Enrollment Trends for Florida Colleges

Florida Colleges Enrollment Trends Summary (2015-2025)

Overall Population Change:
- Total Enrollment: 1,024,273 students were enrolled in Florida colleges.
- 10-Year Change: The total student population increased by 4% compared to a decade ago.
Student Level Trends:
- Undergraduate Growth: Undergraduate enrollment saw a increase of 2.68% compared to a decade ago.
- Graduate Growth: Graduate enrollment saw a increase of 13.84% compared to a decade ago.
Gender Dynamics:
- Current Ratio: There are more women students than men, with a ratio of 1.39 women to 1 man.
- Women Enrollment: Women students total 594,896 and have increased by 6.48% compared to a decade ago.
- Men Enrollment: Men students total 429,377 and have increased by 0.90% compared to a decade ago.
Online Education Growth:
- Online Exclusively: 301,238 students (29.41%) are enrolled exclusively in online programs.
- Online Growth: The number of students enrolled completely online has seen a dramatic increase of 87% since 2015.

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 986,381, and 1,024,273 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2024-2025.

Of the total students, 86.47% are undergraduate students and 13.56% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students increased by 25,543, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 17,107.

The women to men ratio is 1.39 to 1, meaning that there are more women students enrolled in Florida Colleges than men students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Florida Colleges since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	984,229	862,173	373,811	488,362	122,056	51,717	70,339
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
2023-24	968,036 -9,068	831,554 -8,382	353,268 -550	478,286 -7,832	136,482 -686	52,220 126	84,262 -812
2024-25	1,024,273 56,237	885,319 53,765	376,641 23,373	508,678 30,392	138,954 2,472	52,736 516	86,218 1,956
Average	986,381	856,600	364,342	492,258	129,781	51,797	77,983

Florida Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 856,600. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 23,146 from 862,173 to 885,319.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Florida Colleges since 2015.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	831,554	492,656	218,216	274,440	338,898	135,052	203,846
2024-25	885,319	520,057	231,102	288,955	365,262	145,539	219,723
Average	856,600	856,600	215,379	269,071	856,600	148,963	223,188

Florida Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 129,781. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 16,898 from 122,056 to 138,954.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Florida Colleges since 2015.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	136,482	83,414	34,094	49,320	53,068	18,126	34,942
2024-25	138,954	85,315	34,571	50,744	53,639	18,165	35,474
Average	129,781	129,781	33,805	45,815	129,781	17,992	32,168

Florida Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 36.33% and the percentage of black students is 14.62% at Florida Colleges. 4.12% 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 (2014-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	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
2023-24	2,077	40,543	141,026	282,982	1,462	372,297	36,749
2024-25	2,173	42,249	150,039	315,052	1,410	372,977	38,721
Average	2,478	36,798	152,522	268,930	1,836	406,960	32,146

Florida Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

301,238 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 29% of total students. The number of online students has increased 127.40% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Florida Colleges from 2012 to 2025.

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
2023-24	968,036	288,917	325,919	353,200
2024-25	1,024,273	301,238	345,073	377,962
Average	986,472	239,573	267,174	479,725