Enrollment Trends at Fayetteville State

The student population at Fayetteville State University is 7,107 (6,074 undergraduate and 1,033 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,003 (16.43%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Fayetteville State is 85.47% which is increased by 568 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 435 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 47 male students for every 100 female students, up from 46 in 2015.
3,355 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 136.10% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,564 where 7,107 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 6,104 to 7,107 students, a gain of 1,003 (16.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Fayetteville State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,104	5,506	1,755	3,751	598	172	426
2016-17	6,223 119	5,540 34	1,769 14	3,771 20	683 85	234 62	449 23
2017-18	6,226 3	5,393 -147	1,675 -94	3,718 -53	833 150	325 91	508 59
2018-19	6,318 92	5,473 80	1,749 74	3,724 6	845 12	309 -16	536 28
2019-20	6,551 233	5,644 171	1,756 7	3,888 164	907 62	334 25	573 37
2020-21	6,726 175	5,661 17	1,637 -119	4,024 136	1,065 158	368 34	697 124
2021-22	6,748 22	5,557 -104	1,640 3	3,917 -107	1,191 126	387 19	804 107
2022-23	6,787 39	5,748 191	1,706 66	4,042 125	1,039 -152	359 -28	680 -124
2023-24	6,847 60	5,845 97	1,810 104	4,035 -7	1,002 -37	335 -24	667 -13
2024-25	7,107 260	6,074 229	1,929 119	4,145 110	1,033 31	331 -4	702 35
Average	6,564	5,644	1,743	3,902	920	315	604

Fayetteville State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,644 where 6,074 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 Fayetteville State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,506	4,055	1,357	2,698	1,451	398	1,053
2016-17	5,540	4,141	1,351	2,790	1,399	418	981
2017-18	5,393	3,905	1,254	2,651	1,488	421	1,067
2018-19	5,473	4,058	1,296	2,762	1,415	453	962
2019-20	5,644	4,071	1,298	2,773	1,573	458	1,115
2020-21	5,661	3,959	1,154	2,805	1,702	483	1,219
2021-22	5,557	3,658	1,125	2,533	1,899	515	1,384
2022-23	5,748	4,019	1,184	2,835	1,729	522	1,207
2023-24	5,845	4,202	1,302	2,900	1,643	508	1,135
2024-25	6,074	4,504	1,445	3,059	1,570	484	1,086
Average	5,644	5,644	1,277	2,781	5,644	466	1,121

Fayetteville State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 920 where 1,033 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 Fayetteville State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	598	319	85	234	279	87	192
2016-17	683	373	125	248	310	109	201
2017-18	833	456	167	289	377	158	219
2018-19	845	398	135	263	447	174	273
2019-20	907	369	110	259	538	224	314
2020-21	1,065	450	129	321	615	239	376
2021-22	1,191	471	117	354	720	270	450
2022-23	1,039	397	117	280	642	242	400
2023-24	1,002	401	121	280	601	214	387
2024-25	1,033	438	111	327	595	220	375
Average	920	920	122	286	920	194	319

Fayetteville State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 14.70% and the percentage of black students is 62.70% at Fayetteville State University. 1.58% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 10.12% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 19.84% to 14.70%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.79% to 1.58%. Black student enrollment increased from 62.63% to 62.70%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.50% to 10.12%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5717 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5629 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fayetteville State University 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	177	109	3,823	397	17	1,211	35
2016-17	181	121	3,850	403	18	1,281	24
2017-18	154	142	3,670	459	21	1,263	110
2018-19	130	133	3,652	506	21	1,262	187
2019-20	105	115	3,675	575	16	1,353	246
2020-21	103	122	3,796	580	23	1,377	304
2021-22	90	119	3,939	580	17	1,353	341
2022-23	89	103	4,109	637	20	1,202	409
2023-24	84	106	4,217	703	9	1,109	383
2024-25	104	112	4,456	719	14	1,045	382
Average	122	118	3,919	556	18	1,246	242

Fayetteville State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,355 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 47% of total students. The number of online students has increased 136.10% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Fayetteville State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,104	1,421	1,679	3,004
2016-17	6,223	1,502	1,834	2,887
2017-18	6,226	1,753	1,893	2,580
2018-19	6,318	2,059	2,065	2,194
2019-20	6,551	2,317	2,279	1,955
2020-21	6,726	3,317	2,818	591
2021-22	6,748	3,490	2,614	644
2022-23	6,787	3,074	2,770	943
2023-24	6,847	3,198	2,787	862
2024-25	7,107	3,355	3,003	749
Average	6,564	2,549	2,374	1,641

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Enrollment Trends at Fayetteville State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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