Enrollment Trends at SNHU

The student population at Southern New Hampshire University is 189,531 (164,423 undergraduate and 25,108 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 128,519 (210.65%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SNHU is 86.75% which is increased by 120,856 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 7,663 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 57 male students for every 100 female students, down from 59 in 2015.
183,892 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 264.22% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 126,033 where 189,531 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 61,012 to 189,531 students, a gain of 128,519 (210.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	61,012	43,567	16,024	27,543	17,445	6,677	10,768
2016-17	73,177 12,165	54,150 10,583	19,553 3,529	34,597 7,054	19,027 1,582	6,889 212	12,138 1,370
2017-18	90,955 17,778	70,661 16,511	25,690 6,137	44,971 10,374	20,294 1,267	7,103 214	13,191 1,053
2018-19	104,068 13,113	82,693 12,032	29,506 3,816	53,187 8,216	21,375 1,081	7,221 118	14,154 963
2019-20	113,514 9,446	92,902 10,209	33,272 3,766	59,630 6,443	20,612 -763	6,758 -463	13,854 -300
2020-21	134,345 20,831	111,599 18,697	40,606 7,334	70,993 11,363	22,746 2,134	7,472 714	15,274 1,420
2021-22	145,533 11,188	121,884 10,285	44,872 4,266	77,012 6,019	23,649 903	7,538 66	16,111 837
2022-23	164,091 18,558	140,865 18,981	51,712 6,840	89,153 12,141	23,226 -423	7,238 -300	15,988 -123
2023-24	184,099 20,008	159,653 18,788	58,767 7,055	100,886 11,733	24,446 1,220	7,555 317	16,891 903
2024-25	189,531 5,432	164,423 4,770	60,627 1,860	103,796 2,910	25,108 662	7,890 335	17,218 327
Average	126,033	104,240	38,063	66,177	21,793	7,234	14,559

Southern New Hampshire University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 104,240 where 164,423 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 Southern New Hampshire University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	43,567	18,707	7,432	11,275	24,860	8,592	16,268
2016-17	54,150	21,868	8,806	13,062	32,282	10,747	21,535
2017-18	70,661	19,935	7,835	12,100	50,726	17,855	32,871
2018-19	82,693	24,575	9,327	15,248	58,118	20,179	37,939
2019-20	92,902	27,372	10,318	17,054	65,530	22,954	42,576
2020-21	111,599	34,316	13,122	21,194	77,283	27,484	49,799
2021-22	121,884	35,970	13,725	22,245	85,914	31,147	54,767
2022-23	140,865	33,290	13,057	20,233	107,575	38,655	68,920
2023-24	159,653	49,107	18,770	30,337	110,546	39,997	70,549
2024-25	164,423	53,721	20,752	32,969	110,702	39,875	70,827
Average	104,240	104,240	12,314	19,572	104,240	25,749	46,605

Southern New Hampshire University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 21,793 where 25,108 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 Southern New Hampshire University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	17,445	4,139	1,782	2,357	13,306	4,895	8,411
2016-17	19,027	4,141	1,618	2,523	14,886	5,271	9,615
2017-18	20,294	4,137	1,488	2,649	16,157	5,615	10,542
2018-19	21,375	4,872	1,667	3,205	16,503	5,554	10,949
2019-20	20,612	5,278	1,781	3,497	15,334	4,977	10,357
2020-21	22,746	6,696	2,277	4,419	16,050	5,195	10,855
2021-22	23,649	7,416	2,424	4,992	16,233	5,114	11,119
2022-23	23,226	7,060	2,276	4,784	16,166	4,962	11,204
2023-24	24,446	7,554	2,486	5,068	16,892	5,069	11,823
2024-25	25,108	5,513	1,661	3,852	19,595	6,229	13,366
Average	21,793	21,793	1,946	3,735	21,793	5,288	10,824

Southern New Hampshire University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.83% and the percentage of black students is 19.63% at Southern New Hampshire University. 2.51% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 14.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 42.68% to 49.83%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.27% to 2.51%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.86% to 19.63%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.22% to 14.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6892 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.8030 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern New Hampshire 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	276	773	6,628	3,185	118	26,042	526
2016-17	376	1,151	10,458	5,049	197	38,399	1,037
2017-18	521	1,591	13,841	7,504	304	52,247	1,582
2018-19	589	1,970	16,662	9,897	346	61,833	1,953
2019-20	607	2,086	17,971	11,487	385	65,672	2,336
2020-21	683	2,555	19,752	14,150	443	71,494	2,992
2021-22	693	2,707	19,496	15,077	452	71,426	3,503
2022-23	870	3,588	25,853	20,244	571	83,098	5,170
2023-24	1,036	4,283	32,707	25,457	662	94,394	6,742
2024-25	1,110	4,752	37,196	27,885	738	94,437	7,689
Average	676	2,546	20,056	13,994	422	65,904	3,353

Southern New Hampshire University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

183,892 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 97% of total students. The number of online students has increased 264.22% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern New Hampshire University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	61,012	50,489	3,718	6,805
2016-17	73,177	61,495	2,478	9,204
2017-18	90,955	83,919	631	6,405
2018-19	104,068	96,912	500	6,656
2019-20	113,514	106,375	387	6,752
2020-21	134,247	134,247	0	0
2021-22	145,533	138,672	740	6,121
2022-23	164,091	157,898	707	5,486
2023-24	184,099	177,807	943	5,349
2024-25	189,531	183,892	904	4,735
Average	126,023	119,171	1,101	5,751

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Enrollment Trends at SNHU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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