Enrollment Trends at TTU

The student population at Tennessee Technological University is 9,902 (8,537 undergraduate and 1,365 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,567 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at TTU is 86.21% which is decreased by 1,420 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 147 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.90 to 1 which means that male students enrolled slightly more than female students.

987 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 47.09% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 10,552 where 9,902 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.21% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.79% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,420 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 147 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.90 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more male students enrolled in TTU than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Tennessee Technological University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,469	9,957	5,453	4,504	1,512	513	999
2013-14	11,118 -351	10,052 95	5,600 147	4,452 -52	1,066 -446	442 -71	624 -375
2014-15	11,339 221	10,314 262	5,846 246	4,468 16	1,025 -41	441 -1	584 -40
2015-16	10,900 -439	9,801 -513	5,495 -351	4,306 -162	1,099 74	524 83	575 -9
2016-17	10,493 -407	9,438 -363	5,167 -328	4,271 -35	1,055 -44	498 -26	557 -18
2017-18	10,504 11	9,365 -73	5,160 -7	4,205 -66	1,139 84	519 21	620 63
2018-19	10,186 -318	9,006 -359	4,959 -201	4,047 -158	1,180 41	523 4	657 37
2019-20	10,140 -46	8,957 -49	4,892 -67	4,065 18	1,183 3	502 -21	681 24
2020-21	10,177 37	8,778 -179	4,752 -140	4,026 -39	1,399 216	572 70	827 146
2021-22	9,840 -337	8,394 -384	4,469 -283	3,925 -101	1,446 47	584 12	862 35
2022-23	9,902 62	8,537 143	4,629 160	3,908 -17	1,365 -81	592 8	773 -89
Average	10,552	9,327	5,129	4,198	1,224	519	705

Tennessee Technological University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 9,327 where 8,537 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Tennessee Technological University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,957	8,923	4,899	4,024	1,034	554	480
2013-14	10,052	9,140	5,125	4,015	912	475	437
2014-15	10,314	9,264	5,263	4,001	1,050	583	467
2015-16	9,801	8,709	4,879	3,830	1,092	616	476
2016-17	9,438	8,441	4,625	3,816	997	542	455
2017-18	9,365	8,259	4,551	3,708	1,106	609	497
2018-19	9,006	7,999	4,419	3,580	1,007	540	467
2019-20	8,957	8,004	4,380	3,624	953	512	441
2020-21	8,778	7,834	4,230	3,604	944	522	422
2021-22	8,394	7,550	4,013	3,537	844	456	388
2022-23	8,537	7,728	4,214	3,514	809	415	394
Average	9,327	9,327	4,600	3,750	9,327	529	448

Tennessee Technological University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,224 where 1,365 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Tennessee Technological University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,512	332	162	170	1,180	351	829
2013-14	1,066	381	185	196	685	257	428
2014-15	1,025	382	197	185	643	244	399
2015-16	1,099	353	175	178	746	349	397
2016-17	1,055	305	139	166	750	359	391
2017-18	1,139	293	138	155	846	381	465
2018-19	1,180	291	128	163	889	395	494
2019-20	1,183	278	121	157	905	381	524
2020-21	1,399	325	131	194	1,074	441	633
2021-22	1,446	324	126	198	1,122	458	664
2022-23	1,365	333	161	172	1,032	431	601
Average	1,224	1,224	151	176	1,224	368	530

Tennessee Technological University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.54%. The percentage was 83.74% 10 years ago and TTU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.09% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.55% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Tennessee Technological University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	28	114	432	238	9	9,604	226
2013-14	20	132	423	252	4	9,059	246
2014-15	17	147	416	252	4	8,961	250
2015-16	12	167	398	274	5	8,743	295
2016-17	14	168	407	282	5	8,529	313
2017-18	12	152	429	313	4	8,636	345
2018-19	15	162	382	313	4	8,519	344
2019-20	17	163	369	353	4	8,443	397
2020-21	20	178	402	406	3	8,444	404
2021-22	18	188	448	410	7	8,094	284
2022-23	18	207	451	468	6	7,975	281
Average	17	162	414	324	5	8,637	308

Tennessee Technological University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

987 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 47.09% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Tennessee Technological University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,339	671	6,118	4,550
2015-16	10,900	734	5,899	4,267
2016-17	10,493	703	5,425	4,365
2017-18	10,504	775	6,414	3,315
2018-19	10,186	801	6,322	3,063
2019-20	10,140	774	6,375	2,991
2020-21	10,177	933	7,124	2,120
2021-22	9,840	1,072	6,609	2,159
2022-23	9,902	987	3,520	5,395
Average	10,387	828	5,978	3,581

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