Enrollment Trends at KSC

The student population at Keene State College is 2,848 (2,725 undergraduate and 123 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,535 (35.02%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at KSC is 95.68% which is decreased by 1,534 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 93 male students for every 100 female students, up from 77 in 2015.
80 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,566.67% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,445 where 2,848 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 4,383 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,846 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,383 to 2,848 students, a net loss of 1,535 (35%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Keene State College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,383	4,259	1,876	2,383	124	31	93
2016-17	4,282 -101	4,165 -94	1,887 11	2,278 -105	117 -7	40 9	77 -16
2017-18	3,866 -416	3,780 -385	1,713 -174	2,067 -211	86 -31	31 -9	55 -22
2018-19	3,543 -323	3,477 -303	1,567 -146	1,910 -157	66 -20	21 -10	45 -10
2019-20	3,502 -41	3,378 -99	1,546 -21	1,832 -78	124 58	37 16	87 42
2020-21	3,210 -292	3,096 -282	1,399 -147	1,697 -135	114 -10	40 3	74 -13
2021-22	3,100 -110	2,964 -132	1,350 -49	1,614 -83	136 22	51 11	85 11
2022-23	2,872 -228	2,737 -227	1,274 -76	1,463 -151	135 -1	52 1	83 -2
2023-24	2,846 -26	2,718 -19	1,280 6	1,438 -25	128 -7	50 -2	78 -5
2024-25	2,848 2	2,725 7	1,323 43	1,402 -36	123 -5	47 -3	76 -2
Average	3,445	3,330	1,522	1,808	115	40	75

Keene State College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,330 where 2,725 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 Keene State College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,259	4,097	1,790	2,307	162	86	76
2016-17	4,165	4,004	1,800	2,204	161	87	74
2017-18	3,780	3,624	1,625	1,999	156	88	68
2018-19	3,477	3,374	1,504	1,870	103	63	40
2019-20	3,378	3,279	1,492	1,787	99	54	45
2020-21	3,096	2,982	1,345	1,637	114	54	60
2021-22	2,964	2,877	1,303	1,574	87	47	40
2022-23	2,737	2,632	1,208	1,424	105	66	39
2023-24	2,718	2,655	1,249	1,406	63	31	32
2024-25	2,725	2,675	1,302	1,373	50	21	29
Average	3,330	3,330	1,462	1,758	3,330	60	50

Keene State College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 115 where 123 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 Keene State College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	124	42	8	34	82	23	59
2016-17	117	44	9	35	73	31	42
2017-18	86	36	8	28	50	23	27
2018-19	66	25	1	24	41	20	21
2019-20	124	32	5	27	92	32	60
2020-21	114	27	2	25	87	38	49
2021-22	136	23	6	17	113	45	68
2022-23	135	16	3	13	119	49	70
2023-24	128	22	8	14	106	42	64
2024-25	123	8	5	3	115	42	73
Average	115	115	6	22	115	35	53

Keene State College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 82.83%. The percentage was 85.58% 10 years ago and KSC still has a high percentage of white students. 1.33% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.42% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.37% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 85.58% to 82.83%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.21% to 1.33%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.19% to 2.42%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.60% to 5.37%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3094 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2656 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Keene State College 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	9	53	52	158	3	3,751	90
2016-17	8	58	52	146	3	3,636	87
2017-18	8	58	58	142	3	3,267	76
2018-19	7	46	59	148	4	2,957	67
2019-20	7	53	71	141	5	2,848	75
2020-21	8	45	70	145	4	2,591	88
2021-22	9	39	61	142	4	2,535	105
2022-23	9	35	50	147	3	2,362	101
2023-24	9	37	57	133	1	2,365	94
2024-25	13	38	69	153	2	2,359	84
Average	9	46	60	146	3	2,867	87

Keene State College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

80 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,566.67% since 2017. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Keene State College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,383	0	0	4,383
2016-17	4,282	0	0	4,282
2017-18	3,866	3	83	3,780
2018-19	3,543	20	17	3,506
2019-20	3,502	36	83	3,383
2020-21	3,210	143	1,784	1,283
2021-22	3,100	54	277	2,769
2022-23	2,872	49	115	2,708
2023-24	2,846	48	35	2,763
2024-25	2,848	80	8	2,760
Average	3,445	43	240	3,162

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Enrollment Trends at KSC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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