Enrollment Trends at SUNY Oneonta

The student population at SUNY Oneonta is 5,337 (4,681 undergraduate and 656 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 782 (12.78%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SUNY Oneonta is 87.71% which is decreased by 1,169 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 387 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 61 male students for every 100 female students, down from 65 in 2015.
547 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 314.39% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,052 where 5,337 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 6,718 students in 2021 and was lowest at 5,337 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 6,119 to 5,337 students, a net loss of 782 (12.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,119	5,850	2,334	3,516	269	68	201
2016-17	6,055 -64	5,729 -121	2,316 -18	3,413 -103	326 57	71 3	255 54
2017-18	6,358 303	5,940 211	2,395 79	3,545 132	418 92	71	347 92
2018-19	6,543 185	6,046 106	2,328 -67	3,718 173	497 79	90 19	407 60
2019-20	6,528 -15	6,064 18	2,317 -11	3,747 29	464 -33	66 -24	398 -9
2020-21	6,718 190	6,190 126	2,334 17	3,856 109	528 64	73 7	455 57
2021-22	5,918 -800	5,380 -810	2,089 -245	3,291 -565	538 10	99 26	439 -16
2022-23	5,430 -488	4,859 -521	1,901 -188	2,958 -333	571 33	100 1	471 32
2023-24	5,514 84	4,904 45	1,984 83	2,920 -38	610 39	110 10	500 29
2024-25	5,337 -177	4,681 -223	1,920 -64	2,761 -159	656 46	100 -10	556 56
Average	6,052	5,564	2,192	3,373	488	85	403

SUNY Oneonta Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,564 where 4,681 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 Oneonta since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,850	5,754	2,280	3,474	96	54	42
2016-17	5,729	5,608	2,251	3,357	121	65	56
2017-18	5,940	5,828	2,333	3,495	112	62	50
2018-19	6,046	5,942	2,276	3,666	104	52	52
2019-20	6,064	5,942	2,253	3,689	122	64	58
2020-21	6,190	6,059	2,263	3,796	131	71	60
2021-22	5,380	5,238	2,020	3,218	142	69	73
2022-23	4,859	4,767	1,848	2,919	92	53	39
2023-24	4,904	4,760	1,919	2,841	144	65	79
2024-25	4,681	4,582	1,877	2,705	99	43	56
Average	5,564	5,564	2,132	3,316	5,564	60	57

SUNY Oneonta Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 488 where 656 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 Oneonta since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	269	122	31	91	147	37	110
2016-17	326	122	29	93	204	42	162
2017-18	418	140	33	107	278	38	240
2018-19	497	127	25	102	370	65	305
2019-20	464	124	18	106	340	48	292
2020-21	528	149	28	121	379	45	334
2021-22	538	167	41	126	371	58	313
2022-23	571	164	28	136	407	72	335
2023-24	610	200	44	156	410	66	344
2024-25	656	199	37	162	457	63	394
Average	488	488	31	120	488	53	283

SUNY Oneonta Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.48%. The percentage was 78.62% 10 years ago and SUNY Oneonta still has a high percentage of white students. 1.82% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.20% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 17.24% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.62% to 69.48%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.03% to 1.82%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.30% to 6.20%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.49% to 17.24%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4827 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3689 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at SUNY Oneonta 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	12	124	202	642	4	4,811	124
2016-17	15	134	221	737	4	4,660	126
2017-18	16	135	264	836	5	4,813	150
2018-19	23	136	303	922	4	4,875	145
2019-20	45	130	306	964	4	4,676	128
2020-21	43	138	328	1,011	4	4,784	141
2021-22	34	124	293	890	4	4,208	129
2022-23	24	102	252	869	2	3,878	109
2023-24	13	111	293	888	3	3,936	129
2024-25	13	97	331	920	5	3,708	141
Average	24	123	279	868	4	4,435	132

SUNY Oneonta Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

547 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 314.39% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at SUNY Oneonta from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,119	132	3	5,984
2016-17	6,055	192	19	5,844
2017-18	6,358	268	93	5,997
2018-19	6,543	350	46	6,147
2019-20	6,528	363	11	6,154
2020-21	6,718	6,580	75	63
2021-22	5,918	649	3,933	1,336
2022-23	5,430	499	681	4,250
2023-24	5,514	489	696	4,329
2024-25	5,337	547	609	4,181
Average	6,052	1,007	617	4,429

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Enrollment Trends at SUNY Oneonta

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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