Enrollment Trends at Fisk

The student population at Fisk University is 1,059 (1,035 undergraduate and 24 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 204 (23.86%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Fisk is 97.73% which is increased by 229 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 25 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 58 male students for every 100 female students, up from 54 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Fisk University does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 894 where 1,059 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 1,059 students in 2025 and was lowest at 701 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 855 to 1,059 students, a net gain of 204 (23.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	855	806	281	525	49	17	32
2016-17	761 -94	723 -83	243 -38	480 -45	38 -11	16 -1	22 -10
2017-18	701 -60	664 -59	214 -29	450 -30	37 -1	12 -4	25 3
2018-19	780 79	743 79	224 10	519 69	37	11 -1	26 1
2019-20	874 94	840 97	263 39	577 58	34 -3	11	23 -3
2020-21	911 37	879 39	290 27	589 12	32 -2	12 1	20 -3
2021-22	942 31	914 35	305 15	609 20	28 -4	9 -3	19 -1
2022-23	1,055 113	1,009 95	332 27	677 68	46 18	13 4	33 14
2023-24	1,005 -50	950 -59	310 -22	640 -37	55 9	10 -3	45 12
2024-25	1,059 54	1,035 85	382 72	653 13	24 -31	5 -5	19 -26
Average	894	856	284	572	38	12	26

Fisk University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 856 where 1,035 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 Fisk University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	806	770	264	506	36	17	19
2016-17	723	706	236	470	17	7	10
2017-18	664	639	205	434	25	9	16
2018-19	743	716	213	503	27	11	16
2019-20	840	822	255	567	18	8	10
2020-21	879	851	282	569	28	8	20
2021-22	914	874	291	583	40	14	26
2022-23	1,009	983	323	660	26	9	17
2023-24	950	925	298	627	25	12	13
2024-25	1,035	1,010	369	641	25	13	12
Average	856	856	274	556	856	11	16

Fisk University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 38 where 24 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 Fisk University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	49	39	15	24	10	2	8
2016-17	38	32	15	17	6	1	5
2017-18	37	29	11	18	8	1	7
2018-19	37	33	10	23	4	1	3
2019-20	34	26	10	16	8	1	7
2020-21	32	21	7	14	11	5	6
2021-22	28	23	5	18	5	4	1
2022-23	46	34	7	27	12	6	6
2023-24	55	40	9	31	15	1	14
2024-25	24	14	3	11	10	2	8
Average	38	38	9	20	38	2	7

Fisk University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.09% and the percentage of black students is 79.04% at Fisk University. 6.70% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 0.85% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 0.94% to 0.09%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.70% to 6.70%. Black student enrollment decreased from 85.85% to 79.04%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 3.51% to 0.85%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3706 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2615 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fisk 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	1	6	734	30	0	8	10
2016-17	1	1	619	14	0	5	14
2017-18	0	1	580	13	0	5	13
2018-19	0	9	654	12	0	5	18
2019-20	0	4	723	12	0	6	15
2020-21	0	4	720	12	0	9	13
2021-22	0	5	710	12	0	9	17
2022-23	1	2	755	21	0	5	14
2023-24	0	11	827	7	0	0	10
2024-25	1	71	837	9	1	1	13
Average	0	11	716	14	0	5	14

Fisk University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Fisk

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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