Enrollment Trends at Pace

The student population at Pace University is 13,634 (8,038 undergraduate and 5,596 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 791 (6.16%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Pace is 58.96% which is decreased by 709 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,500 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 59 male students for every 100 female students, down from 67 in 2015.
1,127 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 186.77% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,344 where 13,634 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 14,092 students in 2024 and was lowest at 12,835 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 12,843 to 13,634 students, a net gain of 791 (6.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,843	8,747	3,550	5,197	4,096	1,611	2,485
2016-17	13,245 402	8,914 167	3,482 -68	5,432 235	4,331 235	1,732 121	2,599 114
2017-18	12,986 -259	8,674 -240	3,387 -95	5,287 -145	4,312 -19	1,693 -39	2,619 20
2018-19	13,326 340	8,677 3	3,361 -26	5,316 29	4,649 337	1,737 44	2,912 293
2019-20	13,395 69	8,528 -149	3,219 -142	5,309 -7	4,867 218	1,813 76	3,054 142
2020-21	12,835 -560	7,994 -534	2,884 -335	5,110 -199	4,841 -26	1,731 -82	3,110 56
2021-22	13,479 644	8,260 266	2,837 -47	5,423 313	5,219 378	1,821 90	3,398 288
2022-23	13,609 130	8,223 -37	2,788 -49	5,435 12	5,386 167	1,977 156	3,409 11
2023-24	14,092 483	8,176 -47	2,802 14	5,374 -61	5,916 530	2,355 378	3,561 152
2024-25	13,634 -458	8,038 -138	2,811 9	5,227 -147	5,596 -320	2,227 -128	3,369 -192
Average	13,344	8,423	3,112	5,311	4,921	1,870	3,052

Pace University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 8,423 where 8,038 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 Pace University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,747	7,579	2,991	4,588	1,168	559	609
2016-17	8,914	7,691	2,973	4,718	1,223	509	714
2017-18	8,674	7,878	3,003	4,875	796	384	412
2018-19	8,677	7,943	2,996	4,947	734	365	369
2019-20	8,528	7,837	2,891	4,946	691	328	363
2020-21	7,994	7,336	2,609	4,727	658	275	383
2021-22	8,260	7,483	2,491	4,992	777	346	431
2022-23	8,223	7,480	2,439	5,041	743	349	394
2023-24	8,176	7,473	2,476	4,997	703	326	377
2024-25	8,038	7,421	2,535	4,886	617	276	341
Average	8,423	8,423	2,740	4,872	8,423	372	439

Pace University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,921 where 5,596 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 Pace University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,096	2,144	894	1,250	1,952	717	1,235
2016-17	4,331	2,346	1,061	1,285	1,985	671	1,314
2017-18	4,312	2,316	1,005	1,311	1,996	688	1,308
2018-19	4,649	2,344	954	1,390	2,305	783	1,522
2019-20	4,867	2,539	955	1,584	2,328	858	1,470
2020-21	4,841	2,529	905	1,624	2,312	826	1,486
2021-22	5,219	2,498	870	1,628	2,721	951	1,770
2022-23	5,386	3,237	1,322	1,915	2,149	655	1,494
2023-24	5,916	3,821	1,725	2,096	2,095	630	1,465
2024-25	5,596	3,458	1,479	1,979	2,138	748	1,390
Average	4,921	4,921	1,117	1,606	4,921	753	1,445

Pace University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 37.65% and the percentage of black students is 9.97% at Pace University. 7.00% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 19.30% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 46.71% to 37.65%. Asian enrollment declined from 8.04% to 7.00%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.67% to 9.97%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.27% to 19.30%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8049 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7479 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pace 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	40	1,033	1,370	1,576	10	5,999	400
2016-17	29	1,039	1,438	1,589	9	5,988	400
2017-18	32	1,024	1,422	1,519	11	5,987	434
2018-19	37	1,020	1,432	1,489	12	6,253	495
2019-20	32	1,000	1,408	1,653	15	6,108	487
2020-21	26	946	1,352	1,869	13	6,003	522
2021-22	28	991	1,438	2,195	16	6,094	544
2022-23	20	1,005	1,317	2,341	19	5,624	512
2023-24	23	984	1,363	2,429	15	5,375	506
2024-25	16	954	1,359	2,631	9	5,133	488
Average	28	1,000	1,390	1,929	13	5,856	479

Pace University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,127 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 186.77% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Pace University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	12,843	393	63	12,387
2016-17	13,245	443	2,952	9,850
2017-18	12,986	366	3,426	9,194
2018-19	13,326	713	3,827	8,786
2019-20	13,395	828	4,895	7,672
2020-21	12,835	4,250	7,290	1,295
2021-22	13,479	1,757	6,120	5,602
2022-23	13,609	1,192	6,564	5,853
2023-24	14,092	1,115	6,899	6,078
2024-25	13,634	1,127	6,246	6,261
Average	13,344	1,218	4,828	7,298

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Enrollment Trends at Pace

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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