Enrollment Trends for New Hampshire Colleges

New Hampshire Colleges Enrollment Trends Summary (2015-2025)

Overall Population Change:
- Total Enrollment: 231,366 students were enrolled in New Hampshire colleges.
- 10-Year Change: The total student population increased by 158% compared to a decade ago.
Student Level Trends:
- Undergraduate Growth: Undergraduate enrollment saw a increase of 192.05% compared to a decade ago.
- Graduate Growth: Graduate enrollment saw a increase of 60.71% compared to a decade ago.
Gender Dynamics:
- Current Ratio: There are more women students than men, with a ratio of 1.66 women to 1 man.
- Women Enrollment: Women students total 144,327 and have increased by 174.05% compared to a decade ago.
- Men Enrollment: Men students total 87,039 and have increased by 135.92% compared to a decade ago.
Online Education Growth:
- Online Exclusively: 188,343 students (81.40%) are enrolled exclusively in online programs.
- Online Growth: The number of students enrolled completely online has seen a dramatic increase of 367% since 2015.

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 162,652, and 231,366 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2024-2025.

Of the total students, 84.04% are undergraduate students and 15.96% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students increased by 127,913, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 13,954.

The women to men ratio is 1.66 to 1, meaning that there are more women students enrolled in New Hampshire Colleges than men students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	89,557	66,574	27,650	38,924	22,983	9,243	13,740
2015-16	107,389 17,832	80,504 13,930	32,128 4,478	48,376 9,452	26,885 3,902	10,572 1,329	16,313 2,573
2016-17	119,556 12,167	90,696 10,192	35,481 3,353	55,215 6,839	28,860 1,975	10,969 397	17,891 1,578
2017-18	136,623 17,067	106,897 16,201	41,468 5,987	65,429 10,214	29,726 866	11,019 50	18,707 816
2018-19	148,872 12,249	118,202 11,305	45,113 3,645	73,089 7,660	30,670 944	10,987 -32	19,683 976
2019-20	158,066 9,194	127,182 8,980	48,243 3,130	78,939 5,850	30,884 214	11,139 152	19,745 62
2020-21	178,324 20,258	144,257 17,075	54,855 6,612	89,402 10,463	34,067 3,183	12,546 1,407	21,521 1,776
2021-22	188,586 10,262	153,476 9,219	58,667 3,812	94,809 5,407	35,110 1,043	12,596 50	22,514 993
2022-23	205,355 16,769	171,074 17,598	64,995 6,328	106,079 11,270	34,281 -829	12,110 -486	22,171 -343
2023-24	225,474 20,119	189,570 18,496	72,098 7,103	117,472 11,393	35,904 1,623	12,613 503	23,291 1,120
2024-25	231,366 5,892	194,429 4,859	74,071 1,973	120,358 2,886	36,937 1,033	12,968 355	23,969 678
Average	162,652	131,169	50,434	80,736	31,482	11,524	19,959

New Hampshire Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 131,169. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 127,855 from 66,574 to 194,429.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	66,574	48,108	21,031	27,077	18,466	6,619	11,847
2015-16	80,504	52,817	22,608	30,209	27,687	9,520	18,167
2016-17	90,696	55,612	23,770	31,842	35,084	11,711	23,373
2017-18	106,897	53,521	22,701	30,820	53,376	18,767	34,609
2018-19	118,202	57,602	24,012	33,590	60,600	21,101	39,499
2019-20	127,182	59,282	24,422	34,860	67,900	23,821	44,079
2020-21	144,257	64,552	26,495	38,057	79,705	28,360	51,345
2021-22	153,476	65,262	26,737	38,525	88,214	31,930	56,284
2022-23	171,074	61,586	25,655	35,931	109,488	39,340	70,148
2023-24	189,570	76,940	31,388	45,552	112,630	40,710	71,920
2024-25	194,429	81,785	33,557	48,228	112,644	40,514	72,130
Average	131,169	131,169	25,671	35,881	131,169	24,763	44,855

New Hampshire Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 31,482. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 13,954 from 22,983 to 36,937.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	22,983	9,879	4,397	5,482	13,104	4,846	8,258
2015-16	26,885	10,154	4,546	5,608	16,731	6,026	10,705
2016-17	28,860	10,343	4,493	5,850	18,517	6,476	12,041
2017-18	29,726	10,261	4,293	5,968	19,465	6,726	12,739
2018-19	30,670	10,940	4,397	6,543	19,730	6,590	13,140
2019-20	30,884	12,126	5,092	7,034	18,758	6,047	12,711
2020-21	34,067	14,613	6,239	8,374	19,454	6,307	13,147
2021-22	35,110	15,480	6,432	9,048	19,630	6,164	13,466
2022-23	34,281	14,799	6,070	8,729	19,482	6,040	13,442
2023-24	35,904	15,926	6,537	9,389	19,978	6,076	13,902
2024-25	36,937	14,259	5,723	8,536	22,678	7,245	15,433
Average	31,482	31,482	5,293	7,324	31,482	6,231	12,635

New Hampshire Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.01%. The percentage was 49.94% 10 years ago and New Hampshire Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 3.05% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.63% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at New Hampshire 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	377	2,068	3,794	2,710	59	44,722	878
2015-16	508	2,835	8,214	5,014	151	59,678	1,390
2016-17	608	3,263	12,072	6,986	235	71,999	1,998
2017-18	730	3,421	15,453	9,463	347	85,721	2,610
2018-19	787	3,754	18,262	11,994	393	94,591	2,960
2019-20	766	3,850	19,513	13,658	416	97,384	3,402
2020-21	834	4,275	21,280	16,310	472	102,014	4,099
2021-22	820	4,494	20,886	17,238	472	101,594	4,659
2022-23	990	5,641	27,116	22,406	588	111,794	6,350
2023-24	1,156	6,637	33,980	27,670	680	122,698	8,058
2024-25	1,225	7,063	38,490	30,247	754	122,684	9,006
Average	800	4,300	19,915	14,881	415	92,262	4,128

New Hampshire Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

188,343 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 82% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,260.47% since 2013.

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

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	64,075	13,844	2,179	48,052
2013-14	74,554	24,480	5,155	44,919
2014-15	89,557	40,341	9,043	40,173
2015-16	107,389	55,386	7,017	44,986
2016-17	119,556	66,723	6,692	46,141
2017-18	136,623	88,685	6,145	41,793
2018-19	148,872	101,724	4,999	42,149
2019-20	158,066	110,595	7,253	40,218
2020-21	178,226	144,787	22,848	10,591
2021-22	188,586	144,553	9,922	34,111
2022-23	205,355	162,176	7,943	35,236
2023-24	225,474	182,242	7,974	35,258
2024-25	231,366	188,343	8,861	34,162
Average	148,285	101,837	8,156	38,291