 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 Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,539	2,391	1,083	1,308	148	79	69
2016-17	2,513	2,400	1,072	1,328	113	58	55
2017-18	2,747	2,640	1,123	1,517	107	62	45
2018-19	2,730	2,640	1,117	1,523	90	50	40
2019-20	2,620	2,539	1,069	1,470	81	45	36
2020-21	2,707	2,517	1,027	1,490	190	109	81
2021-22	2,320	2,211	946	1,265	109	59	50
2022-23	2,053	1,935	877	1,058	118	61	57
2023-24	1,997	1,883	868	1,015	114	57	57
2024-25	2,012	1,927	886	1,041	85	52	33
Average	2,424	2,424	1,007	1,302	2,424	63	52

Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 781 where 873 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 Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	856	603	199	404	253	118	135
2016-17	820	573	189	384	247	117	130
2017-18	765	553	195	358	212	96	116
2018-19	753	532	181	351	221	93	128
2019-20	746	530	174	356	216	98	118
2020-21	689	492	155	337	197	80	117
2021-22	758	577	141	436	181	69	112
2022-23	770	590	152	438	180	71	109
2023-24	781	615	164	451	166	61	105
2024-25	873	598	176	422	275	118	157
Average	781	781	173	394	781	92	123

Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 47.07% and the percentage of black students is 10.64% at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus. 7.07% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 22.74% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 55.73% to 47.07%. Asian enrollment grew from 6.92% to 7.07%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.99% to 10.64%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 13.78% to 22.74%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7096 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6532 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus 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	13	235	373	468	7	1,892	65
2016-17	14	236	342	515	5	1,829	71
2017-18	11	260	322	559	5	1,988	76
2018-19	8	257	325	555	4	1,999	85
2019-20	6	241	312	592	3	1,917	76
2020-21	5	244	319	604	2	1,849	84
2021-22	8	218	285	593	3	1,649	75
2022-23	5	202	259	600	2	1,473	72
2023-24	4	204	270	618	1	1,365	77
2024-25	4	204	307	656	2	1,358	84
Average	8	230	311	576	3	1,732	77

Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

195 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 375.61% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham Campus from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,395	41	208	3,146
2016-17	3,333	29	230	3,074
2017-18	3,512	44	304	3,164
2018-19	3,483	36	314	3,133
2019-20	3,366	13	366	2,987
2020-21	3,396	3,396	0	0
2021-22	3,078	0	20	3,058
2022-23	2,823	55	590	2,178
2023-24	2,778	107	681	1,990
2024-25	2,885	195	1,076	1,614
Average	3,205	392	379	2,434

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Enrollment Trends at FDU-Florham

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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