Enrollment Trends for New York Colleges

New York Colleges Enrollment Trends Summary (2015-2025)

Overall Population Change:
- Total Enrollment: 907,291 students were enrolled in New York colleges.
- 10-Year Change: The total student population decreased by -4% compared to a decade ago.
Student Level Trends:
- Undergraduate Growth: Undergraduate enrollment saw a decrease of -7.95% compared to a decade ago.
- Graduate Growth: Graduate enrollment saw a increase of 10.05% compared to a decade ago.
Gender Dynamics:
- Current Ratio: There are more women students than men, with a ratio of 1.34 women to 1 man.
- Women Enrollment: Women students total 519,013 and have decreased by -1.37% compared to a decade ago.
- Men Enrollment: Men students total 388,278 and have decreased by -6.34% compared to a decade ago.
Online Education Growth:
- Online Exclusively: 114,515 students (12.62%) are enrolled exclusively in online programs.
- Online Growth: The number of students enrolled completely online has seen a dramatic increase of 52% since 2015.

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 927,267, and 907,291 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2024-2025.

Of the total students, 71.93% are undergraduate students and 28.07% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 70,339, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 20,810.

The women to men ratio is 1.35 to 1, meaning that there are more women students enrolled in New York Colleges than men students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	940,772	711,395	320,175	391,220	229,377	94,395	134,982
2015-16	941,434 662	710,096 -1,299	319,054 -1,121	391,042 -178	231,338 1,961	95,210 815	136,128 1,146
2016-17	945,357 3,923	709,919 -177	319,088 34	390,831 -211	235,438 4,100	95,996 786	139,442 3,314
2017-18	938,739 -6,618	701,886 -8,033	317,014 -2,074	384,872 -5,959	236,853 1,415	96,394 398	140,459 1,017
2018-19	947,839 9,100	704,195 2,309	316,842 -172	387,353 2,481	243,644 6,791	97,586 1,192	146,058 5,599
2019-20	946,115 -1,724	699,017 -5,178	312,296 -4,546	386,721 -632	247,098 3,454	97,754 168	149,344 3,286
2020-21	925,904 -20,211	681,640 -17,377	301,057 -11,239	380,583 -6,138	244,264 -2,834	94,732 -3,022	149,532 188
2021-22	915,548 -10,356	663,405 -18,235	291,169 -9,888	372,236 -8,347	252,143 7,879	97,559 2,827	154,584 5,052
2022-23	894,259 -21,289	644,496 -18,909	283,814 -7,355	360,682 -11,554	249,763 -2,380	96,398 -1,161	153,365 -1,219
2023-24	896,679 2,420	647,140 2,644	287,713 3,899	359,427 -1,255	249,539 -224	96,769 371	152,770 -595
2024-25	907,291 10,612	654,853 7,713	290,129 2,416	364,724 5,297	252,438 2,899	98,149 1,380	154,289 1,519
Average	927,267	684,367	305,305	379,063	242,900	96,449	146,450

New York Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 684,367. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 56,542 from 711,395 to 654,853.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	711,395	564,111	259,761	304,350	147,284	60,414	86,870
2015-16	710,096	565,642	259,677	305,965	144,454	59,377	85,077
2016-17	709,919	567,968	260,169	307,799	141,951	58,919	83,032
2017-18	701,886	570,860	261,951	308,909	131,026	55,063	75,963
2018-19	704,195	578,188	263,360	314,828	126,007	53,482	72,525
2019-20	699,017	577,733	261,959	315,774	121,284	50,337	70,947
2020-21	681,640	563,441	252,114	311,327	118,199	48,943	69,256
2021-22	663,405	549,653	244,471	305,182	113,752	46,698	67,054
2022-23	644,496	537,227	239,842	297,385	107,269	43,972	63,297
2023-24	647,140	538,510	242,708	295,802	108,630	45,005	63,625
2024-25	654,853	542,146	244,444	297,702	112,707	45,685	67,022
Average	684,367	684,367	253,678	305,911	684,367	51,627	73,152

New York Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 242,900. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 23,061 from 229,377 to 252,438.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	229,377	137,223	60,934	76,289	92,154	33,461	58,693
2015-16	231,338	138,596	61,898	76,698	92,742	33,312	59,430
2016-17	235,438	140,721	61,934	78,787	94,717	34,062	60,655
2017-18	236,853	143,058	62,600	80,458	93,795	33,794	60,001
2018-19	243,644	146,722	63,297	83,425	96,922	34,289	62,633
2019-20	247,098	150,448	64,221	86,227	96,650	33,533	63,117
2020-21	244,264	144,975	60,678	84,297	99,289	34,054	65,235
2021-22	252,143	158,014	66,274	91,740	94,129	31,285	62,844
2022-23	249,763	158,269	65,212	93,057	91,494	31,186	60,308
2023-24	249,539	160,453	66,700	93,753	89,086	30,069	59,017
2024-25	252,438	169,000	69,933	99,067	83,438	28,216	55,222
Average	242,900	242,900	63,971	85,800	242,900	32,478	60,650

New York Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 40.33% and the percentage of black students is 11.22% at New York Colleges. 12.40% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at New York 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	2,798	88,177	109,831	125,678	2,075	451,776	19,085
2015-16	2,718	90,152	110,299	131,347	1,805	443,665	20,441
2016-17	2,703	92,487	110,780	137,407	1,779	439,029	21,858
2017-18	2,633	94,580	109,182	141,298	1,588	428,207	22,750
2018-19	2,582	98,194	111,107	146,202	1,458	424,097	24,090
2019-20	2,543	100,567	110,777	149,210	1,348	417,329	25,704
2020-21	2,477	103,102	107,814	150,668	1,169	408,665	26,909
2021-22	2,350	105,983	103,097	148,814	1,112	396,067	27,500
2022-23	2,191	106,719	98,630	145,302	1,087	374,710	27,907
2023-24	2,272	107,732	100,318	148,290	1,012	365,905	28,784
2024-25	2,234	110,475	99,966	154,622	1,041	359,376	28,995
Average	2,500	99,833	106,527	143,531	1,407	409,893	24,911

New York Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

114,515 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has increased 65.30% since 2013.

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

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	933,444	69,275	59,218	804,951
2013-14	934,408	73,038	70,087	791,283
2014-15	940,772	75,538	61,343	803,891
2015-16	941,434	76,506	65,914	799,014
2016-17	945,357	79,435	86,922	779,000
2017-18	938,739	74,162	96,991	767,586
2018-19	947,839	74,140	89,398	784,301
2019-20	946,115	73,948	106,262	765,905
2020-21	928,312	438,088	285,041	205,183
2021-22	915,548	165,170	291,678	458,700
2022-23	894,259	116,152	233,128	544,979
2023-24	896,679	111,745	221,985	562,949
2024-25	907,291	114,515	224,782	567,994
Average	928,477	118,593	145,596	664,287