Enrollment Trends for Florida Colleges

There are 182 active four-years colleges and universities in Florida - 41 public and 141 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 977,104 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Florida including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students decreased by 1.15% from 988,512 to 977,104. The undergraduate population decreased by 3.1% and the graduate population increased by 12.67% in last 10 years at Florida Colleges.

By gender, there are 571,192 female students and 405,912 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.41 to 1. The female students increased by 1.85% and male students decreased by 5.09% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 984,710, and 977,104 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 85.96% are undergraduate students and 14.04% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 26,828, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 15,420.

The female to male ratio is 1.41 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Florida Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Florida Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	988,512	866,764	376,088	490,676	121,748	51,590	70,158
2013-14	985,418 -3,094	862,481 -4,283	376,132 44	486,349 -4,327	122,937 1,189	52,059 469	70,878 720
2014-15	984,229 -1,189	862,173 -308	373,811 -2,321	488,362 2,013	122,056 -881	51,717 -342	70,339 -539
2015-16	985,518 1,289	862,012 -161	374,340 529	487,672 -690	123,506 1,450	52,560 843	70,946 607
2016-17	990,317 4,799	865,306 3,294	373,536 -804	491,770 4,098	125,011 1,505	52,761 201	72,250 1,304
2017-18	988,636 -1,681	863,338 -1,968	370,754 -2,782	492,584 814	125,298 287	52,031 -730	73,267 1,017
2018-19	995,648 7,012	872,166 8,828	371,200 446	500,966 8,382	123,482 -1,816	50,112 -1,919	73,370 103
2019-20	996,547 899	871,451 -715	368,272 -2,928	503,179 2,213	125,096 1,614	49,994 -118	75,102 1,732
2020-21	978,777 -17,770	846,278 -25,173	349,289 -18,983	496,989 -6,190	132,499 7,403	51,099 1,105	81,400 6,298
2021-22	961,104 -17,673	823,067 -23,211	342,831 -6,458	480,236 -16,753	138,037 5,538	52,448 1,349	85,589 4,189
2022-23	977,104 16,000	839,936 16,869	353,818 10,987	486,118 5,882	137,168 -869	52,094 -354	85,074 -515
Average	984,710	857,725	366,370	491,355	126,985	51,679	75,307

Florida Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 857,725. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 26,828 from 866,764 to 839,936.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Florida Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	866,764	485,201	221,659	263,542	381,563	154,429	227,134
2013-14	862,481	483,962	221,578	262,384	378,519	154,554	223,965
2014-15	862,173	477,293	216,626	260,667	384,880	157,185	227,695
2015-16	862,012	474,074	215,299	258,775	387,938	159,041	228,897
2016-17	865,306	472,590	213,254	259,336	392,716	160,282	232,434
2017-18	863,338	477,878	214,058	263,820	385,460	156,696	228,764
2018-19	872,166	484,316	215,224	269,092	387,850	155,976	231,874
2019-20	871,451	488,791	216,018	272,773	382,660	152,254	230,406
2020-21	846,278	484,755	209,460	275,295	361,523	139,829	221,694
2021-22	823,067	470,137	205,273	264,864	352,930	137,558	215,372
2022-23	839,936	486,402	214,642	271,760	353,534	139,176	214,358
Average	857,725	857,725	214,826	265,664	857,725	151,544	225,690

Florida Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 126,985. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 15,420 from 121,748 to 137,168.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Florida Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	121,748	73,051	32,990	40,061	48,697	18,600	30,097
2013-14	122,937	72,559	32,604	39,955	50,378	19,455	30,923
2014-15	122,056	73,223	33,032	40,191	48,833	18,685	30,148
2015-16	123,506	75,904	34,130	41,774	47,602	18,430	29,172
2016-17	125,011	78,078	34,831	43,247	46,933	17,930	29,003
2017-18	125,298	77,763	34,312	43,451	47,535	17,719	29,816
2018-19	123,482	76,634	32,854	43,780	46,848	17,258	29,590
2019-20	125,096	78,139	33,192	44,947	46,957	16,802	30,155
2020-21	132,499	81,461	33,194	48,267	51,038	17,905	33,133
2021-22	138,037	83,008	33,823	49,185	55,029	18,625	36,404
2022-23	137,168	82,884	33,822	49,062	54,284	18,272	36,012
Average	126,985	126,985	33,526	43,993	126,985	18,153	31,314

Florida Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 38.98% and the percentage of black students is 14.89% at Florida Colleges. 4.06% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Florida Colleges over the past 11 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	3,133	31,061	162,706	219,395	1,923	458,672	20,344
2013-14	2,967	31,173	164,826	226,760	2,177	452,893	22,948
2014-15	2,812	31,841	163,262	234,081	2,216	444,397	25,003
2015-16	2,861	32,990	159,975	238,680	2,211	438,878	26,811
2016-17	2,847	34,269	158,199	249,189	2,201	431,588	28,223
2017-18	2,638	34,699	155,576	258,911	2,165	422,629	29,703
2018-19	2,593	35,536	156,661	268,400	1,986	415,284	31,256
2019-20	2,520	36,972	154,933	273,931	1,828	409,306	33,442
2020-21	2,345	37,557	147,642	276,823	1,694	402,074	33,904
2021-22	2,250	38,418	144,923	273,556	1,561	386,250	34,082
2022-23	2,140	39,705	145,501	286,628	1,464	380,882	35,707
Average	2,646	34,929	155,837	255,123	1,948	422,078	29,220

Florida Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

301,945 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 31% of total students. The number of online students has increased 127.94% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Florida Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	988,512	132,469	197,108	658,935
2013-14	985,418	146,792	209,288	629,338
2014-15	984,229	161,388	222,244	600,597
2015-16	985,518	165,617	232,904	586,997
2016-17	990,317	176,786	244,153	569,378
2017-18	988,636	179,929	262,174	546,533
2018-19	995,648	183,486	272,063	540,099
2019-20	996,547	196,439	282,474	517,634
2020-21	978,791	561,713	250,668	166,410
2021-22	961,104	317,736	312,388	330,980
2022-23	977,104	301,945	316,801	358,358
Average	984,711	229,482	254,751	500,478

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