Enrollment Trends at FDU-Metropolitan

The student population at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus is 8,045 (5,690 undergraduate and 2,355 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 607 (7.02%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at FDU-Metropolitan is 70.73% which is increased by 7 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 614 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, down from 75 in 2015.
1,759 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 181.89% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,859 where 8,045 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 8,652 students in 2016 and was lowest at 7,285 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 8,652 to 8,045 students, a net loss of 607 (7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,652	5,683	2,500	3,183	2,969	1,209	1,760
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
2023-24	7,607 322	5,440 60	2,518 98	2,922 -38	2,167 262	661 86	1,506 176
2024-25	8,045 438	5,690 250	2,671 153	3,019 97	2,355 188	640 -21	1,715 209
Average	7,859	5,650	2,457	3,193	2,209	746	1,463

Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,650 where 5,690 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-Metropolitan Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	5,440	2,037	1,000	1,037	3,403	1,518	1,885
2024-25	5,690	2,157	1,072	1,085	3,533	1,599	1,934
Average	5,650	5,650	956	1,227	5,650	1,501	1,966

Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,209 where 2,355 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-Metropolitan Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,167	683	277	406	1,484	384	1,100
2024-25	2,355	967	313	654	1,388	327	1,061
Average	2,209	2,209	335	429	2,209	411	1,034

Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 40.04% and the percentage of black students is 7.72% at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus. 6.46% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 23.54% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 33.85% to 40.04%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.62% to 6.46%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.56% to 7.72%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 20.40% to 23.54%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7737 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.8342 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan 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	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
2023-24	16	449	592	1,623	2	3,130	135
2024-25	17	520	621	1,894	1	3,221	164
Average	25	461	639	1,867	9	3,142	114

Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,759 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 181.89% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	7,607	1,011	1,011	5,585
2024-25	8,045	1,759	1,207	5,079
Average	7,859	1,437	815	5,607

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Enrollment Trends at FDU-Metropolitan

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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