Enrollment Trends at Kean

The student population at Kean University is 13,905 (11,758 undergraduate and 2,147 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 207 (1.47%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Kean is 84.56% which is decreased by 56 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 151 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 58 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
1,667 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,618.56% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,774 where 13,905 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 14,309 students in 2020 and was lowest at 12,759 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 14,112 to 13,905 students, a net loss of 207 (1.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	14,112	11,814	4,689	7,125	2,298	510	1,788
2016-17	14,070 -42	11,812 -2	4,633 -56	7,179 54	2,258 -40	494 -16	1,764 -24
2017-18	14,226 156	11,984 172	4,824 191	7,160 -19	2,242 -16	493 -1	1,749 -15
2018-19	14,056 -170	11,824 -160	4,742 -82	7,082 -78	2,232 -10	498 5	1,734 -15
2019-20	14,309 253	12,120 296	4,853 111	7,267 185	2,189 -43	487 -11	1,702 -32
2020-21	14,064 -245	11,686 -434	4,503 -350	7,183 -84	2,378 189	518 31	1,860 158
2021-22	12,759 -1,305	10,573 -1,113	4,045 -458	6,528 -655	2,186 -192	465 -53	1,721 -139
2022-23	12,884 125	10,845 272	4,198 153	6,647 119	2,039 -147	440 -25	1,599 -122
2023-24	13,352 468	11,234 389	4,431 233	6,803 156	2,118 79	476 36	1,642 43
2024-25	13,905 553	11,758 524	4,595 164	7,163 360	2,147 29	499 23	1,648 6
Average	13,774	11,565	4,551	7,014	2,209	488	1,721

Kean University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 11,565 where 11,758 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 Kean University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,814	9,192	3,735	5,457	2,622	954	1,668
2016-17	11,812	9,239	3,707	5,532	2,573	926	1,647
2017-18	11,984	9,516	3,901	5,615	2,468	923	1,545
2018-19	11,824	9,609	3,870	5,739	2,215	872	1,343
2019-20	12,120	9,817	3,963	5,854	2,303	890	1,413
2020-21	11,686	9,400	3,626	5,774	2,286	877	1,409
2021-22	10,573	8,421	3,231	5,190	2,152	814	1,338
2022-23	10,845	8,794	3,394	5,400	2,051	804	1,247
2023-24	11,234	9,396	3,721	5,675	1,838	710	1,128
2024-25	11,758	10,001	3,916	6,085	1,757	679	1,078
Average	11,565	11,565	3,706	5,632	11,565	845	1,382

Kean University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,209 where 2,147 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 Kean University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,298	853	176	677	1,445	334	1,111
2016-17	2,258	922	203	719	1,336	291	1,045
2017-18	2,242	1,017	224	793	1,225	269	956
2018-19	2,232	1,065	235	830	1,167	263	904
2019-20	2,189	1,049	237	812	1,140	250	890
2020-21	2,378	1,180	269	911	1,198	249	949
2021-22	2,186	1,024	222	802	1,162	243	919
2022-23	2,039	988	237	751	1,051	203	848
2023-24	2,118	1,081	264	817	1,037	212	825
2024-25	2,147	1,146	284	862	1,001	215	786
Average	2,209	2,209	235	797	2,209	253	923

Kean University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 26.35% and the percentage of black students is 20.59% at Kean University. 4.64% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 36.88% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 38.33% to 26.35%. Asian enrollment declined from 5.22% to 4.64%. Black student enrollment increased from 19.85% to 20.59%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 25.72% to 36.88%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7496 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7445 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Kean 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	21	736	2,801	3,630	43	5,409	254
2016-17	21	779	2,709	3,629	32	5,211	288
2017-18	21	766	2,765	3,809	31	5,040	309
2018-19	23	746	2,889	4,013	37	4,590	311
2019-20	24	783	2,868	4,256	37	4,535	296
2020-21	20	807	2,828	4,429	23	4,434	291
2021-22	14	705	2,559	4,114	23	3,827	274
2022-23	15	642	2,595	4,296	17	3,602	304
2023-24	17	644	2,655	4,591	16	3,653	251
2024-25	20	645	2,863	5,128	16	3,664	275
Average	20	725	2,753	4,190	28	4,397	285

Kean University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,667 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,618.56% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Kean University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	14,112	97	667	13,348
2016-17	14,070	204	1,080	12,786
2017-18	14,226	353	676	13,197
2018-19	14,056	491	826	12,739
2019-20	14,309	642	960	12,707
2020-21	14,064	882	1,968	11,214
2021-22	12,759	1,453	1,503	9,803
2022-23	12,884	1,292	1,333	10,259
2023-24	13,352	1,364	1,402	10,586
2024-25	13,905	1,667	1,546	10,692
Average	13,774	845	1,196	11,733

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Enrollment Trends at Kean

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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