Enrollment Trends at Framingham State

The student population at Framingham State University is 4,111 (2,970 undergraduate and 1,141 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,395 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Framingham State is 72.25% which is decreased by 1,519 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 876 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.56 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,117 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 30.80% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,637 where 4,111 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

72.25% of total students is undergraduate students and 27.75% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,519 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 876 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.56 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Framingham State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,506	4,489	1,679	2,810	2,017	392	1,625
2013-14	6,429 -77	4,584 95	1,690 11	2,894 84	1,845 -172	346 -46	1,499 -126
2014-15	6,499 70	4,609 25	1,696 6	2,913 19	1,890 45	405 59	1,485 -14
2015-16	6,398 -101	4,478 -131	1,660 -36	2,818 -95	1,920 30	455 50	1,465 -20
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
Average	5,637	4,011	1,609	2,402	1,626	351	1,274

Framingham State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,011 where 2,970 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 Framingham State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,489	3,804	1,388	2,416	685	291	394
2013-14	4,584	3,884	1,390	2,494	700	300	400
2014-15	4,609	3,928	1,419	2,509	681	277	404
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
Average	4,011	4,011	1,370	2,063	4,011	239	339

Framingham State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,626 where 1,141 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 Framingham State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,017	80	16	64	1,937	376	1,561
2013-14	1,845	98	24	74	1,747	322	1,425
2014-15	1,890	106	48	58	1,784	357	1,427
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
Average	1,626	1,626	33	82	1,626	318	1,192

Framingham State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.53%. The percentage was 73.89% 10 years ago and Framingham State still has a high percentage of white students. 4.35% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.45% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Framingham State 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	162	354	458	4	4,807	109
2013-14	11	141	390	491	17	4,937	147
2014-15	7	178	392	529	4	4,922	184
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
Average	8	191	483	641	13	3,856	161

Framingham State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,117 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 27% of total students. The number of online students has increased 30.80% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Framingham State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,499	854	404	5,241
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
Average	5,452	1,232	876	3,345

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