Enrollment Trends at Empire State

The student population at Empire State University is 10,469 (8,395 undergraduate and 2,074 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,409 (11.86%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Empire State is 80.19% which is decreased by 2,412 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,003 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 46 male students for every 100 female students, down from 61 in 2015.
9,588 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 69.13% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,464 where 10,469 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 11,878 students in 2016 and was lowest at 9,407 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 11,878 to 10,469 students, a net loss of 1,409 (11.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Empire State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,878	10,807	4,114	6,693	1,071	373	698
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
2023-24	9,545 138	7,789 54	2,707 28	5,082 26	1,756 84	506 37	1,250 47
2024-25	10,469 924	8,395 606	2,703 -4	5,692 610	2,074 318	616 110	1,458 208
Average	10,464	9,020	3,292	5,727	1,444	428	1,017

Empire State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,020 where 8,395 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 Empire State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	7,789	3,448	968	2,480	4,341	1,739	2,602
2024-25	8,395	3,997	1,041	2,956	4,398	1,662	2,736
Average	9,020	9,020	1,055	2,585	9,020	2,237	3,142

Empire State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,444 where 2,074 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 Empire State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,756	214	73	141	1,542	433	1,109
2024-25	2,074	281	96	185	1,793	520	1,273
Average	1,444	1,444	47	95	1,444	380	922

Empire State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 47.05% and the percentage of black students is 14.85% at Empire State University. 3.65% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 14.67% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 60.71% to 47.05%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.02% to 3.65%. Black student enrollment decreased from 14.87% to 14.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 11.05% to 14.67%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7329 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5963 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Empire State 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	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
2023-24	35	322	1,356	1,321	21	4,838	274
2024-25	35	382	1,555	1,536	17	4,926	293
Average	42	299	1,538	1,361	21	5,774	252

Empire State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

9,588 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 92% of total students. The number of online students has increased 69.13% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Empire State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	9,545	8,777	151	617
2024-25	10,469	9,588	154	727
Average	10,464	6,325	1,427	2,712

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Enrollment Trends at Empire State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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