Enrollment Trends at Ferris State

The student population at Ferris State University is 9,959 (8,991 undergraduate and 968 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 4,756 (32.32%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Ferris State is 90.28% which is decreased by 4,357 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 399 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 79 male students for every 100 female students, down from 90 in 2015.
1,655 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 17.96% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,990 where 9,959 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 14,715 students in 2016 and was lowest at 9,918 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 14,715 to 9,959 students, a net loss of 4,756 (32.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	14,715	13,348	6,379	6,969	1,367	595	772
2016-17	14,187 -528	12,866 -482	6,105 -274	6,761 -208	1,321 -46	522 -73	799 27
2017-18	13,798 -389	12,512 -354	5,939 -166	6,573 -188	1,286 -35	469 -53	817 18
2018-19	13,250 -548	11,896 -616	5,604 -335	6,292 -281	1,354 68	516 47	838 21
2019-20	12,472 -778	11,184 -712	5,264 -340	5,920 -372	1,288 -66	467 -49	821 -17
2020-21	11,165 -1,307	9,929 -1,255	4,683 -581	5,246 -674	1,236 -52	441 -26	795 -26
2021-22	10,361 -804	9,248 -681	4,362 -321	4,886 -360	1,113 -123	381 -60	732 -63
2022-23	10,072 -289	9,000 -248	4,167 -195	4,833 -53	1,072 -41	354 -27	718 -14
2023-24	9,918 -154	8,940 -60	4,235 68	4,705 -128	978 -94	347 -7	631 -87
2024-25	9,959 41	8,991 51	4,060 -175	4,931 226	968 -10	347	621 -10
Average	11,990	10,791	5,080	5,712	1,198	444	754

Ferris State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,791 where 8,991 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 Ferris State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	13,348	9,103	4,648	4,455	4,245	1,731	2,514
2016-17	12,866	8,785	4,445	4,340	4,081	1,660	2,421
2017-18	12,512	8,469	4,299	4,170	4,043	1,640	2,403
2018-19	11,896	8,079	4,015	4,064	3,817	1,589	2,228
2019-20	11,184	7,779	3,819	3,960	3,405	1,445	1,960
2020-21	9,929	7,127	3,433	3,694	2,802	1,250	1,552
2021-22	9,248	6,566	3,211	3,355	2,682	1,151	1,531
2022-23	9,000	6,554	3,098	3,456	2,446	1,069	1,377
2023-24	8,940	6,542	3,085	3,457	2,398	1,150	1,248
2024-25	8,991	6,589	3,051	3,538	2,402	1,009	1,393
Average	10,791	10,791	3,710	3,849	10,791	1,369	1,863

Ferris State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,198 where 968 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 Ferris State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,367	952	434	518	415	161	254
2016-17	1,321	857	365	492	464	157	307
2017-18	1,286	832	345	487	454	124	330
2018-19	1,354	837	363	474	517	153	364
2019-20	1,288	821	330	491	467	137	330
2020-21	1,236	804	311	493	432	130	302
2021-22	1,113	723	273	450	390	108	282
2022-23	1,072	694	245	449	378	109	269
2023-24	978	644	242	402	334	105	229
2024-25	968	662	234	428	306	113	193
Average	1,198	1,198	314	468	1,198	130	286

Ferris State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.86%. The percentage was 76.72% 10 years ago and Ferris State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.82% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.49% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.61% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 76.72% to 72.86%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.26% to 1.82%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.07% to 9.49%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.76% to 6.61%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4547 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4029 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ferris 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	76	186	1,040	700	10	11,290	452
2016-17	81	214	958	675	12	11,013	458
2017-18	74	228	978	715	8	10,611	494
2018-19	61	226	986	743	10	10,122	481
2019-20	66	182	967	750	8	9,498	488
2020-21	61	180	918	650	4	8,469	434
2021-22	52	177	818	648	5	7,713	385
2022-23	75	178	874	647	9	7,444	312
2023-24	79	168	850	631	8	7,329	285
2024-25	88	181	945	658	5	7,256	253
Average	71	192	933	682	8	9,075	404

Ferris State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,655 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 17.96% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ferris State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	14,715	1,403	2,276	11,036
2016-17	14,187	1,366	2,192	10,629
2017-18	13,798	1,305	2,150	10,343
2018-19	13,250	1,276	2,430	9,544
2019-20	12,472	1,205	2,405	8,862
2020-21	11,165	3,245	5,229	2,691
2021-22	10,361	1,780	2,983	5,598
2022-23	10,072	1,748	3,285	5,039
2023-24	9,918	1,580	3,072	5,266
2024-25	9,959	1,655	3,138	5,166
Average	11,990	1,656	2,916	7,417

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Enrollment Trends at Ferris 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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