Enrollment Trends at Penn State

The student population at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus is 50,028 (41,745 undergraduate and 8,283 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 4,245 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Penn State is 83.44% which is increased by 2,553 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,692 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.90 to 1 which means that male students enrolled slightly more than female students.

116 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 28.89% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 42,720 where 50,028 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

83.44% of total students is undergraduate students and 16.56% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,553 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,692 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.90 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more male students enrolled in Penn State than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	45,783	39,192	21,104	18,088	6,591	3,568	3,023
2013-14	46,615 832	40,085 893	21,527 423	18,558 470	6,530 -61	3,563 -5	2,967 -56
2014-15	47,040 425	40,541 456	21,778 251	18,763 205	6,499 -31	3,563 0	2,936 -31
2015-16	47,307 267	40,742 201	21,899 121	18,843 80	6,565 66	3,589 26	2,976 40
2016-17	47,789 482	41,359 617	22,145 246	19,214 371	6,430 -135	3,517 -72	2,913 -63
2017-18	47,119 -670	40,835 -524	21,761 -384	19,074 -140	6,284 -146	3,451 -66	2,833 -80
2018-19	46,810 -309	40,363 -472	21,482 -279	18,881 -193	6,447 163	3,503 52	2,944 111
2019-20	91,427 44,617	76,099 35,736	41,089 19,607	35,010 16,129	15,328 8,881	8,033 4,530	7,295 4,351
2020-21	0 -91,427	0 -76,099	0 -41,089	0 -35,010	0 -15,328	0 -8,033	0 -7,295
2021-22	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
2022-23	50,028 50,028	41,745 41,745	22,183 22,183	19,562 19,562	8,283 8,283	4,207 4,207	4,076 4,076
Average	42,720	36,451	19,543	16,908	6,269	3,363	2,906

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 36,451 where 41,745 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 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	39,192	37,917	20,355	17,562	1,275	749	526
2013-14	40,085	38,826	20,795	18,031	1,259	732	527
2014-15	40,541	39,357	21,078	18,279	1,184	700	484
2015-16	40,742	39,520	21,138	18,382	1,222	761	461
2016-17	41,359	40,139	21,373	18,766	1,220	772	448
2017-18	40,835	39,785	21,125	18,660	1,050	636	414
2018-19	40,363	39,321	20,817	18,504	1,042	665	377
2019-20	76,099	66,409	36,025	30,384	9,690	5,064	4,626
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	41,745	40,528	21,368	19,160	1,217	815	402
Average	36,451	36,451	18,552	16,157	36,451	990	751

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 6,269 where 8,283 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 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,591	5,774	3,191	2,583	817	377	440
2013-14	6,530	5,813	3,222	2,591	717	341	376
2014-15	6,499	5,834	3,264	2,570	665	299	366
2015-16	6,565	5,890	3,278	2,612	675	311	364
2016-17	6,430	5,735	3,167	2,568	695	350	345
2017-18	6,284	5,551	3,093	2,458	733	358	375
2018-19	6,447	5,819	3,196	2,623	628	307	321
2019-20	15,328	7,827	4,127	3,700	7,501	3,906	3,595
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	8,283	7,742	3,969	3,773	541	238	303
Average	6,269	6,269	2,773	2,316	6,269	590	590

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.76%. The percentage was 69.73% 10 years ago and Penn State still has a high percentage of white students. 6.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.33% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 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	43	2,268	1,917	2,273	28	31,923	962
2013-14	39	2,406	1,928	2,395	29	31,888	1,004
2014-15	36	2,624	1,823	2,468	35	31,453	1,082
2015-16	35	2,732	1,895	2,700	43	30,816	1,139
2016-17	31	2,829	1,912	2,801	46	30,540	1,211
2017-18	35	2,719	1,974	2,975	38	29,592	1,458
2018-19	35	2,671	1,918	3,004	44	29,223	1,527
2019-20	124	5,675	4,948	6,803	93	58,001	3,107
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23	49	3,307	2,168	3,955	37	29,395	1,691
Average	39	2,476	1,862	2,670	36	27,530	1,198

Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

116 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 0% of total students. The number of online students has increased 28.89% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	47,040	90	13,723	33,227
2015-16	47,307	90	14,265	32,952
2016-17	47,789	81	15,874	31,834
2017-18	47,119	72	15,992	31,055
2018-19	46,810	89	13,255	33,466
2019-20	91,427	15,445	30,192	45,790
2020-21	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0
2022-23	50,028	116	18,032	31,880
Average	41,947	1,776	13,481	26,689

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