Enrollment Trends at Husson

The student population at Husson University is 3,367 (2,763 undergraduate and 604 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 49 (1.43%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Husson is 82.06% which is increased by 79 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 128 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 48 male students for every 100 female students, down from 80 in 2015.
1,155 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 226.27% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,459 where 3,367 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 3,761 students in 2019 and was lowest at 3,065 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,416 to 3,367 students, a net loss of 49 (1.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,416	2,684	1,240	1,444	732	283	449
2016-17	3,671 255	2,833 149	1,274 34	1,559 115	838 106	313 30	525 76
2017-18	3,648 -23	2,768 -65	1,232 -42	1,536 -23	880 42	311 -2	569 44
2018-19	3,761 113	2,910 142	1,207 -25	1,703 167	851 -29	298 -13	553 -16
2019-20	3,744 -17	2,872 -38	1,214 7	1,658 -45	872 21	293 -5	579 26
2020-21	3,473 -271	2,679 -193	1,083 -131	1,596 -62	794 -78	263 -30	531 -48
2021-22	3,311 -162	2,588 -91	1,028 -55	1,560 -36	723 -71	219 -44	504 -27
2022-23	3,065 -246	2,429 -159	1,000 -28	1,429 -131	636 -87	184 -35	452 -52
2023-24	3,133 68	2,525 96	983 -17	1,542 113	608 -28	175 -9	433 -19
2024-25	3,367 234	2,763 238	949 -34	1,814 272	604 -4	150 -25	454 21
Average	3,459	2,705	1,121	1,584	754	249	505

Husson University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,705 where 2,763 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 Husson University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,684	2,230	1,059	1,171	454	181	273
2016-17	2,833	2,331	1,080	1,251	502	194	308
2017-18	2,768	2,306	1,070	1,236	462	162	300
2018-19	2,910	2,394	1,052	1,342	516	155	361
2019-20	2,872	2,404	1,072	1,332	468	142	326
2020-21	2,679	2,264	945	1,319	415	138	277
2021-22	2,588	2,208	896	1,312	380	132	248
2022-23	2,429	2,038	880	1,158	391	120	271
2023-24	2,525	1,982	851	1,131	543	132	411
2024-25	2,763	1,899	807	1,092	864	142	722
Average	2,705	2,705	971	1,234	2,705	150	350

Husson University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 754 where 604 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 Husson University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	732	545	214	331	187	69	118
2016-17	838	436	177	259	402	136	266
2017-18	880	448	172	276	432	139	293
2018-19	851	435	160	275	416	138	278
2019-20	872	427	165	262	445	128	317
2020-21	794	359	138	221	435	125	310
2021-22	723	302	105	197	421	114	307
2022-23	636	277	82	195	359	102	257
2023-24	608	245	79	166	363	96	267
2024-25	604	221	57	164	383	93	290
Average	754	754	135	235	754	114	270

Husson University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.69%. The percentage was 86.21% 10 years ago and Husson still has a high percentage of white students. 1.84% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.41% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 0.83% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 86.21% to 79.69%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.93% to 1.84%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.24% to 5.41%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 1.52% to 0.83%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3586 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2542 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Husson 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	18	66	145	52	11	2,945	42
2016-17	18	74	152	61	10	3,142	54
2017-18	11	64	144	60	7	3,070	54
2018-19	14	58	154	53	6	3,147	74
2019-20	15	62	163	44	2	3,104	95
2020-21	19	59	172	44	1	2,919	97
2021-22	13	52	158	33	1	2,758	117
2022-23	14	42	175	31	1	2,545	112
2023-24	13	49	165	24	1	2,598	135
2024-25	16	62	182	28	3	2,683	187
Average	15	59	161	43	4	2,891	97

Husson University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,155 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 34% of total students. The number of online students has increased 226.27% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Husson University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,416	354	802	2,260
2016-17	3,671	469	937	2,265
2017-18	3,648	557	1,002	2,089
2018-19	3,761	693	1,197	1,871
2019-20	3,744	691	1,223	1,830
2020-21	3,473	1,323	1,226	924
2021-22	3,311	888	1,393	1,030
2022-23	3,065	662	1,248	1,155
2023-24	3,133	816	1,109	1,208
2024-25	3,367	1,155	1,174	1,038
Average	3,459	761	1,131	1,567

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Enrollment Trends at Husson

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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