Enrollment Trends at SUNO

The student population at Southern University at New Orleans is 2,468 (2,179 undergraduate and 289 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 241 (8.90%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SUNO is 88.29% which is decreased by 34 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 207 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 52 male students for every 100 female students, up from 35 in 2015.
834 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 531.82% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,320 where 2,468 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 2,709 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,950 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,709 to 2,468 students, a net loss of 241 (8.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,709	2,213	595	1,618	496	112	384
2016-17	2,430 -279	1,981 -232	536 -59	1,445 -173	449 -47	111 -1	338 -46
2017-18	2,546 116	2,108 127	591 55	1,517 72	438 -11	120 9	318 -20
2018-19	2,356 -190	1,928 -180	538 -53	1,390 -127	428 -10	91 -29	337 19
2019-20	2,309 -47	1,894 -34	536 -2	1,358 -32	415 -13	103 12	312 -25
2020-21	2,264 -45	1,941 47	541 5	1,400 42	323 -92	71 -32	252 -60
2021-22	2,106 -158	1,812 -129	493 -48	1,319 -81	294 -29	75 4	219 -33
2022-23	1,950 -156	1,680 -132	479 -14	1,201 -118	270 -24	78 3	192 -27
2023-24	2,059 109	1,773 93	528 49	1,245 44	286 16	85 7	201 9
2024-25	2,468 409	2,179 406	774 246	1,405 160	289 3	73 -12	216 15
Average	2,320	1,951	561	1,390	369	92	277

Southern University at New Orleans Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,951 where 2,179 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 University at New Orleans since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,213	1,485	396	1,089	728	199	529
2016-17	1,981	1,371	374	997	610	162	448
2017-18	2,108	1,520	451	1,069	588	140	448
2018-19	1,928	1,404	404	1,000	524	134	390
2019-20	1,894	1,383	394	989	511	142	369
2020-21	1,941	1,069	280	789	872	261	611
2021-22	1,812	927	222	705	885	271	614
2022-23	1,680	885	212	673	795	267	528
2023-24	1,773	901	249	652	872	279	593
2024-25	2,179	910	284	626	1,269	490	779
Average	1,951	1,951	327	859	1,951	235	531

Southern University at New Orleans Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 369 where 289 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 University at New Orleans since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	496	351	66	285	145	46	99
2016-17	449	326	66	260	123	45	78
2017-18	438	286	72	214	152	48	104
2018-19	428	280	52	228	148	39	109
2019-20	415	253	57	196	162	46	116
2020-21	323	192	41	151	131	30	101
2021-22	294	167	44	123	127	31	96
2022-23	270	171	50	121	99	28	71
2023-24	286	190	54	136	96	31	65
2024-25	289	205	44	161	84	29	55
Average	369	369	55	188	369	37	89

Southern University at New Orleans Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 5.92% and the percentage of black students is 77.19% at Southern University at New Orleans. 2.15% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 7.70% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 4.13% to 5.92%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.11% to 2.15%. Black student enrollment decreased from 84.42% to 77.19%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.85% to 7.70%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3933 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2854 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern University at New Orleans 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	9	30	2,287	23	0	112	0
2016-17	8	19	2,003	16	0	74	0
2017-18	6	15	1,962	21	0	66	0
2018-19	6	13	1,702	19	0	54	0
2019-20	4	9	1,930	26	1	64	0
2020-21	5	29	2,013	43	4	54	18
2021-22	6	36	1,850	47	9	67	20
2022-23	3	51	1,701	31	2	99	28
2023-24	4	57	1,795	81	1	59	34
2024-25	5	53	1,905	190	4	146	77
Average	6	31	1,915	50	2	80	18

Southern University at New Orleans Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

834 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 34% of total students. The number of online students has increased 531.82% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern University at New Orleans from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,709	132	1,067	1,510
2016-17	2,430	104	1,065	1,261
2017-18	2,546	115	890	1,541
2018-19	2,356	102	785	1,469
2019-20	2,309	127	857	1,325
2020-21	2,264	775	1,489	0
2021-22	2,106	385	856	865
2022-23	1,950	386	673	891
2023-24	2,059	731	750	578
2024-25	2,468	834	876	758
Average	2,320	369	931	1,020

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Enrollment Trends at SUNO

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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