Enrollment Trends at Hofstra

The student population at Hofstra University is 10,238 (6,110 undergraduate and 4,128 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 785 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Hofstra is 59.68% which is decreased by 783 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 2 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.47 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

439 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 288.50% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 10,781 where 10,238 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

59.68% of total students is undergraduate students and 40.32% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 783 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 2 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.47 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Hofstra than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,023	6,893	3,227	3,666	4,130	1,684	2,446
2013-14	10,928 -95	6,826 -67	3,192 -35	3,634 -32	4,102 -28	1,651 -33	2,451 5
2014-15	10,953 25	6,904 78	3,208 16	3,696 62	4,049 -53	1,606 -45	2,443 -8
2015-16	10,814 -139	6,824 -80	3,134 -74	3,690 -6	3,990 -59	1,519 -87	2,471 28
2016-17	11,145 331	6,899 75	3,164 30	3,735 45	4,246 256	1,643 124	2,603 132
2017-18	11,131 -14	6,861 -38	3,093 -71	3,768 33	4,270 24	1,630 -13	2,640 37
2018-19	10,871 -260	6,701 -160	2,998 -95	3,703 -65	4,170 -100	1,593 -37	2,577 -63
2019-20	10,804 -67	6,498 -203	2,923 -75	3,575 -128	4,306 136	1,626 33	2,680 103
2020-21	10,444 -360	6,120 -378	2,734 -189	3,386 -189	4,324 18	1,626 0	2,698 18
2021-22	10,243 -201	6,050 -70	2,615 -119	3,435 49	4,193 -131	1,506 -120	2,687 -11
2022-23	10,238 -5	6,110 60	2,645 30	3,465 30	4,128 -65	1,498 -8	2,630 -57
Average	10,781	6,608	2,994	3,614	4,173	1,598	2,575

Hofstra University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 6,608 where 6,110 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 Hofstra University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,893	6,374	2,936	3,438	519	291	228
2013-14	6,826	6,378	2,947	3,431	448	245	203
2014-15	6,904	6,474	2,989	3,485	430	219	211
2015-16	6,824	6,417	2,897	3,520	407	237	170
2016-17	6,899	6,497	2,930	3,567	402	234	168
2017-18	6,861	6,494	2,895	3,599	367	198	169
2018-19	6,701	6,329	2,798	3,531	372	200	172
2019-20	6,498	6,156	2,729	3,427	342	194	148
2020-21	6,120	5,806	2,572	3,234	314	162	152
2021-22	6,050	5,747	2,453	3,294	303	162	141
2022-23	6,110	5,842	2,502	3,340	268	143	125
Average	6,608	6,608	2,786	3,442	6,608	208	172

Hofstra University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 4,173 where 4,128 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 Hofstra University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,130	2,944	1,227	1,717	1,186	457	729
2013-14	4,102	3,005	1,251	1,754	1,097	400	697
2014-15	4,049	3,005	1,202	1,803	1,044	404	640
2015-16	3,990	2,896	1,124	1,772	1,094	395	699
2016-17	4,246	3,030	1,211	1,819	1,216	432	784
2017-18	4,270	3,003	1,213	1,790	1,267	417	850
2018-19	4,170	3,002	1,216	1,786	1,168	377	791
2019-20	4,306	3,079	1,233	1,846	1,227	393	834
2020-21	4,324	3,154	1,219	1,935	1,170	407	763
2021-22	4,193	3,030	1,135	1,895	1,163	371	792
2022-23	4,128	3,016	1,151	1,865	1,112	347	765
Average	4,173	4,173	1,198	1,817	4,173	400	759

Hofstra University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.66%. The percentage was 58.65% 10 years ago and Hofstra still has a high percentage of white students. 13.11% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.44% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Hofstra 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	27	726	941	1,027	53	6,465	197
2013-14	25	784	906	1,122	61	6,087	228
2014-15	31	893	909	1,254	78	5,914	198
2015-16	43	948	879	1,259	84	5,849	192
2016-17	35	1,018	887	1,331	82	6,034	196
2017-18	41	1,081	933	1,319	65	5,903	213
2018-19	40	1,152	922	1,269	43	5,727	211
2019-20	39	1,190	951	1,297	30	5,701	232
2020-21	32	1,189	890	1,305	21	5,611	290
2021-22	24	1,246	882	1,390	11	5,433	320
2022-23	24	1,342	864	1,431	8	5,289	336
Average	33	1,052	906	1,273	49	5,819	238

Hofstra University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

439 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 288.50% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Hofstra University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	10,953	113	680	10,160
2015-16	10,814	104	694	10,016
2016-17	11,145	148	780	10,217
2017-18	11,131	254	647	10,230
2018-19	10,871	197	960	9,714
2019-20	10,804	207	1,063	9,534
2020-21	10,444	251	1,237	8,956
2021-22	10,243	482	1,868	7,893
2022-23	10,238	439	1,556	8,243
Average	10,738	244	1,054	9,440

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