Enrollment Trends at Temple

The student population at Temple University is 29,640 (21,457 undergraduate and 8,183 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 8,367 (22.01%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Temple is 72.39% which is decreased by 7,152 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,215 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 75 male students for every 100 female students, down from 92 in 2015.
2,344 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 176.74% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 36,171 where 29,640 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 39,967 students in 2018 and was lowest at 29,640 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 38,007 to 29,640 students, a net loss of 8,367 (22%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	38,007	28,609	13,971	14,638	9,398	4,214	5,184
2016-17	39,296 1,289	29,275 666	14,099 128	15,176 538	10,021 623	4,528 314	5,493 309
2017-18	39,967 671	29,580 305	13,985 -114	15,595 419	10,387 366	4,717 189	5,670 177
2018-19	39,740 -227	29,484 -96	13,706 -279	15,778 183	10,256 -131	4,608 -109	5,648 -22
2019-20	38,794 -946	28,726 -758	13,165 -541	15,561 -217	10,068 -188	4,339 -269	5,729 81
2020-21	37,236 -1,558	27,306 -1,420	12,179 -986	15,127 -434	9,930 -138	4,180 -159	5,750 21
2021-22	35,626 -1,610	25,967 -1,339	11,445 -734	14,522 -605	9,659 -271	3,860 -320	5,799 49
2022-23	33,196 -2,430	24,106 -1,861	10,635 -810	13,471 -1,051	9,090 -569	3,597 -263	5,493 -306
2023-24	30,205 -2,991	21,720 -2,386	9,665 -970	12,055 -1,416	8,485 -605	3,392 -205	5,093 -400
2024-25	29,640 -565	21,457 -263	9,483 -182	11,974 -81	8,183 -302	3,213 -179	4,970 -123
Average	36,171	26,623	12,233	14,390	9,548	4,065	5,483

Temple University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 26,623 where 21,457 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 Temple University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	28,609	25,318	12,186	13,132	3,291	1,785	1,506
2016-17	29,275	26,277	12,486	13,791	2,998	1,613	1,385
2017-18	29,580	26,643	12,439	14,204	2,937	1,546	1,391
2018-19	29,484	26,784	12,343	14,441	2,700	1,363	1,337
2019-20	28,726	26,247	11,835	14,412	2,479	1,330	1,149
2020-21	27,306	24,915	10,946	13,969	2,391	1,233	1,158
2021-22	25,967	23,750	10,320	13,430	2,217	1,125	1,092
2022-23	24,106	22,026	9,574	12,452	2,080	1,061	1,019
2023-24	21,720	19,944	8,765	11,179	1,776	900	876
2024-25	21,457	19,832	8,707	11,125	1,625	776	849
Average	26,623	26,623	10,960	13,214	26,623	1,273	1,176

Temple University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 9,548 where 8,183 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 Temple University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	9,398	6,979	3,260	3,719	2,419	954	1,465
2016-17	10,021	7,425	3,448	3,977	2,596	1,080	1,516
2017-18	10,387	7,610	3,578	4,032	2,777	1,139	1,638
2018-19	10,256	7,598	3,497	4,101	2,658	1,111	1,547
2019-20	10,068	7,433	3,277	4,156	2,635	1,062	1,573
2020-21	9,930	7,428	3,214	4,214	2,502	966	1,536
2021-22	9,659	7,242	2,997	4,245	2,417	863	1,554
2022-23	9,090	6,882	2,855	4,027	2,208	742	1,466
2023-24	8,485	6,453	2,676	3,777	2,032	716	1,316
2024-25	8,183	6,262	2,567	3,695	1,921	646	1,275
Average	9,548	9,548	3,137	3,994	9,548	928	1,489

Temple University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 40.61% and the percentage of black students is 17.81% at Temple University. 14.70% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 9.96% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 53.92% to 40.61%. Asian enrollment grew from 10.48% to 14.70%. Black student enrollment increased from 11.84% to 17.81%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.66% to 9.96%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7702 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6803 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Temple 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	50	3,985	4,501	2,151	36	20,494	1,034
2016-17	42	4,350	4,577	2,285	31	21,287	1,179
2017-18	45	4,530	4,685	2,506	29	21,572	1,291
2018-19	46	4,599	4,723	2,729	32	21,459	1,370
2019-20	29	4,639	4,715	2,747	28	20,763	1,357
2020-21	28	4,595	4,829	2,889	25	19,813	1,344
2021-22	28	4,515	4,899	2,892	30	18,361	1,378
2022-23	44	4,477	4,879	2,900	19	16,107	1,251
2023-24	53	4,391	4,693	2,817	18	13,600	1,162
2024-25	49	4,356	5,280	2,953	23	12,036	1,194
Average	41	4,444	4,778	2,687	27	18,549	1,256

Temple University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,344 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 176.74% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Temple University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	38,007	847	3,332	33,828
2016-17	39,296	1,103	4,920	33,273
2017-18	39,967	1,382	5,675	32,910
2018-19	39,740	1,684	5,543	32,513
2019-20	38,794	1,711	6,330	30,753
2020-21	37,236	13,709	20,428	3,099
2021-22	35,626	4,056	20,264	11,306
2022-23	33,196	2,612	13,509	17,075
2023-24	30,205	2,438	13,120	14,647
2024-25	29,640	2,344	12,742	14,554
Average	36,171	3,189	10,586	22,396

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