Enrollment Trends at SUNO

The student population at Southern University at New Orleans is 1,950 (1,680 undergraduate and 270 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 870 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SUNO is 86.15% which is decreased by 669 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 201 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.50 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

386 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 179.71% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,353 where 1,950 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.15% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.85% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 669 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 201 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.50 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in SUNO than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Southern University at New Orleans since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,820	2,349	618	1,731	471	79	392
2013-14	2,292 -528	1,809 -540	454 -164	1,355 -376	483 12	90 11	393 1
2014-15	2,103 -189	1,658 -151	408 -46	1,250 -105	445 -38	92 2	353 -40
2015-16	2,709 606	2,213 555	595 187	1,618 368	496 51	112 20	384 31
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
Average	2,353	1,943	526	1,417	410	93	317

Southern University at New Orleans Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,943 where 1,680 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 Southern University at New Orleans since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,349	1,359	359	1,000	990	259	731
2013-14	1,809	1,222	296	926	587	158	429
2014-15	1,658	1,189	308	881	469	100	369
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
Average	1,943	1,943	336	920	1,943	190	497

Southern University at New Orleans Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 410 where 270 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 Southern University at New Orleans since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	471	462	75	387	9	4	5
2013-14	483	433	82	351	50	8	42
2014-15	445	256	51	205	189	41	148
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
Average	410	410	60	229	410	33	88

Southern University at New Orleans Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 5.08% and the percentage of black students is 87.23% at Southern University at New Orleans. 2.62% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern University at New Orleans 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	3	22	2,375	15	0	76	0
2013-14	4	13	1,885	15	0	63	0
2014-15	3	10	1,771	13	0	50	0
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
Average	5	22	1,953	24	1	71	6

Southern University at New Orleans Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

386 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 179.71% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern University at New Orleans from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,103	138	827	1,138
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
Average	2,308	252	945	1,111

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