Enrollment Trends at State University of New York at Plattsburgh

The student population at State University of New York at Plattsburgh is 4,540 (3,825 undergraduate and 715 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,178 (20.60%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at State University of New York at Plattsburgh is 84.25% which is decreased by 1,552 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 374 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 63 male students for every 100 female students, down from 75 in 2015.
1,019 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 276.01% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,120 where 4,540 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 5,719 students in 2018 and was lowest at 4,417 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,718 to 4,540 students, a net loss of 1,178 (20.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at State University of New York at Plattsburgh since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,718	5,377	2,366	3,011	341	82	259
2016-17	5,520 -198	5,215 -162	2,257 -109	2,958 -53	305 -36	67 -15	238 -21
2017-18	5,719 199	5,351 136	2,275 18	3,076 118	368 63	94 27	274 36
2018-19	5,704 -15	5,297 -54	2,281 6	3,016 -60	407 39	108 14	299 25
2019-20	5,258 -446	4,871 -426	2,037 -244	2,834 -182	387 -20	103 -5	284 -15
2020-21	5,109 -149	4,680 -191	1,892 -145	2,788 -46	429 42	101 -2	328 44
2021-22	4,738 -371	4,323 -357	1,739 -153	2,584 -204	415 -14	129 28	286 -42
2022-23	4,474 -264	4,004 -319	1,567 -172	2,437 -147	470 55	129	341 55
2023-24	4,417 -57	3,856 -148	1,570 3	2,286 -151	561 91	151 22	410 69
2024-25	4,540 123	3,825 -31	1,543 -27	2,282 -4	715 154	214 63	501 91
Average	5,120	4,680	1,953	2,727	440	118	322

State University of New York at Plattsburgh Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,680 where 3,825 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 State University of New York at Plattsburgh since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,377	4,960	2,210	2,750	417	156	261
2016-17	5,215	4,822	2,117	2,705	393	140	253
2017-18	5,351	4,894	2,094	2,800	457	181	276
2018-19	5,297	4,853	2,109	2,744	444	172	272
2019-20	4,871	4,420	1,866	2,554	451	171	280
2020-21	4,680	4,185	1,705	2,480	495	187	308
2021-22	4,323	3,860	1,568	2,292	463	171	292
2022-23	4,004	3,548	1,394	2,154	456	173	283
2023-24	3,856	3,404	1,389	2,015	452	181	271
2024-25	3,825	3,405	1,394	2,011	420	149	271
Average	4,680	4,680	1,785	2,451	4,680	168	277

State University of New York at Plattsburgh Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 440 where 715 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 State University of New York at Plattsburgh since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	341	207	51	156	134	31	103
2016-17	305	191	39	152	114	28	86
2017-18	368	227	53	174	141	41	100
2018-19	407	270	66	204	137	42	95
2019-20	387	247	63	184	140	40	100
2020-21	429	266	55	211	163	46	117
2021-22	415	250	68	182	165	61	104
2022-23	470	320	77	243	150	52	98
2023-24	561	349	96	253	212	55	157
2024-25	715	460	125	335	255	89	166
Average	440	440	69	209	440	49	113

State University of New York at Plattsburgh Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.01%. The percentage was 69.22% 10 years ago and State University of New York at Plattsburgh still has a high percentage of white students. 2.56% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.73% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.84% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.22% to 64.01%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.38% to 2.56%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.84% to 10.73%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.74% to 12.84%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5608 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5058 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at State University of New York at Plattsburgh 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	22	136	391	557	7	3,958	107
2016-17	22	123	402	601	3	3,742	104
2017-18	21	152	457	680	4	3,741	115
2018-19	28	142	495	643	8	3,738	94
2019-20	28	136	501	625	7	3,375	81
2020-21	30	132	518	618	8	3,326	99
2021-22	22	111	469	597	6	3,112	89
2022-23	20	110	483	578	7	2,920	95
2023-24	14	106	458	551	7	2,917	118
2024-25	18	116	487	583	6	2,906	126
Average	23	126	466	603	6	3,374	103

State University of New York at Plattsburgh Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,019 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 276.01% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at State University of New York at Plattsburgh from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	5,718	271	1,425	4,022
2016-17	5,520	241	1,545	3,734
2017-18	5,719	339	1,627	3,753
2018-19	5,704	405	1,287	4,012
2019-20	5,258	497	1,362	3,399
2020-21	5,109	1,361	3,506	242
2021-22	4,738	711	2,633	1,394
2022-23	4,474	790	2,193	1,491
2023-24	4,417	885	1,958	1,574
2024-25	4,540	1,019	2,034	1,487
Average	5,120	652	1,957	2,511

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Enrollment Trends at State University of New York at Plattsburgh

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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