Enrollment Trends at ESF

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,266 where 2,757 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

86.36% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.64% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 626 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 91 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in ESF than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry since 2015.

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,867 where 2,381 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 of Environmental Science and Forestry since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 399 where 376 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 of Environmental Science and Forestry since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 67.39%. The percentage was 78.13% 10 years ago and ESF still has a high percentage of white students. 3.88% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.50% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.25% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.13% to 67.39%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.15% to 3.88%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.44% to 4.50%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.05% to 9.25%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5307 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3863 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 of Environmental Science and Forestry over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

65 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 983.33% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry from 2015 to 2025.