Enrollment Trends at SUNY Poly

The student population at SUNY Polytechnic Institute is 2,733 (1,973 undergraduate and 760 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 46 (1.66%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SUNY Poly is 72.19% which is decreased by 92 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 46 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 134 male students for every 100 female students, down from 147 in 2015.
948 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 67.49% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,859 where 2,733 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 3,044 students in 2021 and was lowest at 2,697 in 2017. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,779 to 2,733 students, a net loss of 46 (1.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,779	2,065	1,330	735	714	323	391
2016-17	2,697 -82	2,004 -61	1,323 -7	681 -54	693 -21	316 -7	377 -14
2017-18	2,912 215	2,179 175	1,436 113	743 62	733 40	307 -9	426 49
2018-19	3,023 111	2,256 77	1,477 41	779 36	767 34	337 30	430 4
2019-20	3,006 -17	2,216 -40	1,457 -20	759 -20	790 23	338 1	452 22
2020-21	3,044 38	2,239 23	1,462 5	777 18	805 15	333 -5	472 20
2021-22	2,850 -194	2,037 -202	1,371 -91	666 -111	813 8	326 -7	487 15
2022-23	2,842 -8	1,982 -55	1,342 -29	640 -26	860 47	347 21	513 26
2023-24	2,704 -138	1,904 -78	1,235 -107	669 29	800 -60	298 -49	502 -11
2024-25	2,733 29	1,973 69	1,294 59	679 10	760 -40	271 -27	489 -13
Average	2,859	2,086	1,373	713	774	320	454

SUNY Polytechnic Institute Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,086 where 1,973 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 Polytechnic Institute since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,065	1,741	1,205	536	324	125	199
2016-17	2,004	1,698	1,208	490	306	115	191
2017-18	2,179	1,859	1,338	521	320	98	222
2018-19	2,256	1,920	1,362	558	336	115	221
2019-20	2,216	1,903	1,349	554	313	108	205
2020-21	2,239	1,903	1,328	575	336	134	202
2021-22	2,037	1,737	1,241	496	300	130	170
2022-23	1,982	1,709	1,220	489	273	122	151
2023-24	1,904	1,627	1,118	509	277	117	160
2024-25	1,973	1,654	1,149	505	319	145	174
Average	2,086	2,086	1,252	523	2,086	121	190

SUNY Polytechnic Institute Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 774 where 760 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 Polytechnic Institute since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	714	165	80	85	549	243	306
2016-17	693	196	110	86	497	206	291
2017-18	733	248	125	123	485	182	303
2018-19	767	225	131	94	542	206	336
2019-20	790	262	145	117	528	193	335
2020-21	805	261	122	139	544	211	333
2021-22	813	266	134	132	547	192	355
2022-23	860	296	153	143	564	194	370
2023-24	800	303	131	172	497	167	330
2024-25	760	252	91	161	508	180	328
Average	774	774	122	125	774	197	329

SUNY Polytechnic Institute Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.20%. The percentage was 75.28% 10 years ago and SUNY Poly still has a high percentage of white students. 7.83% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.66% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.43% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.28% to 62.20%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.07% to 7.83%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.12% to 9.66%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.76% to 10.43%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5857 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4242 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at SUNY Polytechnic Institute 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	113	170	160	1	2,092	53
2016-17	6	135	142	176	2	2,027	59
2017-18	7	179	159	223	5	2,111	75
2018-19	6	238	166	229	5	2,142	79
2019-20	8	237	183	217	8	2,099	72
2020-21	7	249	179	243	6	2,123	92
2021-22	8	228	187	246	3	1,944	91
2022-23	11	221	205	259	5	1,868	85
2023-24	9	215	253	249	1	1,701	84
2024-25	9	214	264	285	1	1,700	88
Average	7	203	191	229	4	1,981	78

SUNY Polytechnic Institute Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

948 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 35% of total students. The number of online students has increased 67.49% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at SUNY Polytechnic Institute from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,779	566	523	1,690
2016-17	2,697	517	519	1,661
2017-18	2,912	533	640	1,739
2018-19	3,023	593	727	1,703
2019-20	3,006	644	697	1,665
2020-21	3,044	1,962	981	101
2021-22	2,850	1,049	1,304	497
2022-23	2,842	1,004	1,224	614
2023-24	2,704	906	892	906
2024-25	2,733	948	781	1,004
Average	2,859	872	829	1,158

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Enrollment Trends at SUNY Poly

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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