Enrollment Trends at FIT

The student population at Fashion Institute of Technology is 8,206 (7,924 undergraduate and 282 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,359 (14.21%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at FIT is 96.56% which is decreased by 1,462 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 103 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 23 male students for every 100 female students, up from 18 in 2015.
327 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 73.94% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,595 where 8,206 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 9,565 students in 2016 and was lowest at 8,108 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 9,565 to 8,206 students, a net loss of 1,359 (14.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Fashion Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	9,565	9,386	1,423	7,963	179	32	147
2016-17	9,261 -304	9,085 -301	1,376 -47	7,709 -254	176 -3	28 -4	148 1
2017-18	8,846 -415	8,661 -424	1,342 -34	7,319 -390	185 9	26 -2	159 11
2018-19	8,767 -79	8,555 -106	1,424 82	7,131 -188	212 27	31 5	181 22
2019-20	8,726 -41	8,508 -47	1,501 77	7,007 -124	218 6	33 2	185 4
2020-21	8,191 -535	7,959 -549	1,374 -127	6,585 -422	232 14	35 2	197 12
2021-22	8,150 -41	7,908 -51	1,324 -50	6,584 -1	242 10	36 1	206 9
2022-23	8,125 -25	7,871 -37	1,395 71	6,476 -108	254 12	34 -2	220 14
2023-24	8,108 -17	7,843 -28	1,408 13	6,435 -41	265 11	43 9	222 2
2024-25	8,206 98	7,924 81	1,457 49	6,467 32	282 17	54 11	228 6
Average	8,595	8,370	1,402	6,968	225	35	189

Fashion Institute of Technology Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 8,370 where 7,924 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 Fashion Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	9,386	7,409	1,005	6,404	1,977	418	1,559
2016-17	9,085	7,395	1,045	6,350	1,690	331	1,359
2017-18	8,661	7,210	1,059	6,151	1,451	283	1,168
2018-19	8,555	7,246	1,167	6,079	1,309	257	1,052
2019-20	8,508	7,340	1,260	6,080	1,168	241	927
2020-21	7,959	6,966	1,170	5,796	993	204	789
2021-22	7,908	6,875	1,114	5,761	1,033	210	823
2022-23	7,871	6,885	1,156	5,729	986	239	747
2023-24	7,843	6,817	1,131	5,686	1,026	277	749
2024-25	7,924	6,886	1,190	5,696	1,038	267	771
Average	8,370	8,370	1,130	5,973	8,370	273	994

Fashion Institute of Technology Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 225 where 282 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 Fashion Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	179	116	25	91	63	7	56
2016-17	176	120	20	100	56	8	48
2017-18	185	131	21	110	54	5	49
2018-19	212	160	27	133	52	4	48
2019-20	218	165	28	137	53	5	48
2020-21	232	176	27	149	56	8	48
2021-22	242	180	27	153	62	9	53
2022-23	254	190	29	161	64	5	59
2023-24	265	197	36	161	68	7	61
2024-25	282	217	47	170	65	7	58
Average	225	225	29	137	225	7	53

Fashion Institute of Technology Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 37.25% and the percentage of black students is 8.46% at Fashion Institute of Technology. 13.08% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 22.93% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 46.00% to 37.25%. Asian enrollment grew from 10.48% to 13.08%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.99% to 8.46%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 16.25% to 22.93%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7820 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7418 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fashion Institute of Technology 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	20	1,002	860	1,554	30	4,400	326
2016-17	19	1,003	853	1,632	21	4,211	309
2017-18	10	991	820	1,659	21	3,923	299
2018-19	11	1,016	802	1,753	15	3,764	317
2019-20	12	1,008	786	1,801	8	3,616	354
2020-21	10	1,016	768	1,794	11	3,340	341
2021-22	11	1,052	676	1,786	14	3,313	361
2022-23	8	1,041	719	1,772	12	3,192	361
2023-24	14	1,033	716	1,840	13	3,101	379
2024-25	13	1,073	694	1,882	11	3,057	397
Average	13	1,024	769	1,747	16	3,592	344

Fashion Institute of Technology Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

327 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 73.94% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Fashion Institute of Technology from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	9,565	188	1,968	7,409
2016-17	9,261	185	2,042	7,034
2017-18	8,846	183	2,335	6,328
2018-19	8,767	204	2,451	6,112
2019-20	8,726	210	2,509	6,007
2020-21	8,191	8,019	158	14
2021-22	8,150	351	2,847	4,952
2022-23	8,125	326	3,102	4,697
2023-24	8,108	312	3,421	4,375
2024-25	8,206	327	3,606	4,273
Average	8,595	1,031	2,444	5,120

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Enrollment Trends at FIT

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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