Enrollment Trends at SUNY Maritime

The student population at SUNY Maritime College is 1,413 (1,285 undergraduate and 128 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 447 (24.03%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SUNY Maritime is 90.94% which is decreased by 391 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 56 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 707 male students for every 100 female students, down from 723 in 2015.
74 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1.37% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,630 where 1,413 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 1,860 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,350 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,860 to 1,413 students, a net loss of 447 (24%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,860	1,676	1,501	175	184	133	51
2016-17	1,832 -28	1,635 -41	1,440 -61	195 20	197 13	144 11	53 2
2017-18	1,794 -38	1,641 6	1,451 11	190 -5	153 -44	110 -34	43 -10
2018-19	1,734 -60	1,586 -55	1,389 -62	197 7	148 -5	111 1	37 -6
2019-20	1,674 -60	1,522 -64	1,312 -77	210 13	152 4	124 13	28 -9
2020-21	1,671 -3	1,511 -11	1,297 -15	214 4	160 8	138 14	22 -6
2021-22	1,545 -126	1,401 -110	1,202 -95	199 -15	144 -16	119 -19	25 3
2022-23	1,427 -118	1,295 -106	1,122 -80	173 -26	132 -12	107 -12	25
2023-24	1,350 -77	1,243 -52	1,090 -32	153 -20	107 -25	88 -19	19 -6
2024-25	1,413 63	1,285 42	1,130 40	155 2	128 21	108 20	20 1
Average	1,630	1,480	1,293	186	151	118	32

SUNY Maritime College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,480 where 1,285 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 Maritime College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,676	1,630	1,458	172	46	43	3
2016-17	1,635	1,590	1,403	187	45	37	8
2017-18	1,641	1,581	1,402	179	60	49	11
2018-19	1,586	1,542	1,351	191	44	38	6
2019-20	1,522	1,474	1,269	205	48	43	5
2020-21	1,511	1,443	1,239	204	68	58	10
2021-22	1,401	1,300	1,107	193	101	95	6
2022-23	1,295	1,200	1,035	165	95	87	8
2023-24	1,243	1,167	1,025	142	76	65	11
2024-25	1,285	1,218	1,071	147	67	59	8
Average	1,480	1,480	1,236	179	1,480	57	8

SUNY Maritime College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 151 where 128 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 Maritime College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	184	121	90	31	63	43	20
2016-17	197	111	79	32	86	65	21
2017-18	153	87	60	27	66	50	16
2018-19	148	77	61	16	71	50	21
2019-20	152	84	67	17	68	57	11
2020-21	160	87	73	14	73	65	8
2021-22	144	68	53	15	76	66	10
2022-23	132	76	62	14	56	45	11
2023-24	107	55	50	5	52	38	14
2024-25	128	72	65	7	56	43	13
Average	151	151	66	18	151	52	15

SUNY Maritime College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.35%. The percentage was 68.82% 10 years ago and SUNY Maritime still has a high percentage of white students. 3.04% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.37% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 17.98% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 68.82% to 62.35%. Asian enrollment declined from 4.62% to 3.04%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.25% to 6.37%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.43% to 17.98%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5730 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5113 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at SUNY Maritime College 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	3	86	79	194	1	1,280	32
2016-17	2	81	89	216	0	1,273	40
2017-18	1	78	80	216	0	1,259	45
2018-19	2	73	90	238	0	1,175	52
2019-20	1	72	86	262	0	1,105	38
2020-21	1	87	91	274	0	1,087	39
2021-22	2	80	79	257	1	1,023	34
2022-23	1	64	87	214	0	950	31
2023-24	1	55	84	207	1	884	33
2024-25	4	43	90	254	1	881	43
Average	2	72	86	233	0	1,092	39

SUNY Maritime College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

74 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1.37% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at SUNY Maritime College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,860	73	351	1,436
2016-17	1,832	90	488	1,254
2017-18	1,794	69	419	1,306
2018-19	1,734	72	444	1,218
2019-20	1,674	68	410	1,196
2020-21	1,671	123	1,279	269
2021-22	1,545	100	479	966
2022-23	1,427	96	489	842
2023-24	1,350	64	410	876
2024-25	1,413	74	399	940
Average	1,630	83	517	1,030

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Enrollment Trends at SUNY Maritime

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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