Enrollment Trends at SUNY Potsdam

The student population at SUNY College at Potsdam is 2,832 (2,111 undergraduate and 721 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,072 (27.46%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SUNY Potsdam is 74.54% which is decreased by 1,503 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 431 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 57 male students for every 100 female students, down from 71 in 2015.
655 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 3,019.05% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,175 where 2,832 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 3,904 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,427 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,904 to 2,832 students, a net loss of 1,072 (27.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,904	3,614	1,559	2,055	290	68	222
2016-17	3,696 -208	3,416 -198	1,450 -109	1,966 -89	280 -10	67 -1	213 -9
2017-18	3,587 -109	3,321 -95	1,384 -66	1,937 -29	266 -14	74 7	192 -21
2018-19	3,521 -66	3,298 -23	1,328 -56	1,970 33	223 -43	62 -12	161 -31
2019-20	3,339 -182	3,063 -235	1,167 -161	1,896 -74	276 53	79 17	197 36
2020-21	3,084 -255	2,842 -221	1,039 -128	1,803 -93	242 -34	68 -11	174 -23
2021-22	2,607 -477	2,352 -490	884 -155	1,468 -335	255 13	71 3	184 10
2022-23	2,427 -180	2,082 -270	813 -71	1,269 -199	345 90	80 9	265 81
2023-24	2,751 324	2,211 129	898 85	1,313 44	540 195	104 24	436 171
2024-25	2,832 81	2,111 -100	887 -11	1,224 -89	721 181	141 37	580 144
Average	3,175	2,831	1,141	1,690	344	81	262

SUNY College at Potsdam Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,831 where 2,111 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 College at Potsdam since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,614	3,504	1,503	2,001	110	56	54
2016-17	3,416	3,321	1,401	1,920	95	49	46
2017-18	3,321	3,196	1,316	1,880	125	68	57
2018-19	3,298	3,221	1,287	1,934	77	41	36
2019-20	3,063	2,977	1,135	1,842	86	32	54
2020-21	2,842	2,705	981	1,724	137	58	79
2021-22	2,352	2,251	839	1,412	101	45	56
2022-23	2,082	2,003	790	1,213	79	23	56
2023-24	2,211	1,894	788	1,106	317	110	207
2024-25	2,111	1,749	766	983	362	121	241
Average	2,831	2,831	1,081	1,602	2,831	60	89

SUNY College at Potsdam Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 344 where 721 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 College at Potsdam since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	290	190	39	151	100	29	71
2016-17	280	190	39	151	90	28	62
2017-18	266	186	51	135	80	23	57
2018-19	223	169	47	122	54	15	39
2019-20	276	196	54	142	80	25	55
2020-21	242	157	41	116	85	27	58
2021-22	255	147	45	102	108	26	82
2022-23	345	200	47	153	145	33	112
2023-24	540	337	65	272	203	39	164
2024-25	721	451	88	363	270	53	217
Average	344	344	52	171	344	30	92

SUNY College at Potsdam Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.06%. The percentage was 65.78% 10 years ago and SUNY Potsdam still has a high percentage of white students. 1.52% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.08% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.76% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.78% to 60.06%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.84% to 1.52%. Black student enrollment decreased from 9.61% to 5.08%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 11.71% to 8.76%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6281 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5432 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at SUNY College at Potsdam 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	69	72	375	457	4	2,568	87
2016-17	63	75	392	505	5	2,340	90
2017-18	74	70	432	506	3	2,249	86
2018-19	58	81	432	518	2	2,197	92
2019-20	49	63	385	453	2	2,164	99
2020-21	56	53	330	379	0	2,063	89
2021-22	35	44	232	260	0	1,858	78
2022-23	38	38	173	224	1	1,762	74
2023-24	40	40	157	201	2	1,675	62
2024-25	40	43	144	248	1	1,701	59
Average	52	58	305	375	2	2,058	82

SUNY College at Potsdam Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

655 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 3,019.05% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at SUNY College at Potsdam from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,904	21	400	3,483
2016-17	3,696	10	133	3,553
2017-18	3,587	13	138	3,436
2018-19	3,521	13	88	3,420
2019-20	3,339	32	159	3,148
2020-21	3,084	746	2,218	120
2021-22	2,607	154	762	1,691
2022-23	2,427	260	469	1,698
2023-24	2,751	433	570	1,748
2024-25	2,832	655	551	1,626
Average	3,175	234	549	2,392

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Enrollment Trends at SUNY Potsdam

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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