Enrollment Trends at FDU-Metropolitan

The student population at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus is 7,285 (5,380 undergraduate and 1,905 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,845 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at FDU-Metropolitan is 73.85% which is decreased by 1,395 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 450 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.43 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

881 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 41.41% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 8,127 where 7,285 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

73.85% of total students is undergraduate students and 26.15% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,395 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 450 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.43 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in FDU-Metropolitan than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,130	6,775	2,724	4,051	2,355	860	1,495
2013-14	8,546 -584	6,108 -667	2,512 -212	3,596 -455	2,438 83	943 83	1,495 0
2014-15	8,777 231	6,051 -57	2,522 10	3,529 -67	2,726 288	1,092 149	1,634 139
2015-16	8,652 -125	5,683 -368	2,500 -22	3,183 -346	2,969 243	1,209 117	1,760 126
2016-17	8,133 -519	5,357 -326	2,243 -257	3,114 -69	2,776 -193	1,078 -131	1,698 -62
2017-18	7,846 -287	5,467 110	2,363 120	3,104 -10	2,379 -397	874 -204	1,505 -193
2018-19	7,871 25	5,860 393	2,432 69	3,428 324	2,011 -368	646 -228	1,365 -140
2019-20	8,206 335	6,353 493	2,644 212	3,709 281	1,853 -158	630 -16	1,223 -142
2020-21	7,479 -727	5,734 -619	2,411 -233	3,323 -386	1,745 -108	571 -59	1,174 -49
2021-22	7,467 -12	5,540 -194	2,368 -43	3,172 -151	1,927 182	577 6	1,350 176
2022-23	7,285 -182	5,380 -160	2,420 52	2,960 -212	1,905 -22	575 -2	1,330 -20
Average	8,127	5,846	2,467	3,379	2,280	823	1,457

Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 5,846 where 5,380 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 Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,775	2,882	1,169	1,713	3,893	1,555	2,338
2013-14	6,108	2,727	1,097	1,630	3,381	1,415	1,966
2014-15	6,051	2,693	1,117	1,576	3,358	1,405	1,953
2015-16	5,683	2,594	1,059	1,535	3,089	1,441	1,648
2016-17	5,357	2,336	997	1,339	3,021	1,246	1,775
2017-18	5,467	2,374	976	1,398	3,093	1,387	1,706
2018-19	5,860	2,232	924	1,308	3,628	1,508	2,120
2019-20	6,353	2,113	878	1,235	4,240	1,766	2,474
2020-21	5,734	2,189	918	1,271	3,545	1,493	2,052
2021-22	5,540	1,890	826	1,064	3,650	1,542	2,108
2022-23	5,380	1,905	906	999	3,475	1,514	1,961
Average	5,846	5,846	988	1,370	5,846	1,479	2,009

Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,280 where 1,905 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 Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,355	790	355	435	1,565	505	1,060
2013-14	2,438	869	431	438	1,569	512	1,057
2014-15	2,726	1,158	621	537	1,568	471	1,097
2015-16	2,969	1,321	703	618	1,648	506	1,142
2016-17	2,776	1,120	580	540	1,656	498	1,158
2017-18	2,379	746	353	393	1,633	521	1,112
2018-19	2,011	570	238	332	1,441	408	1,033
2019-20	1,853	537	236	301	1,316	394	922
2020-21	1,745	494	204	290	1,251	367	884
2021-22	1,927	591	204	387	1,336	373	963
2022-23	1,905	609	239	370	1,296	336	960
Average	2,280	2,280	379	422	2,280	445	1,035

Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 42.59% and the percentage of black students is 7.82% at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus. 5.52% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus 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	27	577	950	1,875	12	4,184	37
2013-14	14	409	857	1,830	20	2,903	46
2014-15	20	457	878	1,862	22	3,541	55
2015-16	25	400	741	1,765	17	2,929	68
2016-17	32	430	690	1,853	11	3,042	88
2017-18	33	465	665	1,975	22	3,192	100
2018-19	28	498	704	2,286	5	3,265	112
2019-20	23	520	623	2,097	8	3,367	116
2020-21	26	462	597	1,844	9	3,118	112
2021-22	21	462	584	1,720	10	3,055	123
2022-23	24	402	570	1,614	6	3,103	122
Average	25	462	714	1,884	13	3,245	89

Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

881 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 41.41% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,777	623	1,025	7,129
2015-16	8,652	624	1,067	6,961
2016-17	8,133	602	1,025	6,506
2017-18	7,846	563	1,009	6,274
2018-19	7,871	542	948	6,381
2019-20	8,206	585	959	6,662
2020-21	7,479	7,479	0	0
2021-22	7,467	325	31	7,111
2022-23	7,285	881	894	5,510
Average	7,968	1,358	773	5,837

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