Enrollment Trends at NYIT

The student population at New York Institute of Technology is 6,877 (3,646 undergraduate and 3,231 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,187 (14.72%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at NYIT is 53.02% which is decreased by 403 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 784 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 119 male students for every 100 female students, down from 142 in 2015.
143 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -58.67% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,159 where 6,877 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 8,064 students in 2016 and was lowest at 6,696 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 8,064 to 6,877 students, a net loss of 1,187 (14.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at New York Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,064	4,049	2,599	1,450	4,015	2,131	1,884
2016-17	7,628 -436	3,575 -474	2,300 -299	1,275 -175	4,053 38	2,050 -81	2,003 119
2017-18	7,403 -225	3,664 89	2,339 39	1,325 50	3,739 -314	1,873 -177	1,866 -137
2018-19	7,173 -230	3,648 -16	2,255 -84	1,393 68	3,525 -214	1,748 -125	1,777 -89
2019-20	7,230 57	3,694 46	2,263 8	1,431 38	3,536 11	1,765 17	1,771 -6
2020-21	6,851 -379	3,473 -221	2,062 -201	1,411 -20	3,378 -158	1,611 -154	1,767 -4
2021-22	6,696 -155	3,414 -59	2,027 -35	1,387 -24	3,282 -96	1,552 -59	1,730 -37
2022-23	6,906 210	3,453 39	2,042 15	1,411 24	3,453 171	1,693 141	1,760 30
2023-24	6,757 -149	3,355 -98	2,024 -18	1,331 -80	3,402 -51	1,654 -39	1,748 -12
2024-25	6,877 120	3,646 291	2,227 203	1,419 88	3,231 -171	1,513 -141	1,718 -30
Average	7,159	3,597	2,214	1,383	3,561	1,759	1,802

New York Institute of Technology Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,597 where 3,646 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 York Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,049	3,553	2,261	1,292	496	338	158
2016-17	3,575	3,172	2,034	1,138	403	266	137
2017-18	3,664	3,234	2,050	1,184	430	289	141
2018-19	3,648	3,250	1,990	1,260	398	265	133
2019-20	3,694	3,357	2,040	1,317	337	223	114
2020-21	3,473	3,155	1,860	1,295	318	202	116
2021-22	3,414	3,008	1,773	1,235	406	254	152
2022-23	3,453	2,950	1,748	1,202	503	294	209
2023-24	3,355	3,055	1,833	1,222	300	191	109
2024-25	3,646	3,160	1,934	1,226	486	293	193
Average	3,597	3,597	1,952	1,237	3,597	262	146

New York Institute of Technology Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,561 where 3,231 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 York Institute of Technology since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,015	3,085	1,654	1,431	930	477	453
2016-17	4,053	3,162	1,636	1,526	891	414	477
2017-18	3,739	2,987	1,501	1,486	752	372	380
2018-19	3,525	2,868	1,450	1,418	657	298	359
2019-20	3,536	2,933	1,496	1,437	603	269	334
2020-21	3,378	2,814	1,366	1,448	564	245	319
2021-22	3,282	2,809	1,341	1,468	473	211	262
2022-23	3,453	3,059	1,510	1,549	394	183	211
2023-24	3,402	3,031	1,494	1,537	371	160	211
2024-25	3,231	2,855	1,323	1,532	376	190	186
Average	3,561	3,561	1,477	1,483	3,561	282	319

New York Institute of Technology Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 26.80% and the percentage of black students is 9.02% at New York Institute of Technology. 26.89% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 16.01% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 23.98% to 26.80%. Asian enrollment grew from 15.02% to 26.89%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.77% to 9.02%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.01% to 16.01%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8211 which indicates that highly diverse. This decreased from 0.9101 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at New York Institute of Technology 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	14	1,211	465	646	11	1,934	81
2016-17	10	1,231	438	693	17	2,057	125
2017-18	13	1,346	463	753	16	2,166	178
2018-19	10	1,389	516	822	21	2,186	219
2019-20	11	1,493	532	895	15	2,193	251
2020-21	10	1,655	548	878	21	2,022	239
2021-22	10	1,662	583	933	19	2,136	240
2022-23	11	1,712	568	949	14	1,936	227
2023-24	15	1,752	543	986	18	1,811	202
2024-25	25	1,849	620	1,101	18	1,843	214
Average	13	1,530	528	866	17	2,028	198

New York Institute of Technology Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

143 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -58.67% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at New York Institute of Technology from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	8,064	346	1,878	5,840
2016-17	7,628	389	1,883	5,356
2017-18	7,403	353	1,657	5,393
2018-19	7,173	389	1,563	5,221
2019-20	7,230	380	1,523	5,327
2020-21	6,851	292	1,192	5,367
2021-22	6,696	258	1,344	5,094
2022-23	6,906	209	1,633	5,064
2023-24	6,757	160	1,633	4,964
2024-25	6,877	143	1,602	5,132
Average	7,159	292	1,591	5,276

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Enrollment Trends at NYIT

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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