Enrollment Trends at Fordham

The student population at Fordham University is 16,556 (10,098 undergraduate and 6,458 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,386 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Fordham is 60.99% which is increased by 1,773 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 387 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.64 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,814 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 532.06% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 15,981 where 16,556 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

60.99% of total students is undergraduate students and 39.01% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,773 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 387 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.64 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Fordham than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Fordham University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	15,170	8,325	3,909	4,416	6,845	2,664	4,181
2013-14	15,097 -73	8,345 20	3,850 -59	4,495 79	6,752 -93	2,562 -102	4,190 9
2014-15	15,231 134	8,633 288	3,913 63	4,720 225	6,598 -154	2,415 -147	4,183 -7
2015-16	15,286 55	8,855 222	3,867 -46	4,988 268	6,431 -167	2,360 -55	4,071 -112
2016-17	15,582 296	9,258 403	3,964 97	5,294 306	6,324 -107	2,237 -123	4,087 16
2017-18	16,037 455	9,599 341	4,075 111	5,524 230	6,438 114	2,278 41	4,160 73
2018-19	16,515 478	9,645 46	4,115 40	5,530 6	6,870 432	2,412 134	4,458 298
2019-20	16,972 457	9,767 122	4,182 67	5,585 55	7,205 335	2,466 54	4,739 281
2020-21	16,364 -608	9,399 -368	4,017 -165	5,382 -203	6,965 -240	2,371 -95	4,594 -145
2021-22	16,986 622	9,904 505	4,045 28	5,859 477	7,082 117	2,430 59	4,652 58
2022-23	16,556 -430	10,098 194	4,003 -42	6,095 236	6,458 -624	2,274 -156	4,184 -468
Average	15,981	9,257	3,995	5,263	6,724	2,406	4,318

Fordham University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 9,257 where 10,098 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Fordham University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,325	7,710	3,654	4,056	615	255	360
2013-14	8,345	7,694	3,557	4,137	651	293	358
2014-15	8,633	8,058	3,676	4,382	575	237	338
2015-16	8,855	8,329	3,638	4,691	526	229	297
2016-17	9,258	8,763	3,765	4,998	495	199	296
2017-18	9,599	9,132	3,881	5,251	467	194	273
2018-19	9,645	9,149	3,915	5,234	496	200	296
2019-20	9,767	9,229	3,977	5,252	538	205	333
2020-21	9,399	8,887	3,839	5,048	512	178	334
2021-22	9,904	9,443	3,867	5,576	461	178	283
2022-23	10,098	9,684	3,835	5,849	414	168	246
Average	9,257	9,257	3,782	4,952	9,257	212	310

Fordham University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 6,724 where 6,458 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Fordham University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,845	4,251	1,693	2,558	2,594	971	1,623
2013-14	6,752	4,321	1,653	2,668	2,431	909	1,522
2014-15	6,598	4,175	1,584	2,591	2,423	831	1,592
2015-16	6,431	4,114	1,605	2,509	2,317	755	1,562
2016-17	6,324	4,121	1,509	2,612	2,203	728	1,475
2017-18	6,438	4,258	1,569	2,689	2,180	709	1,471
2018-19	6,870	4,587	1,653	2,934	2,283	759	1,524
2019-20	7,205	4,371	1,660	2,711	2,834	806	2,028
2020-21	6,965	3,995	1,503	2,492	2,970	868	2,102
2021-22	7,082	3,979	1,596	2,383	3,103	834	2,269
2022-23	6,458	3,734	1,495	2,239	2,724	779	1,945
Average	6,724	6,724	1,593	2,581	6,724	814	1,738

Fordham University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 47.90% and the percentage of black students is 7.44% at Fordham University. 10.81% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fordham University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	11	1,137	970	1,866	10	8,708	389
2013-14	13	1,137	923	1,837	13	8,484	432
2014-15	18	1,164	959	1,879	15	8,365	420
2015-16	21	1,204	1,013	2,010	23	8,123	378
2016-17	24	1,218	1,037	2,092	19	8,185	369
2017-18	18	1,280	1,020	2,224	22	8,289	417
2018-19	16	1,422	1,191	2,411	23	8,208	454
2019-20	15	1,484	1,282	2,648	23	8,334	521
2020-21	19	1,566	1,324	2,668	17	8,195	546
2021-22	20	1,734	1,298	2,862	15	8,351	635
2022-23	13	1,790	1,232	2,858	14	7,930	644
Average	17	1,376	1,114	2,305	18	8,288	473

Fordham University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,814 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 532.06% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Fordham University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	15,231	287	278	14,666
2015-16	15,286	344	455	14,487
2016-17	15,582	404	556	14,622
2017-18	16,037	486	574	14,977
2018-19	16,515	946	585	14,984
2019-20	16,972	1,522	575	14,875
2020-21	16,364	7,302	8,376	686
2021-22	16,986	2,819	1,663	12,504
2022-23	16,556	1,814	1,313	13,429
Average	16,170	1,769	1,597	12,803

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