Enrollment Trends at NYU

The student population at New York University is 59,144 (29,401 undergraduate and 29,743 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 14,628 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at NYU is 49.71% which is increased by 6,903 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 7,725 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.42 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

4,060 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 513.29% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 51,361 where 59,144 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

49.71% of total students is undergraduate students and 50.29% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 6,903 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 7,725 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.42 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in NYU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at New York University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	44,516	22,498	8,973	13,525	22,018	9,673	12,345
2013-14	44,599 83	22,615 117	9,066 93	13,549 24	21,984 -34	9,553 -120	12,431 86
2014-15	49,274 4,675	24,985 2,370	10,830 1,764	14,155 606	24,289 2,305	11,291 1,738	12,998 567
2015-16	50,027 753	25,722 737	11,078 248	14,644 489	24,305 16	11,139 -152	13,166 168
2016-17	50,550 523	26,135 413	11,172 94	14,963 319	24,415 110	10,980 -159	13,435 269
2017-18	51,123 573	26,417 282	11,305 133	15,112 149	24,706 291	10,733 -247	13,973 538
2018-19	51,847 724	26,733 316	11,351 46	15,382 270	25,114 408	10,682 -51	14,432 459
2019-20	52,885 1,038	26,981 248	11,444 93	15,537 155	25,904 790	11,061 379	14,843 411
2020-21	52,775 -110	27,444 463	11,711 267	15,733 196	25,331 -573	10,719 -342	14,612 -231
2021-22	58,226 5,451	28,772 1,328	12,025 314	16,747 1,014	29,454 4,123	12,484 1,765	16,970 2,358
2022-23	59,144 918	29,401 629	12,019 -6	17,382 635	29,743 289	12,447 -37	17,296 326
Average	51,361	26,155	10,998	15,157	25,206	10,978	14,227

New York University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 26,155 where 29,401 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at New York University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	22,498	21,247	8,458	12,789	1,251	515	736
2013-14	22,615	21,365	8,567	12,798	1,250	499	751
2014-15	24,985	23,715	10,285	13,430	1,270	545	725
2015-16	25,722	24,480	10,518	13,962	1,242	560	682
2016-17	26,135	24,888	10,616	14,272	1,247	556	691
2017-18	26,417	25,347	10,814	14,533	1,070	491	579
2018-19	26,733	25,725	10,900	14,825	1,008	451	557
2019-20	26,981	25,872	10,969	14,903	1,109	475	634
2020-21	27,444	25,854	11,059	14,795	1,590	652	938
2021-22	28,772	27,642	11,515	16,127	1,130	510	620
2022-23	29,401	28,354	11,549	16,805	1,047	470	577
Average	26,155	26,155	10,477	14,476	26,155	520	681

New York University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 25,206 where 29,743 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at New York University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	22,018	13,717	5,929	7,788	8,301	3,744	4,557
2013-14	21,984	13,731	5,828	7,903	8,253	3,725	4,528
2014-15	24,289	16,183	7,505	8,678	8,106	3,786	4,320
2015-16	24,305	16,297	7,538	8,759	8,008	3,601	4,407
2016-17	24,415	16,486	7,581	8,905	7,929	3,399	4,530
2017-18	24,706	16,977	7,538	9,439	7,729	3,195	4,534
2018-19	25,114	17,415	7,561	9,854	7,699	3,121	4,578
2019-20	25,904	19,494	8,397	11,097	6,410	2,664	3,746
2020-21	25,331	18,193	7,805	10,388	7,138	2,914	4,224
2021-22	29,454	21,755	9,321	12,434	7,699	3,163	4,536
2022-23	29,743	22,316	9,279	13,037	7,427	3,168	4,259
Average	25,206	25,206	7,662	9,844	25,206	3,316	4,384

New York University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 24.79% and the percentage of black students is 6.37% at New York University. 16.04% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at New York University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	103	6,714	2,102	3,248	51	17,605	870
2013-14	90	6,488	2,161	3,604	54	17,168	1,066
2014-15	94	7,314	2,374	4,267	45	17,326	1,248
2015-16	65	7,558	2,503	4,621	52	16,935	1,361
2016-17	64	7,795	2,617	4,997	64	16,875	1,464
2017-18	58	7,738	2,842	5,395	69	16,196	1,698
2018-19	64	7,665	3,185	5,940	56	15,771	1,744
2019-20	69	7,838	3,486	6,330	49	15,174	1,698
2020-21	76	8,380	3,750	6,749	43	14,838	1,619
2021-22	81	9,097	3,955	7,494	56	15,401	1,713
2022-23	74	9,486	3,768	7,190	46	14,660	1,697
Average	76	7,825	2,977	5,440	53	16,177	1,471

New York University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,060 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 513.29% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at New York University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	49,274	662	1,067	47,545
2015-16	50,027	715	1,118	48,194
2016-17	50,550	909	1,712	47,929
2017-18	51,123	1,152	2,220	47,751
2018-19	51,847	1,593	2,264	47,990
2019-20	52,885	1,889	3,579	47,417
2020-21	52,775	16,756	30,270	5,749
2021-22	58,226	4,757	21,614	31,855
2022-23	59,144	4,060	14,240	40,844
Average	52,872	3,610	8,676	40,586

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