Enrollment Trends at Empire State

The student population at Empire State University is 9,407 (7,735 undergraduate and 1,672 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,621 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Empire State is 82.23% which is decreased by 3,383 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 762 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.99 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

5,698 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -4.92% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 10,948 where 9,407 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

82.23% of total students is undergraduate students and 17.77% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 3,383 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 762 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.99 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Empire State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Empire State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	12,028	11,118	4,213	6,905	910	332	578
2013-14	11,823 -205	10,827 -291	4,108 -105	6,719 -186	996 86	347 15	649 71
2014-15	11,952 129	10,873 46	4,195 87	6,678 -41	1,079 83	385 38	694 45
2015-16	11,878 -74	10,807 -66	4,114 -81	6,693 15	1,071 -8	373 -12	698 4
2016-17	11,315 -563	10,189 -618	3,914 -200	6,275 -418	1,126 55	363 -10	763 65
2017-18	10,977 -338	9,810 -379	3,745 -169	6,065 -210	1,167 41	367 4	800 37
2018-19	10,424 -553	9,307 -503	3,524 -221	5,783 -282	1,117 -50	338 -29	779 -21
2019-20	10,440 16	9,095 -212	3,390 -134	5,705 -78	1,345 228	359 21	986 207
2020-21	10,724 284	9,145 50	3,293 -97	5,852 147	1,579 234	452 93	1,127 141
2021-22	9,462 -1,262	7,926 -1,219	2,855 -438	5,071 -781	1,536 -43	433 -19	1,103 -24
2022-23	9,407 -55	7,735 -191	2,679 -176	5,056 -15	1,672 136	469 36	1,203 100
Average	10,948	9,712	3,639	6,073	1,236	383	853

Empire State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 9,712 where 7,735 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Empire State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,118	4,341	1,332	3,009	6,777	2,881	3,896
2013-14	10,827	4,218	1,286	2,932	6,609	2,822	3,787
2014-15	10,873	4,249	1,343	2,906	6,624	2,852	3,772
2015-16	10,807	4,278	1,315	2,963	6,529	2,799	3,730
2016-17	10,189	3,841	1,153	2,688	6,348	2,761	3,587
2017-18	9,810	3,772	1,108	2,664	6,038	2,637	3,401
2018-19	9,307	3,599	1,055	2,544	5,708	2,469	3,239
2019-20	9,095	3,267	960	2,307	5,828	2,430	3,398
2020-21	9,145	3,653	1,079	2,574	5,492	2,214	3,278
2021-22	7,926	3,269	967	2,302	4,657	1,888	2,769
2022-23	7,735	3,282	907	2,375	4,453	1,772	2,681
Average	9,712	9,712	1,137	2,660	9,712	2,502	3,413

Empire State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,236 where 1,672 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Empire State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	910	87	38	49	823	294	529
2013-14	996	91	37	54	905	310	595
2014-15	1,079	73	19	54	1,006	366	640
2015-16	1,071	81	31	50	990	342	648
2016-17	1,126	80	30	50	1,046	333	713
2017-18	1,167	89	28	61	1,078	339	739
2018-19	1,117	89	29	60	1,028	309	719
2019-20	1,345	120	29	91	1,225	330	895
2020-21	1,579	155	58	97	1,424	394	1,030
2021-22	1,536	144	42	102	1,392	391	1,001
2022-23	1,672	168	58	110	1,504	411	1,093
Average	1,236	1,236	36	71	1,236	347	782

Empire State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.39%. The percentage was 64.35% 10 years ago and Empire State still has a high percentage of white students. 3.26% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.33% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Empire State University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	71	197	1,633	1,096	44	7,740	187
2013-14	63	204	1,638	1,171	37	7,584	207
2014-15	69	242	1,725	1,280	40	7,378	225
2015-16	59	240	1,766	1,313	31	7,211	234
2016-17	59	274	1,686	1,348	24	6,743	249
2017-18	51	288	1,610	1,380	23	6,569	245
2018-19	44	279	1,602	1,391	23	6,047	244
2019-20	33	285	1,533	1,381	23	5,795	248
2020-21	39	319	1,552	1,395	24	5,857	241
2021-22	31	294	1,369	1,230	15	5,018	234
2022-23	30	307	1,348	1,316	13	4,740	262
Average	50	266	1,587	1,300	27	6,426	234

Empire State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,698 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 61% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -4.92% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Empire State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,952	5,993	1,198	4,761
2015-16	11,878	5,669	1,292	4,917
2016-17	11,315	5,624	1,133	4,558
2017-18	10,977	5,531	1,288	4,158
2018-19	10,424	5,135	1,661	3,628
2019-20	10,440	4,899	2,001	3,540
2020-21	10,724	6,008	2,401	2,315
2021-22	9,462	6,320	2,057	1,085
2022-23	9,407	5,698	2,134	1,575
Average	10,731	5,653	1,685	3,393

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