Enrollment Trends at Hobart William Smith Colleges

The student population at Hobart William Smith Colleges is 1,841 (1,794 undergraduate and 47 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 510 (21.69%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Hobart William Smith Colleges is 97.45% which is decreased by 550 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 40 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 86 male students for every 100 female students, down from 102 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Hobart William Smith Colleges does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,981 where 1,841 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 2,351 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,607 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,351 to 1,841 students, a net loss of 510 (21.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Hobart William Smith Colleges since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,351	2,344	1,187	1,157	7	2	5
2016-17	2,271 -80	2,262 -82	1,120 -67	1,142 -15	9 2	2	7 2
2017-18	2,244 -27	2,237 -25	1,100 -20	1,137 -5	7 -2	1 -1	6 -1
2018-19	2,241 -3	2,229 -8	1,082 -18	1,147 10	12 5	2 1	10 4
2019-20	2,070 -171	2,061 -168	984 -98	1,077 -70	9 -3	0 -2	9 -1
2020-21	1,833 -237	1,824 -237	856 -128	968 -109	9	2 2	7 -2
2021-22	1,684 -149	1,660 -164	802 -54	858 -110	24 15	13 11	11 4
2022-23	1,607 -77	1,559 -101	763 -39	796 -62	48 24	30 17	18 7
2023-24	1,669 62	1,618 59	791 28	827 31	51 3	21 -9	30 12
2024-25	1,841 172	1,794 176	834 43	960 133	47 -4	19 -2	28 -2
Average	1,981	1,959	952	1,007	22	9	13

Hobart William Smith Colleges Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,959 where 1,794 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 Hobart William Smith Colleges since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,344	2,270	1,118	1,152	74	69	5
2016-17	2,262	2,246	1,109	1,137	16	11	5
2017-18	2,237	2,220	1,089	1,131	17	11	6
2018-19	2,229	2,208	1,066	1,142	21	16	5
2019-20	2,061	2,045	968	1,077	16	16	0
2020-21	1,824	1,808	847	961	16	9	7
2021-22	1,660	1,640	791	849	20	11	9
2022-23	1,559	1,547	754	793	12	9	3
2023-24	1,618	1,597	778	819	21	13	8
2024-25	1,794	1,780	827	953	14	7	7
Average	1,959	1,959	935	1,001	1,959	17	6

Hobart William Smith Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 22 where 47 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 Hobart William Smith Colleges since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7	7	2	5	0	0	0
2016-17	9	9	2	7	0	0	0
2017-18	7	7	1	6	0	0	0
2018-19	12	12	2	10	0	0	0
2019-20	9	9	0	9	0	0	0
2020-21	9	9	2	7	0	0	0
2021-22	24	24	13	11	0	0	0
2022-23	48	42	27	15	6	3	3
2023-24	51	35	15	20	16	6	10
2024-25	47	46	19	27	1	0	1
Average	22	22	8	12	22	1	1

Hobart William Smith Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.89%. The percentage was 69.12% 10 years ago and Hobart William Smith Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 2.50% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.44% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.86% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.12% to 65.89%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.49% to 2.50%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.98% to 7.44%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.78% to 10.86%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5463 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.5152 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Hobart William Smith Colleges 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	11	82	117	136	2	1,625	0
2016-17	10	79	135	122	2	1,633	0
2017-18	10	77	135	107	1	1,667	0
2018-19	15	89	143	116	2	1,641	0
2019-20	6	63	121	129	1	1,500	45
2020-21	5	50	123	131	1	1,302	52
2021-22	2	47	122	147	1	1,119	58
2022-23	2	36	111	150	1	1,051	58
2023-24	2	37	125	169	1	1,080	69
2024-25	1	46	137	200	0	1,213	73
Average	6	61	127	141	1	1,383	36

Hobart William Smith Colleges Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Hobart William Smith Colleges

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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