Enrollment Trends at Pitt State

The student population at Pittsburg State University is 5,858 (4,489 undergraduate and 1,369 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,431 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Pitt State is 76.63% which is decreased by 1,677 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 246 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.10 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

1,072 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 108.16% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 6,815 where 5,858 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

76.63% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.37% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,677 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 246 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.10 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Pitt State.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,289	6,166	3,219	2,947	1,123	426	697
2013-14	7,400 111	6,236 70	3,230 11	3,006 59	1,164 41	426 0	738 41
2014-15	7,479 79	6,270 34	3,277 47	2,993 -13	1,209 45	415 -11	794 56
2015-16	7,244 -235	6,093 -177	3,204 -73	2,889 -104	1,151 -58	410 -5	741 -53
2016-17	7,102 -142	5,904 -189	3,076 -128	2,828 -61	1,198 47	438 28	760 19
2017-18	6,907 -195	5,706 -198	2,965 -111	2,741 -87	1,201 3	448 10	753 -7
2018-19	6,625 -282	5,402 -304	2,753 -212	2,649 -92	1,223 22	455 7	768 15
2019-20	6,645 20	5,181 -221	2,616 -137	2,565 -84	1,464 241	555 100	909 141
2020-21	6,398 -247	4,825 -356	2,400 -216	2,425 -140	1,573 109	607 52	966 57
2021-22	6,017 -381	4,560 -265	2,261 -139	2,299 -126	1,457 -116	564 -43	893 -73
2022-23	5,858 -159	4,489 -71	2,247 -14	2,242 -57	1,369 -88	549 -15	820 -73
Average	6,815	5,530	2,841	2,689	1,285	481	804

Pittsburg State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 5,530 where 4,489 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 Pittsburg State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,166	5,734	3,005	2,729	432	214	218
2013-14	6,236	5,625	2,909	2,716	611	321	290
2014-15	6,270	5,586	2,902	2,684	684	375	309
2015-16	6,093	5,455	2,884	2,571	638	320	318
2016-17	5,904	5,342	2,812	2,530	562	264	298
2017-18	5,706	5,109	2,694	2,415	597	271	326
2018-19	5,402	4,865	2,522	2,343	537	231	306
2019-20	5,181	4,650	2,371	2,279	531	245	286
2020-21	4,825	4,260	2,161	2,099	565	239	326
2021-22	4,560	4,045	2,047	1,998	515	214	301
2022-23	4,489	4,015	2,026	1,989	474	221	253
Average	5,530	5,530	2,576	2,396	5,530	265	294

Pittsburg State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,285 where 1,369 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 Pittsburg State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,123	416	187	229	707	239	468
2013-14	1,164	381	176	205	783	250	533
2014-15	1,209	391	186	205	818	229	589
2015-16	1,151	370	176	194	781	234	547
2016-17	1,198	367	184	183	831	254	577
2017-18	1,201	309	159	150	892	289	603
2018-19	1,223	296	149	147	927	306	621
2019-20	1,464	342	174	168	1,122	381	741
2020-21	1,573	346	173	173	1,227	434	793
2021-22	1,457	420	199	221	1,037	365	672
2022-23	1,369	387	191	196	982	358	624
Average	1,285	1,285	178	188	1,285	304	615

Pittsburg State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.02%. The percentage was 80.31% 10 years ago and Pitt State still has a high percentage of white students. 0.92% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.29% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pittsburg State 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	118	44	264	288	10	5,854	255
2013-14	119	49	272	311	11	5,858	306
2014-15	104	56	273	312	10	5,812	333
2015-16	108	60	273	334	8	5,514	377
2016-17	91	60	243	345	5	5,467	388
2017-18	96	60	237	366	9	5,356	392
2018-19	90	66	226	350	7	5,163	410
2019-20	74	62	210	363	4	5,248	401
2020-21	78	68	227	404	4	5,066	369
2021-22	250	114	296	253	14	4,802	54
2022-23	89	54	193	383	9	4,512	306
Average	111	63	247	337	8	5,332	326

Pittsburg State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,072 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 108.16% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Pittsburg State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,479	515	1,124	5,840
2015-16	7,244	624	1,282	5,338
2016-17	7,102	641	1,759	4,702
2017-18	6,907	694	1,738	4,475
2018-19	6,625	742	1,922	3,961
2019-20	6,645	1,020	2,101	3,524
2020-21	6,398	1,161	2,316	2,921
2021-22	6,017	1,002	2,928	2,087
2022-23	5,858	1,072	3,250	1,536
Average	6,697	830	2,047	3,820

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