Enrollment Trends at Fielding Graduate

The student population at Fielding Graduate University is 915 (all graduate). The number of students has decreased by 253 (21.66%) over the past decade.

Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 23 male students for every 100 female students, down from 35 in 2015.
606 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 426.96% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,021 where 915 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,168 students in 2016 and was lowest at 915 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,168 to 915 students, a net loss of 253 (21.7%).

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,168	300	868
2016-17	1,046 -122	247 -53	799 -69
2017-18	957 -89	235 -12	722 -77
2018-19	989 32	236 1	753 31
2019-20	981 -8	227 -9	754 1
2020-21	1,071 90	235 8	836 82
2021-22	1,146 75	253 18	893 57
2022-23	1,000 -146	215 -38	785 -108
2023-24	937 -63	184 -31	753 -32
2024-25	915 -22	172 -12	743 -10
Average	1,021	230	791

Fielding Graduate University Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.62% and the percentage of black students is 18.47% at Fielding Graduate University. 4.04% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 11.58% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 50.00% to 49.62%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.85% to 4.04%. Black student enrollment increased from 13.96% to 18.47%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.99% to 11.58%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6997 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7192 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fielding Graduate 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	21	45	163	105	5	584	44
2016-17	12	41	160	107	1	522	46
2017-18	7	34	136	116	2	482	60
2018-19	19	36	165	109	1	501	53
2019-20	26	36	147	119	2	475	58
2020-21	23	53	184	131	4	515	60
2021-22	25	52	200	133	3	562	66
2022-23	17	39	167	129	0	500	66
2023-24	20	38	168	114	2	456	63
2024-25	17	37	169	106	0	454	62
Average	19	41	166	117	2	505	58

Fielding Graduate University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

606 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 66% of total students. The number of online students has increased 426.96% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Fielding Graduate University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,168	115	1,001	52
2016-17	1,046	106	902	38
2017-18	957	160	759	38
2018-19	989	110	839	40
2019-20	981	120	824	37
2020-21	1,071	150	884	37
2021-22	1,146	189	913	44
2022-23	1,000	169	797	34
2023-24	937	134	803	0
2024-25	915	606	309	0
Average	1,021	186	803	32

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Enrollment Trends at Fielding Graduate

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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