Enrollment Trends at Framingham State

The student population at Framingham State University is 4,002 (2,782 undergraduate and 1,220 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,396 (37.45%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Framingham State is 69.52% which is decreased by 1,696 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 700 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 64 male students for every 100 female students, up from 49 in 2015.
1,070 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 5.84% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,060 where 4,002 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 6,398 to 4,002 students, a loss of 2,396 (37.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,398	4,478	1,660	2,818	1,920	455	1,465
2016-17	5,977 -421	4,337 -141	1,702 42	2,635 -183	1,640 -280	393 -62	1,247 -218
2017-18	5,691 -286	4,126 -211	1,686 -16	2,440 -195	1,565 -75	319 -74	1,246 -1
2018-19	5,565 -126	3,937 -189	1,659 -27	2,278 -162	1,628 63	344 25	1,284 38
2019-20	5,456 -109	3,857 -80	1,685 26	2,172 -106	1,599 -29	326 -18	1,273 -11
2020-21	4,876 -580	3,520 -337	1,495 -190	2,025 -147	1,356 -243	327 1	1,029 -244
2021-22	4,495 -381	3,213 -307	1,398 -97	1,815 -210	1,282 -74	295 -32	987 -42
2022-23	4,111 -384	2,970 -243	1,346 -52	1,624 -191	1,141 -141	263 -32	878 -109
2023-24	4,028 -83	2,817 -153	1,273 -73	1,544 -80	1,211 70	269 6	942 64
2024-25	4,002 -26	2,782 -35	1,263 -10	1,519 -25	1,220 9	296 27	924 -18
Average	5,060	3,604	1,517	2,087	1,456	329	1,128

Framingham State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,604 where 2,782 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 Framingham State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,478	3,826	1,385	2,441	652	275	377
2016-17	4,337	3,701	1,456	2,245	636	246	390
2017-18	4,126	3,558	1,471	2,087	568	215	353
2018-19	3,937	3,421	1,452	1,969	516	207	309
2019-20	3,857	3,376	1,466	1,910	481	219	262
2020-21	3,520	3,056	1,297	1,759	464	198	266
2021-22	3,213	2,734	1,207	1,527	479	191	288
2022-23	2,970	2,473	1,137	1,336	497	209	288
2023-24	2,817	2,324	1,064	1,260	493	209	284
2024-25	2,782	2,381	1,096	1,285	401	167	234
Average	3,604	3,604	1,303	1,782	3,604	214	305

Framingham State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,456 where 1,220 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 Framingham State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,920	75	15	60	1,845	440	1,405
2016-17	1,640	114	34	80	1,526	359	1,167
2017-18	1,565	129	42	87	1,436	277	1,159
2018-19	1,628	159	45	114	1,469	299	1,170
2019-20	1,599	175	43	132	1,424	283	1,141
2020-21	1,356	139	43	96	1,217	284	933
2021-22	1,282	104	32	72	1,178	263	915
2022-23	1,141	91	25	66	1,050	238	812
2023-24	1,211	72	20	52	1,139	249	890
2024-25	1,220	78	18	60	1,142	278	864
Average	1,456	1,456	32	82	1,456	297	1,046

Framingham State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.75%. The percentage was 71.40% 10 years ago and Framingham State still has a high percentage of white students. 4.27% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.84% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 21.44% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 71.40% to 51.75%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.95% to 4.27%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.60% to 13.84%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.32% to 21.44%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6645 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4755 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Framingham 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	15	189	422	596	2	4,568	182
2016-17	8	197	495	573	18	4,162	190
2017-18	6	204	504	654	14	3,844	178
2018-19	5	198	502	758	22	3,660	187
2019-20	5	251	587	754	33	3,478	166
2020-21	7	216	578	722	16	3,014	156
2021-22	4	190	534	737	15	2,697	145
2022-23	8	179	553	777	3	2,324	128
2023-24	6	191	532	833	2	2,151	135
2024-25	9	171	554	858	0	2,071	111
Average	7	199	526	726	13	3,197	158

Framingham State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,070 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 27% of total students. The number of online students has increased 5.84% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Framingham State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,398	1,011	383	5,004
2016-17	5,977	719	1,269	3,989
2017-18	5,691	701	486	4,504
2018-19	5,565	670	570	4,325
2019-20	5,456	633	1,299	3,524
2020-21	4,876	3,761	1,107	8
2021-22	4,495	1,621	1,319	1,555
2022-23	4,111	1,117	1,043	1,951
2023-24	4,028	1,180	1,078	1,770
2024-25	4,002	1,070	929	2,003
Average	5,060	1,248	948	2,863

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Enrollment Trends at Framingham 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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