Enrollment Trends at FPU

The student population at Franklin Pierce University is 1,654 (997 undergraduate and 657 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 619 (27.23%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at FPU is 60.28% which is decreased by 671 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 52 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 78 male students for every 100 female students, up from 77 in 2015.
254 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -53.39% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,992 where 1,654 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,392 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,637 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,273 to 1,654 students, a net loss of 619 (27.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,273	1,668	756	912	605	233	372
2016-17	2,392 119	1,763 95	787 31	976 64	629 24	240 7	389 17
2017-18	2,303 -89	1,713 -50	755 -32	958 -18	590 -39	230 -10	360 -29
2018-19	2,178 -125	1,634 -79	739 -16	895 -63	544 -46	215 -15	329 -31
2019-20	2,114 -64	1,600 -34	718 -21	882 -13	514 -30	187 -28	327 -2
2020-21	1,928 -186	1,436 -164	648 -70	788 -94	492 -22	185 -2	307 -20
2021-22	1,777 -151	1,279 -157	598 -50	681 -107	498 6	197 12	301 -6
2022-23	1,663 -114	1,118 -161	507 -91	611 -70	545 47	211 14	334 33
2023-24	1,637 -26	1,058 -60	543 36	515 -96	579 34	188 -23	391 57
2024-25	1,654 17	997 -61	521 -22	476 -39	657 78	204 16	453 62
Average	1,992	1,427	657	769	565	209	356

Franklin Pierce University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,427 where 997 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 Franklin Pierce University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,668	1,465	704	761	203	52	151
2016-17	1,763	1,582	737	845	181	50	131
2017-18	1,713	1,563	711	852	150	44	106
2018-19	1,634	1,491	689	802	143	50	93
2019-20	1,600	1,450	667	783	150	51	99
2020-21	1,436	1,277	595	682	159	53	106
2021-22	1,279	1,059	519	540	220	79	141
2022-23	1,118	997	454	543	121	53	68
2023-24	1,058	872	475	397	186	68	118
2024-25	997	844	463	381	153	58	95
Average	1,427	1,427	601	659	1,427	56	111

Franklin Pierce University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 565 where 657 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 Franklin Pierce University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	605	352	146	206	253	87	166
2016-17	629	379	153	226	250	87	163
2017-18	590	360	143	217	230	87	143
2018-19	544	276	116	160	268	99	169
2019-20	514	218	91	127	296	96	200
2020-21	492	323	131	192	169	54	115
2021-22	498	339	134	205	159	63	96
2022-23	545	373	136	237	172	75	97
2023-24	579	446	138	308	133	50	83
2024-25	657	548	165	383	109	39	70
Average	565	565	135	226	565	74	130

Franklin Pierce University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.32%. The percentage was 76.02% 10 years ago and FPU still has a high percentage of white students. 3.57% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.26% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.34% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 76.02% to 66.32%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.36% to 3.57%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.88% to 7.26%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.10% to 10.34%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5421 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4167 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Franklin Pierce 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	4	31	111	116	5	1,728	33
2016-17	9	38	136	157	3	1,792	41
2017-18	8	39	120	100	3	1,715	83
2018-19	17	68	149	156	4	1,619	0
2019-20	6	56	132	161	2	1,552	52
2020-21	10	52	120	141	3	1,414	48
2021-22	5	48	102	143	4	1,301	46
2022-23	6	46	86	163	2	1,185	49
2023-24	7	51	101	183	1	1,111	41
2024-25	7	59	120	171	1	1,097	46
Average	8	49	118	149	3	1,451	44

Franklin Pierce University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

254 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -53.39% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Franklin Pierce University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,273	545	15	1,713
2016-17	2,392	560	11	1,821
2017-18	2,303	508	223	1,572
2018-19	2,178	452	175	1,551
2019-20	2,114	386	212	1,516
2020-21	1,928	340	182	1,406
2021-22	1,777	277	234	1,266
2022-23	1,663	254	330	1,079
2023-24	1,637	252	336	1,049
2024-25	1,654	254	422	978
Average	1,992	383	214	1,395

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Enrollment Trends at FPU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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