Enrollment Trends at Hofstra

The student population at Hofstra University is 10,685 (6,581 undergraduate and 4,104 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 129 (1.19%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Hofstra is 61.59% which is decreased by 243 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 114 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 68 male students for every 100 female students, down from 76 in 2015.
396 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 280.77% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,677 where 10,685 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 11,145 students in 2017 and was lowest at 10,238 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 10,814 to 10,685 students, a net loss of 129 (1.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,814	6,824	3,134	3,690	3,990	1,519	2,471
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	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
2023-24	10,393 155	6,224 114	2,717 72	3,507 42	4,169 41	1,540 42	2,629 -1
2024-25	10,685 292	6,581 357	2,812 95	3,769 262	4,104 -65	1,510 -30	2,594 -35
Average	10,677	6,487	2,884	3,603	4,190	1,569	2,621

Hofstra University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,487 where 6,581 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 Hofstra University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	6,224	6,001	2,603	3,398	223	114	109
2024-25	6,581	6,327	2,687	3,640	254	125	129
Average	6,487	6,487	2,707	3,455	6,487	177	148

Hofstra University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,190 where 4,104 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 Hofstra University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	4,169	3,092	1,211	1,881	1,077	329	748
2024-25	4,104	3,071	1,201	1,870	1,033	309	724
Average	4,190	4,190	1,191	1,846	4,190	378	775

Hofstra University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.00% and the percentage of black students is 9.32% at Hofstra University. 14.15% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 16.36% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 54.09% to 46.00%. Asian enrollment grew from 8.77% to 14.15%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.13% to 9.32%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 11.64% to 16.36%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7305 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6792 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Hofstra 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	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
2023-24	22	1,407	891	1,537	5	5,130	386
2024-25	28	1,512	996	1,748	4	4,915	523
Average	33	1,209	910	1,389	35	5,559	290

Hofstra University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

396 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 280.77% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Hofstra University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	10,393	324	1,433	8,636
2024-25	10,685	396	1,564	8,725
Average	10,677	280	1,180	9,216

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Enrollment Trends at Hofstra

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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