Enrollment Trends at Ramapo College of New Jersey

The student population at Ramapo College of New Jersey is 5,981 (5,444 undergraduate and 537 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 45 (0.75%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Ramapo College of New Jersey is 91.02% which is decreased by 217 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 172 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 71 male students for every 100 female students, down from 79 in 2015.
255 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 72.30% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,945 where 5,981 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 6,234 students in 2017 and was lowest at 5,478 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 6,026 to 5,981 students, a net loss of 45 (0.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Ramapo College of New Jersey since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,026	5,661	2,562	3,099	365	105	260
2016-17	6,234 208	5,762 101	2,591 29	3,171 72	472 107	128 23	344 84
2017-18	6,120 -114	5,618 -144	2,503 -88	3,115 -56	502 30	119 -9	383 39
2018-19	6,174 54	5,609 -9	2,487 -16	3,122 7	565 63	137 18	428 45
2019-20	6,142 -32	5,574 -35	2,426 -61	3,148 26	568 3	141 4	427 -1
2020-21	6,042 -100	5,412 -162	2,291 -135	3,121 -27	630 62	153 12	477 50
2021-22	5,732 -310	5,145 -267	2,155 -136	2,990 -131	587 -43	141 -12	446 -31
2022-23	5,478 -254	4,932 -213	2,052 -103	2,880 -110	546 -41	141	405 -41
2023-24	5,521 43	5,013 81	2,113 61	2,900 20	508 -38	140 -1	368 -37
2024-25	5,981 460	5,444 431	2,313 200	3,131 231	537 29	174 34	363 -5
Average	5,945	5,417	2,349	3,068	528	138	390

Ramapo College of New Jersey Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,417 where 5,444 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 Ramapo College of New Jersey since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,661	4,992	2,291	2,701	669	271	398
2016-17	5,762	5,016	2,316	2,700	746	275	471
2017-18	5,618	4,910	2,241	2,669	708	262	446
2018-19	5,609	4,821	2,206	2,615	788	281	507
2019-20	5,574	4,870	2,151	2,719	704	275	429
2020-21	5,412	4,720	2,007	2,713	692	284	408
2021-22	5,145	4,459	1,877	2,582	686	278	408
2022-23	4,932	4,316	1,815	2,501	616	237	379
2023-24	5,013	4,393	1,847	2,546	620	266	354
2024-25	5,444	4,539	1,893	2,646	905	420	485
Average	5,417	5,417	2,064	2,639	5,417	285	429

Ramapo College of New Jersey Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 528 where 537 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 Ramapo College of New Jersey since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	365	49	14	35	316	91	225
2016-17	472	112	29	83	360	99	261
2017-18	502	121	28	93	381	91	290
2018-19	565	148	36	112	417	101	316
2019-20	568	174	45	129	394	96	298
2020-21	630	244	72	172	386	81	305
2021-22	587	219	58	161	368	83	285
2022-23	546	232	65	167	314	76	238
2023-24	508	185	60	125	323	80	243
2024-25	537	239	87	152	298	87	211
Average	528	528	49	123	528	89	267

Ramapo College of New Jersey Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.34%. The percentage was 64.62% 10 years ago and Ramapo College of New Jersey still has a high percentage of white students. 9.85% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.15% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 25.01% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 64.62% to 53.34%. Asian enrollment grew from 6.87% to 9.85%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.36% to 6.15%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.69% to 25.01%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6395 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5586 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ramapo College of New Jersey 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	22	414	323	765	14	3,894	66
2016-17	25	427	314	842	10	4,051	55
2017-18	30	450	293	920	7	3,923	31
2018-19	30	484	329	1,030	3	3,865	20
2019-20	32	503	341	1,117	3	3,726	8
2020-21	17	534	382	1,132	1	3,523	1
2021-22	17	528	372	1,116	1	3,235	2
2022-23	22	560	341	1,208	0	3,112	2
2023-24	17	550	348	1,303	0	3,077	2
2024-25	16	589	368	1,496	0	3,190	1
Average	23	504	341	1,093	4	3,560	19

Ramapo College of New Jersey Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

255 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 72.30% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ramapo College of New Jersey from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,026	148	652	5,226
2016-17	6,234	167	643	5,424
2017-18	6,120	130	661	5,329
2018-19	6,174	132	653	5,389
2019-20	6,142	122	744	5,276
2020-21	6,042	5,004	880	158
2021-22	5,732	1,643	3,224	865
2022-23	5,478	184	885	4,409
2023-24	5,521	249	1,358	3,914
2024-25	5,981	255	1,193	4,533
Average	5,945	803	1,089	4,052

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Enrollment Trends at Ramapo College of New Jersey

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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