Enrollment Trends at SUNY Old Westbury

The student population at SUNY Old Westbury is 4,709 (4,260 undergraduate and 449 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 356 (8.18%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SUNY Old Westbury is 90.47% which is increased by 135 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 221 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 72 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
292 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,068.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,676 where 4,709 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 5,126 students in 2020 and was lowest at 4,270 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 4,353 to 4,709 students, a net gain of 356 (8.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at SUNY Old Westbury since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,353	4,125	1,729	2,396	228	98	130
2016-17	4,463 110	4,244 119	1,733 4	2,511 115	219 -9	107 9	112 -18
2017-18	4,910 447	4,635 391	1,907 174	2,728 217	275 56	143 36	132 20
2018-19	5,087 177	4,784 149	1,939 32	2,845 117	303 28	107 -36	196 64
2019-20	5,126 39	4,809 25	1,980 41	2,829 -16	317 14	113 6	204 8
2020-21	5,007 -119	4,659 -150	1,874 -106	2,785 -44	348 31	112 -1	236 32
2021-22	4,381 -626	4,033 -626	1,608 -266	2,425 -360	348	137 25	211 -25
2022-23	4,270 -111	3,907 -126	1,615 7	2,292 -133	363 15	143 6	220 9
2023-24	4,449 179	4,040 133	1,669 54	2,371 79	409 46	145 2	264 44
2024-25	4,709 260	4,260 220	1,816 147	2,444 73	449 40	159 14	290 26
Average	4,676	4,350	1,787	2,563	326	126	200

SUNY Old Westbury Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,350 where 4,260 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 SUNY Old Westbury since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,125	3,522	1,450	2,072	603	279	324
2016-17	4,244	3,633	1,479	2,154	611	254	357
2017-18	4,635	4,056	1,630	2,426	579	277	302
2018-19	4,784	4,143	1,653	2,490	641	286	355
2019-20	4,809	4,131	1,705	2,426	678	275	403
2020-21	4,659	3,959	1,584	2,375	700	290	410
2021-22	4,033	3,399	1,329	2,070	634	279	355
2022-23	3,907	3,307	1,330	1,977	600	285	315
2023-24	4,040	3,447	1,420	2,027	593	249	344
2024-25	4,260	3,687	1,560	2,127	573	256	317
Average	4,350	4,350	1,514	2,214	4,350	273	348

SUNY Old Westbury Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 326 where 449 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 SUNY Old Westbury since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	228	134	53	81	94	45	49
2016-17	219	126	56	70	93	51	42
2017-18	275	164	84	80	111	59	52
2018-19	303	168	65	103	135	42	93
2019-20	317	146	61	85	171	52	119
2020-21	348	179	66	113	169	46	123
2021-22	348	149	65	84	199	72	127
2022-23	363	158	75	83	205	68	137
2023-24	409	190	70	120	219	75	144
2024-25	449	195	85	110	254	74	180
Average	326	326	68	93	326	58	107

SUNY Old Westbury Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 26.65% and the percentage of black students is 21.92% at SUNY Old Westbury. 11.15% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 32.36% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 32.90% to 26.65%. Asian enrollment grew from 10.06% to 11.15%. Black student enrollment decreased from 28.28% to 21.92%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 21.41% to 32.36%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7626 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7551 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at SUNY Old Westbury 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	11	438	1,231	932	18	1,432	115
2016-17	12	472	1,173	1,047	14	1,468	111
2017-18	13	529	1,291	1,237	10	1,544	124
2018-19	20	544	1,381	1,319	12	1,542	120
2019-20	23	553	1,392	1,337	12	1,523	130
2020-21	18	567	1,337	1,362	12	1,454	129
2021-22	13	517	1,088	1,223	11	1,306	114
2022-23	13	512	1,016	1,268	9	1,228	114
2023-24	12	505	1,010	1,357	9	1,228	129
2024-25	14	525	1,032	1,524	7	1,255	158
Average	15	516	1,195	1,261	11	1,398	124

SUNY Old Westbury Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

292 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,068.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at SUNY Old Westbury from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,353	25	313	4,015
2016-17	4,463	20	396	4,047
2017-18	4,910	22	4,460	428
2018-19	5,087	28	610	4,449
2019-20	5,126	63	750	4,313
2020-21	5,007	4,353	654	0
2021-22	4,381	673	2,209	1,499
2022-23	4,270	340	1,834	2,096
2023-24	4,449	329	1,805	2,315
2024-25	4,709	292	1,645	2,772
Average	4,676	615	1,468	2,593

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Enrollment Trends at SUNY Old Westbury

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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