Enrollment Trends at Fisher

The student population at St. John Fisher University is 3,693 (2,571 undergraduate and 1,122 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 130 (3.40%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Fisher is 69.62% which is decreased by 225 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 95 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 57 male students for every 100 female students, down from 60 in 2015.
729 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 789.02% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,685 where 3,693 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 3,823 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,539 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,823 to 3,693 students, a net loss of 130 (3.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at St. John Fisher University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,823	2,796	1,102	1,694	1,027	338	689
2016-17	3,783 -40	2,770 -26	1,106 4	1,664 -30	1,013 -14	328 -10	685 -4
2017-18	3,776 -7	2,749 -21	1,109 3	1,640 -24	1,027 14	324 -4	703 18
2018-19	3,712 -64	2,743 -6	1,139 30	1,604 -36	969 -58	289 -35	680 -23
2019-20	3,618 -94	2,656 -87	1,084 -55	1,572 -32	962 -7	288 -1	674 -6
2020-21	3,610 -8	2,690 34	1,097 13	1,593 21	920 -42	254 -34	666 -8
2021-22	3,539 -71	2,597 -93	1,088 -9	1,509 -84	942 22	232 -22	710 44
2022-23	3,621 82	2,629 32	1,088	1,541 32	992 50	249 17	743 33
2023-24	3,674 53	2,590 -39	1,087 -1	1,503 -38	1,084 92	243 -6	841 98
2024-25	3,693 19	2,571 -19	1,085 -2	1,486 -17	1,122 38	261 18	861 20
Average	3,685	2,679	1,099	1,581	1,006	281	725

St. John Fisher University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,679 where 2,571 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 St. John Fisher University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,796	2,616	1,044	1,572	180	58	122
2016-17	2,770	2,601	1,046	1,555	169	60	109
2017-18	2,749	2,624	1,069	1,555	125	40	85
2018-19	2,743	2,616	1,103	1,513	127	36	91
2019-20	2,656	2,535	1,043	1,492	121	41	80
2020-21	2,690	2,573	1,060	1,513	117	37	80
2021-22	2,597	2,491	1,050	1,441	106	38	68
2022-23	2,629	2,540	1,059	1,481	89	29	60
2023-24	2,590	2,525	1,054	1,471	65	33	32
2024-25	2,571	2,515	1,060	1,455	56	25	31
Average	2,679	2,679	1,059	1,505	2,679	40	76

St. John Fisher University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,006 where 1,122 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 St. John Fisher University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,027	647	241	406	380	97	283
2016-17	1,013	633	228	405	380	100	280
2017-18	1,027	629	237	392	398	87	311
2018-19	969	545	184	361	424	105	319
2019-20	962	512	182	330	450	106	344
2020-21	920	472	148	324	448	106	342
2021-22	942	534	155	379	408	77	331
2022-23	992	552	159	393	440	90	350
2023-24	1,084	512	144	368	572	99	473
2024-25	1,122	485	142	343	637	119	518
Average	1,006	1,006	182	370	1,006	99	355

St. John Fisher University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.84%. The percentage was 82.03% 10 years ago and Fisher still has a high percentage of white students. 4.74% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.28% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.03% to 74.84%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.82% to 4.74%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.15% to 7.28%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.16% to 8.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4251 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3210 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at St. John Fisher 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	9	146	197	159	5	3,136	60
2016-17	11	149	201	160	2	3,087	64
2017-18	10	144	209	179	1	3,054	69
2018-19	9	138	214	171	0	3,022	63
2019-20	11	143	203	170	0	2,936	61
2020-21	7	157	215	164	1	2,874	69
2021-22	10	136	198	208	1	2,817	63
2022-23	7	162	245	235	2	2,813	59
2023-24	11	176	269	270	4	2,799	65
2024-25	15	175	269	303	4	2,764	74
Average	10	153	222	202	2	2,930	65

St. John Fisher University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

729 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 789.02% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at St. John Fisher University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,823	82	87	3,654
2016-17	3,783	60	90	3,633
2017-18	3,776	59	159	3,558
2018-19	3,712	80	306	3,326
2019-20	3,618	43	417	3,158
2020-21	3,610	93	1,191	2,326
2021-22	3,539	215	1,041	2,283
2022-23	3,621	431	969	2,221
2023-24	3,674	642	1,026	2,006
2024-25	3,693	729	1,083	1,881
Average	3,685	243	637	2,805

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Enrollment Trends at Fisher

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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