Enrollment Trends at Frostburg State

The student population at Frostburg State University is 4,104 (3,422 undergraduate and 682 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,652 (28.70%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Frostburg State is 83.38% which is decreased by 1,539 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 113 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 82 male students for every 100 female students, down from 92 in 2015.
983 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 6.16% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,886 where 4,104 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 5,756 students in 2016 and was lowest at 4,067 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,756 to 4,104 students, a net loss of 1,652 (28.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,756	4,961	2,417	2,544	795	336	459
2016-17	5,676 -80	4,884 -77	2,345 -72	2,539 -5	792 -3	321 -15	471 12
2017-18	5,396 -280	4,725 -159	2,267 -78	2,458 -81	671 -121	244 -77	427 -44
2018-19	5,295 -101	4,639 -86	2,226 -41	2,413 -45	656 -15	229 -15	427
2019-20	5,178 -117	4,429 -210	2,126 -100	2,303 -110	749 93	266 37	483 56
2020-21	4,857 -321	4,119 -310	1,907 -219	2,212 -91	738 -11	245 -21	493 10
2021-22	4,452 -405	3,680 -439	1,697 -210	1,983 -229	772 34	282 37	490 -3
2022-23	4,067 -385	3,263 -417	1,550 -147	1,713 -270	804 32	283 1	521 31
2023-24	4,075 8	3,344 81	1,566 16	1,778 65	731 -73	277 -6	454 -67
2024-25	4,104 29	3,422 78	1,581 15	1,841 63	682 -49	271 -6	411 -43
Average	4,886	4,147	1,968	2,178	739	275	464

Frostburg State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,147 where 3,422 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 Frostburg State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,961	4,176	2,202	1,974	785	215	570
2016-17	4,884	4,141	2,147	1,994	743	198	545
2017-18	4,725	3,849	2,034	1,815	876	233	643
2018-19	4,639	3,805	2,003	1,802	834	223	611
2019-20	4,429	3,522	1,854	1,668	907	272	635
2020-21	4,119	3,221	1,629	1,592	898	278	620
2021-22	3,680	2,888	1,428	1,460	792	269	523
2022-23	3,263	2,528	1,308	1,220	735	242	493
2023-24	3,344	2,523	1,286	1,237	821	280	541
2024-25	3,422	2,549	1,274	1,275	873	307	566
Average	4,147	4,147	1,717	1,604	4,147	252	575

Frostburg State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 739 where 682 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 Frostburg State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	795	238	107	131	557	229	328
2016-17	792	243	107	136	549	214	335
2017-18	671	176	66	110	495	178	317
2018-19	656	205	73	132	451	156	295
2019-20	749	236	83	153	513	183	330
2020-21	738	245	82	163	493	163	330
2021-22	772	264	104	160	508	178	330
2022-23	804	279	107	172	525	176	349
2023-24	731	268	103	165	463	174	289
2024-25	682	269	109	160	413	162	251
Average	739	739	94	148	739	181	315

Frostburg State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.22%. The percentage was 57.31% 10 years ago and Frostburg State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.44% of enrolled students is Asian and 18.93% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.85% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 57.31% to 53.22%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.58% to 1.44%. Black student enrollment decreased from 27.29% to 18.93%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.52% to 5.85%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6761 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5933 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Frostburg 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	13	91	1,571	260	2	3,299	218
2016-17	9	109	1,577	297	2	3,136	227
2017-18	7	118	1,530	277	1	2,869	213
2018-19	10	114	1,497	248	1	2,784	200
2019-20	8	110	1,391	239	0	2,723	211
2020-21	11	94	1,289	222	2	2,584	212
2021-22	13	79	1,095	226	3	2,421	181
2022-23	9	73	876	217	5	2,296	180
2023-24	8	60	790	232	3	2,259	165
2024-25	9	59	777	240	5	2,184	146
Average	10	91	1,239	246	2	2,656	195

Frostburg State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

983 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has increased 6.16% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Frostburg State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	5,756	926	625	4,205
2016-17	5,676	879	756	4,041
2017-18	5,396	842	771	3,783
2018-19	5,295	864	925	3,506
2019-20	5,178	974	1,137	3,067
2020-21	4,857	1,504	2,660	693
2021-22	4,452	1,424	1,491	1,537
2022-23	4,067	1,402	1,343	1,322
2023-24	4,075	999	1,507	1,569
2024-25	4,104	983	991	2,130
Average	4,886	1,080	1,221	2,585

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Enrollment Trends at Frostburg 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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