Enrollment Trends at Fisher

The student population at Fisher College is 1,652 (1,536 undergraduate and 116 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 307 (15.67%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Fisher is 92.98% which is decreased by 402 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 95 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 62 male students for every 100 female students, up from 41 in 2015.
965 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 439.11% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,656 where 1,652 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 2,030 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,367 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,959 to 1,652 students, a net loss of 307 (15.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Fisher College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,959	1,938	558	1,380	21	7	14
2016-17	2,030 71	1,996 58	525 -33	1,471 91	34 13	17 10	17 3
2017-18	1,923 -107	1,882 -114	505 -20	1,377 -94	41 7	19 2	22 5
2018-19	1,662 -261	1,626 -256	453 -52	1,173 -204	36 -5	22 3	14 -8
2019-20	1,628 -34	1,551 -75	435 -18	1,116 -57	77 41	29 7	48 34
2020-21	1,419 -209	1,311 -240	404 -31	907 -209	108 31	43 14	65 17
2021-22	1,367 -52	1,253 -58	391 -13	862 -45	114 6	37 -6	77 12
2022-23	1,421 54	1,312 59	452 61	860 -2	109 -5	35 -2	74 -3
2023-24	1,501 80	1,384 72	525 73	859 -1	117 8	43 8	74
2024-25	1,652 151	1,536 152	583 58	953 94	116 -1	52 9	64 -10
Average	1,656	1,579	483	1,096	77	30	47

Fisher College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,579 where 1,536 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 Fisher College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,938	1,232	465	767	706	93	613
2016-17	1,996	1,171	444	727	825	81	744
2017-18	1,882	748	375	373	1,134	130	1,004
2018-19	1,626	699	340	359	927	113	814
2019-20	1,551	648	332	316	903	103	800
2020-21	1,311	605	310	295	706	94	612
2021-22	1,253	588	301	287	665	90	575
2022-23	1,312	624	330	294	688	122	566
2023-24	1,384	659	356	303	725	169	556
2024-25	1,536	614	356	258	922	227	695
Average	1,579	1,579	361	398	1,579	122	698

Fisher College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 77 where 116 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 Fisher College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	21	7	2	5	14	5	9
2016-17	34	16	10	6	18	7	11
2017-18	41	12	6	6	29	13	16
2018-19	36	14	13	1	22	9	13
2019-20	77	35	17	18	42	12	30
2020-21	108	21	11	10	87	32	55
2021-22	114	9	6	3	105	31	74
2022-23	109	25	13	12	84	22	62
2023-24	117	24	11	13	93	32	61
2024-25	116	24	9	15	92	43	49
Average	77	77	10	9	77	21	38

Fisher College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 21.43% and the percentage of black students is 10.29% at Fisher College. 1.82% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 16.65% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 30.27% to 21.43%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.07% to 1.82%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.21% to 10.29%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.83% to 16.65%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.9149 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.8896 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fisher College 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	5	21	200	173	1	593	39
2016-17	3	19	214	174	2	564	34
2017-18	1	15	181	168	2	524	32
2018-19	5	18	167	155	3	435	29
2019-20	5	16	164	170	0	415	30
2020-21	5	16	164	191	2	353	28
2021-22	2	16	170	194	1	287	22
2022-23	1	19	156	206	1	265	24
2023-24	1	32	130	225	1	322	40
2024-25	2	30	170	275	2	354	38
Average	3	20	172	193	2	411	32

Fisher College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

965 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 59% of total students. The number of online students has increased 439.11% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Fisher College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,959	179	428	1,352
2016-17	2,030	631	125	1,274
2017-18	1,923	624	221	1,078
2018-19	1,662	944	0	718
2019-20	1,628	918	79	631
2020-21	1,419	694	252	473
2021-22	1,367	661	105	601
2022-23	1,421	679	181	561
2023-24	1,501	764	159	578
2024-25	1,652	965	175	512
Average	1,656	706	173	778

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Enrollment Trends at Fisher

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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