Enrollment Trends at Downstate Medical Center

The student population at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is 2,220 (293 undergraduate and 1,927 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 362 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Downstate Medical Center is 13.20% which is decreased by 55 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 417 and it has been increasing.

The female to male ratio is 2.49 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

521 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 232.93% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,008 where 2,220 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

13.20% of total students is undergraduate students and 86.80% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 55 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 417 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.49 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Downstate Medical Center than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,858	348	70	278	1,510	618	892
2016-17	1,839 -19	338 -10	64 -6	274 -4	1,501 -9	622 4	879 -13
2017-18	1,792 -47	225 -113	60 -4	165 -109	1,567 66	624 2	943 64
2018-19	1,846 54	211 -14	42 -18	169 4	1,635 68	638 14	997 54
2019-20	1,899 53	182 -29	37 -5	145 -24	1,717 82	621 -17	1,096 99
2020-21	2,118 219	187 5	41 4	146 1	1,931 214	684 63	1,247 151
2021-22	2,117 -1	193 6	40 -1	153 7	1,924 -7	659 -25	1,265 18
2022-23	2,185 68	282 89	56 16	226 73	1,903 -21	629 -30	1,274 9
2023-24	2,204 19	286 4	49 -7	237 11	1,918 15	608 -21	1,310 36
2024-25	2,220 16	293 7	63 14	230 -7	1,927 9	573 -35	1,354 44
Average	2,008	255	52	202	1,753	628	1,126

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 255 where 293 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 Downstate Health Sciences University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	348	252	57	195	96	13	83
2016-17	338	246	51	195	92	13	79
2017-18	225	213	58	155	12	2	10
2018-19	211	193	38	155	18	4	14
2019-20	182	178	36	142	4	1	3
2020-21	187	176	38	138	11	3	8
2021-22	193	174	39	135	19	1	18
2022-23	282	262	52	210	20	4	16
2023-24	286	270	47	223	16	2	14
2024-25	293	283	60	223	10	3	7
Average	255	255	48	177	255	5	25

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,753 where 1,927 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 Downstate Health Sciences University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,510	1,141	535	606	369	83	286
2016-17	1,501	1,186	538	648	315	84	231
2017-18	1,567	1,256	528	728	311	96	215
2018-19	1,635	1,335	545	790	300	93	207
2019-20	1,717	1,405	537	868	312	84	228
2020-21	1,931	1,548	582	966	383	102	281
2021-22	1,924	1,531	556	975	393	103	290
2022-23	1,903	1,434	515	919	469	114	355
2023-24	1,918	1,542	514	1,028	376	94	282
2024-25	1,927	1,537	481	1,056	390	92	298
Average	1,753	1,753	533	858	1,753	95	267

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 26.17% and the percentage of black students is 23.47% at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University. 25.14% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 14.77% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 39.67% to 26.17%. Asian enrollment grew from 23.47% to 25.14%. Black student enrollment increased from 19.11% to 23.47%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.45% to 14.77%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7909 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7437 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University 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	2	436	355	157	3	737	29
2016-17	2	459	345	156	1	710	25
2017-18	0	485	338	155	0	684	26
2018-19	1	505	377	182	0	668	36
2019-20	1	469	402	220	1	658	33
2020-21	1	521	490	242	0	663	37
2021-22	1	538	467	271	0	630	36
2022-23	3	543	506	298	0	636	33
2023-24	4	540	530	297	0	599	42
2024-25	3	558	521	328	0	581	50
Average	2	505	433	231	1	657	35

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

521 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has increased 232.93% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,858	0	164	1,694
2016-17	1,839	0	1,839	0
2017-18	1,792	11	201	1,580
2018-19	1,846	0	0	1,846
2019-20	1,899	60	179	1,660
2020-21	2,118	677	628	813
2021-22	2,117	187	545	1,385
2022-23	2,185	199	652	1,334
2023-24	2,204	297	717	1,190
2024-25	2,220	521	546	1,153
Average	2,008	195	547	1,266

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Enrollment Trends at Downstate Medical Center

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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