Enrollment Trends for Maryland Colleges

Maryland Colleges Enrollment Trends Summary (2015-2025)

Overall Population Change:
- Total Enrollment: 246,414 students were enrolled in Maryland colleges.
- 10-Year Change: The total student population increased by 7% compared to a decade ago.
Student Level Trends:
- Undergraduate Growth: Undergraduate enrollment saw a increase of 6.41% compared to a decade ago.
- Graduate Growth: Graduate enrollment saw a increase of 7.42% compared to a decade ago.
Gender Dynamics:
- Current Ratio: There are more women students than men, with a ratio of 1.12 women to 1 man.
- Women Enrollment: Women students total 130,091 and have increased by 4.59% compared to a decade ago.
- Men Enrollment: Men students total 116,323 and have increased by 9.18% compared to a decade ago.
Online Education Growth:
- Online Exclusively: 87,058 students (35.33%) are enrolled exclusively in online programs.
- Online Growth: The number of students enrolled completely online has seen a dramatic increase of 72% since 2015.

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 241,823, and 246,414 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2024-2025.

Of the total students, 69.49% are undergraduate students and 30.51% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students increased by 5,921, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 5,099.

The women to men ratio is 1.14 to 1, meaning that there are slightly more women students enrolled in Maryland Colleges than men students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	230,920	162,201	77,455	84,746	68,719	29,087	39,632
2015-16	234,345 3,425	164,256 2,055	78,822 1,367	85,434 688	70,089 1,370	29,547 460	40,542 910
2016-17	244,107 9,762	172,588 8,332	84,370 5,548	88,218 2,784	71,519 1,430	29,966 419	41,553 1,011
2017-18	246,578 2,471	173,824 1,236	84,834 464	88,990 772	72,754 1,235	30,220 254	42,534 981
2018-19	248,423 1,845	175,687 1,863	84,971 137	90,716 1,726	72,736 -18	29,873 -347	42,863 329
2019-20	245,156 -3,267	173,364 -2,323	83,560 -1,411	89,804 -912	71,792 -944	29,569 -304	42,223 -640
2020-21	243,361 -1,795	170,693 -2,671	81,958 -1,602	88,735 -1,069	72,668 876	29,933 364	42,735 512
2021-22	241,187 -2,174	165,797 -4,896	79,265 -2,693	86,532 -2,203	75,390 2,722	31,274 1,341	44,116 1,381
2022-23	237,532 -3,655	164,551 -1,246	79,966 701	84,585 -1,947	72,981 -2,409	31,069 -205	41,912 -2,204
2023-24	242,031 4,499	169,575 5,024	82,760 2,794	86,815 2,230	72,456 -525	31,572 503	40,884 -1,028
2024-25	246,414 4,383	172,596 3,021	83,872 1,112	88,724 1,909	73,818 1,362	32,451 879	41,367 483
Average	241,823	169,557	81,985	87,573	72,266	30,415	41,851

Maryland Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 169,557. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 10,395 from 162,201 to 172,596.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	162,201	119,631	56,474	63,157	42,570	20,981	21,589
2015-16	164,256	119,700	56,578	63,122	44,556	22,244	22,312
2016-17	172,588	122,415	58,141	64,274	50,173	26,229	23,944
2017-18	173,824	122,290	58,149	64,141	51,534	26,685	24,849
2018-19	175,687	122,361	57,756	64,605	53,326	27,215	26,111
2019-20	173,364	121,064	56,971	64,093	52,300	26,589	25,711
2020-21	170,693	118,185	55,022	63,163	52,508	26,936	25,572
2021-22	165,797	116,150	53,727	62,423	49,647	25,538	24,109
2022-23	164,551	114,883	53,425	61,458	49,668	26,541	23,127
2023-24	169,575	117,270	54,819	62,451	52,305	27,941	24,364
2024-25	172,596	120,390	56,428	63,962	52,206	27,444	24,762
Average	169,557	169,557	56,135	63,350	169,557	25,849	24,223

Maryland Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 72,266. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 5,099 from 68,719 to 73,818.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	68,719	29,003	12,886	16,117	39,716	16,201	23,515
2015-16	70,089	29,971	13,151	16,820	40,118	16,396	23,722
2016-17	71,519	30,365	13,235	17,130	41,154	16,731	24,423
2017-18	72,754	30,449	13,091	17,358	42,305	17,129	25,176
2018-19	72,736	30,780	13,062	17,718	41,956	16,811	25,145
2019-20	71,792	30,722	13,045	17,677	41,070	16,524	24,546
2020-21	72,668	29,945	12,749	17,196	42,723	17,184	25,539
2021-22	75,390	33,758	14,493	19,265	41,632	16,781	24,851
2022-23	72,981	34,047	15,106	18,941	38,934	15,963	22,971
2023-24	72,456	33,762	14,888	18,874	38,694	16,684	22,010
2024-25	73,818	34,839	15,333	19,506	38,979	17,118	21,861
Average	72,266	72,266	13,731	17,873	72,266	16,684	23,978

Maryland Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 34.70% and the percentage of black students is 25.65% at Maryland Colleges. 9.97% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Maryland 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	596	17,157	55,268	15,332	518	109,720	7,859
2015-16	595	17,650	56,431	16,537	591	108,144	8,411
2016-17	655	19,008	58,320	18,649	615	109,337	9,205
2017-18	616	19,673	60,105	19,545	642	108,453	9,795
2018-19	616	20,331	60,134	20,686	541	105,982	10,110
2019-20	619	20,754	58,869	21,500	589	102,982	10,144
2020-21	588	21,769	58,094	22,911	603	101,287	10,433
2021-22	566	22,638	55,693	23,243	570	97,340	10,307
2022-23	545	23,042	55,979	24,293	560	91,223	10,379
2023-24	594	23,682	58,726	25,980	595	88,149	10,615
2024-25	617	24,121	62,066	27,137	655	83,957	11,147
Average	601	20,893	58,153	21,438	589	100,598	9,855

Maryland Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

87,058 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 36% of total students. The number of online students has increased 95.32% since 2013.

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

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	225,931	44,573	21,721	159,637
2013-14	222,394	43,062	22,395	156,937
2014-15	230,920	50,591	25,988	154,341
2015-16	234,345	56,074	27,299	150,972
2016-17	244,107	59,836	29,110	155,161
2017-18	246,578	63,161	30,779	152,638
2018-19	248,423	67,883	30,936	149,604
2019-20	245,156	68,797	35,625	140,734
2020-21	243,456	156,048	55,223	32,185
2021-22	241,187	84,310	64,053	92,824
2022-23	237,532	82,588	54,133	100,811
2023-24	242,031	84,535	54,953	102,543
2024-25	246,414	87,058	50,477	108,879
Average	239,113	72,963	38,669	127,482