Enrollment Trends at New Jersey City

The student population at New Jersey City University is 5,429 (3,871 undergraduate and 1,558 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,808 (34.09%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at New Jersey City is 71.30% which is decreased by 2,446 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 362 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 62 male students for every 100 female students, up from 60 in 2015.
1,659 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 352.04% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,323 where 5,429 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 8,504 students in 2017 and was lowest at 5,429 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 8,237 to 5,429 students, a net loss of 2,808 (34.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,237	6,317	2,552	3,765	1,920	521	1,399
2016-17	8,504 267	6,663 346	2,708 156	3,955 190	1,841 -79	514 -7	1,327 -72
2017-18	8,283 -221	6,508 -155	2,653 -55	3,855 -100	1,775 -66	505 -9	1,270 -57
2018-19	7,991 -292	6,237 -271	2,544 -109	3,693 -162	1,754 -21	495 -10	1,259 -11
2019-20	7,949 -42	6,137 -100	2,553 9	3,584 -109	1,812 58	485 -10	1,327 68
2020-21	7,550 -399	5,844 -293	2,449 -104	3,395 -189	1,706 -106	433 -52	1,273 -54
2021-22	6,918 -632	5,262 -582	2,197 -252	3,065 -330	1,656 -50	409 -24	1,247 -26
2022-23	6,539 -379	4,895 -367	2,026 -171	2,869 -196	1,644 -12	390 -19	1,254 7
2023-24	5,833 -706	4,209 -686	1,777 -249	2,432 -437	1,624 -20	379 -11	1,245 -9
2024-25	5,429 -404	3,871 -338	1,709 -68	2,162 -270	1,558 -66	368 -11	1,190 -55
Average	7,323	5,594	2,317	3,278	1,729	450	1,279

New Jersey City University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,594 where 3,871 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 New Jersey City University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,317	4,826	2,017	2,809	1,491	535	956
2016-17	6,663	5,166	2,171	2,995	1,497	537	960
2017-18	6,508	5,210	2,175	3,035	1,298	478	820
2018-19	6,237	5,091	2,121	2,970	1,146	423	723
2019-20	6,137	4,990	2,121	2,869	1,147	432	715
2020-21	5,844	4,921	2,106	2,815	923	343	580
2021-22	5,262	4,385	1,876	2,509	877	321	556
2022-23	4,895	4,146	1,740	2,406	749	286	463
2023-24	4,209	3,563	1,513	2,050	646	264	382
2024-25	3,871	3,308	1,478	1,830	563	231	332
Average	5,594	5,594	1,932	2,629	5,594	385	649

New Jersey City University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,729 where 1,558 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 New Jersey City University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,920	406	120	286	1,514	401	1,113
2016-17	1,841	363	136	227	1,478	378	1,100
2017-18	1,775	364	131	233	1,411	374	1,037
2018-19	1,754	357	122	235	1,397	373	1,024
2019-20	1,812	382	121	261	1,430	364	1,066
2020-21	1,706	373	115	258	1,333	318	1,015
2021-22	1,656	334	109	225	1,322	300	1,022
2022-23	1,644	330	110	220	1,314	280	1,034
2023-24	1,624	299	103	196	1,325	276	1,049
2024-25	1,558	300	121	179	1,258	247	1,011
Average	1,729	1,729	119	232	1,729	331	1,047

New Jersey City University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 23.80% and the percentage of black students is 18.97% at New Jersey City University. 6.48% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 43.05% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 27.15% to 23.80%. Asian enrollment declined from 6.88% to 6.48%. Black student enrollment decreased from 19.91% to 18.97%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 32.91% to 43.05%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7174 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7734 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at New Jersey City 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	20	567	1,640	2,711	49	2,236	119
2016-17	23	609	1,766	2,992	55	2,280	138
2017-18	28	631	1,772	3,012	40	2,095	147
2018-19	28	605	1,724	2,943	38	1,966	144
2019-20	29	590	1,736	2,855	35	1,906	168
2020-21	20	568	1,602	3,009	29	1,735	163
2021-22	16	529	1,367	2,845	20	1,621	155
2022-23	17	492	1,276	2,704	16	1,526	150
2023-24	19	458	1,102	2,453	15	1,400	129
2024-25	17	352	1,030	2,337	13	1,292	117
Average	22	540	1,502	2,786	31	1,806	143

New Jersey City University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,659 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 31% of total students. The number of online students has increased 352.04% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at New Jersey City University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	8,237	367	2,088	5,782
2016-17	8,504	668	2,258	5,578
2017-18	8,283	702	1,705	5,876
2018-19	7,991	781	1,951	5,259
2019-20	7,949	1,098	2,241	4,610
2020-21	7,550	3,937	3,401	212
2021-22	6,918	1,768	3,077	2,073
2022-23	6,539	1,841	3,072	1,626
2023-24	5,833	1,682	2,563	1,588
2024-25	5,429	1,659	2,184	1,586
Average	7,323	1,450	2,454	3,419

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Enrollment Trends at New Jersey City

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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