Enrollment Trends at SUNY Albany

The student population at University at Albany is 17,560 (12,666 undergraduate and 4,894 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 382 (2.22%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SUNY Albany is 72.13% which is decreased by 241 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 623 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 78 male students for every 100 female students, down from 92 in 2015.
1,941 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 430.33% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 17,364 where 17,560 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 17,944 students in 2019 and was lowest at 16,658 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 17,178 to 17,560 students, a net gain of 382 (2.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	17,178	12,907	6,590	6,317	4,271	1,649	2,622
2016-17	17,373 195	13,139 232	6,639 49	6,500 183	4,234 -37	1,651 2	2,583 -39
2017-18	17,743 370	13,508 369	6,672 33	6,836 336	4,235 1	1,679 28	2,556 -27
2018-19	17,944 201	13,598 90	6,661 -11	6,937 101	4,346 111	1,688 9	2,658 102
2019-20	17,544 -400	13,286 -312	6,426 -235	6,860 -77	4,258 -88	1,591 -97	2,667 9
2020-21	17,688 144	13,182 -104	6,304 -122	6,878 18	4,506 248	1,647 56	2,859 192
2021-22	17,075 -613	12,654 -528	5,867 -437	6,787 -91	4,421 -85	1,548 -99	2,873 14
2022-23	16,658 -417	12,264 -390	5,604 -263	6,660 -127	4,394 -27	1,596 48	2,798 -75
2023-24	16,880 222	12,190 -74	5,630 26	6,560 -100	4,690 296	1,798 202	2,892 94
2024-25	17,560 680	12,666 476	5,803 173	6,863 303	4,894 204	1,891 93	3,003 111
Average	17,364	12,939	6,220	6,720	4,425	1,674	2,751

University at Albany Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 12,939 where 12,666 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University at Albany since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,907	12,223	6,200	6,023	684	390	294
2016-17	13,139	12,421	6,271	6,150	718	368	350
2017-18	13,508	12,740	6,267	6,473	768	405	363
2018-19	13,598	12,899	6,280	6,619	699	381	318
2019-20	13,286	12,568	6,024	6,544	718	402	316
2020-21	13,182	12,203	5,748	6,455	979	556	423
2021-22	12,654	11,792	5,419	6,373	862	448	414
2022-23	12,264	11,541	5,240	6,301	723	364	359
2023-24	12,190	11,558	5,288	6,270	632	342	290
2024-25	12,666	12,017	5,463	6,554	649	340	309
Average	12,939	12,939	5,820	6,376	12,939	400	344

University at Albany Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,425 where 4,894 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University at Albany since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,271	2,218	880	1,338	2,053	769	1,284
2016-17	4,234	2,099	843	1,256	2,135	808	1,327
2017-18	4,235	2,109	852	1,257	2,126	827	1,299
2018-19	4,346	2,157	898	1,259	2,189	790	1,399
2019-20	4,258	2,108	838	1,270	2,150	753	1,397
2020-21	4,506	2,289	892	1,397	2,217	755	1,462
2021-22	4,421	2,168	825	1,343	2,253	723	1,530
2022-23	4,394	2,219	864	1,355	2,175	732	1,443
2023-24	4,690	2,471	1,043	1,428	2,219	755	1,464
2024-25	4,894	2,550	1,077	1,473	2,344	814	1,530
Average	4,425	4,425	901	1,338	4,425	773	1,414

University at Albany Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 39.52% and the percentage of black students is 19.28% at University at Albany. 8.74% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 16.21% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 51.24% to 39.52%. Asian enrollment grew from 7.23% to 8.74%. Black student enrollment increased from 13.58% to 19.28%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.59% to 16.21%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7715 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6972 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University at Albany over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	32	1,242	2,333	2,163	23	8,802	443
2016-17	29	1,300	2,500	2,357	15	8,634	474
2017-18	32	1,305	2,754	2,556	18	8,425	501
2018-19	28	1,318	2,901	2,690	16	8,318	548
2019-20	34	1,351	2,854	2,629	12	8,174	582
2020-21	37	1,332	2,947	2,696	15	8,322	634
2021-22	40	1,347	2,954	2,661	10	7,915	636
2022-23	39	1,378	3,013	2,671	11	7,302	628
2023-24	31	1,427	3,183	2,685	21	6,972	608
2024-25	30	1,534	3,385	2,846	18	6,939	635
Average	33	1,353	2,882	2,595	16	7,980	569

University at Albany Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,941 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 430.33% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University at Albany from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	17,178	366	1,194	15,618
2016-17	17,373	534	1,557	15,282
2017-18	17,743	643	1,854	15,246
2018-19	17,944	756	2,015	15,173
2019-20	17,544	877	2,464	14,203
2020-21	17,688	9,027	7,546	1,115
2021-22	17,075	1,656	5,351	10,068
2022-23	16,658	1,494	5,239	9,925
2023-24	16,880	1,629	6,492	8,759
2024-25	17,560	1,941	7,034	8,585
Average	17,364	1,892	4,075	11,397

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Enrollment Trends at SUNY Albany

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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