Enrollment Trends at TCNJ

The student population at The College of New Jersey is 7,629 (7,039 undergraduate and 590 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 359 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at TCNJ is 92.27% which is increased by 494 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 135 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.40 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

10 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by % since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 7,535 where 7,629 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

92.27% of total students is undergraduate students and 7.73% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 494 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 135 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.40 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in TCNJ than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at The College of New Jersey since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,270	6,545	2,843	3,702	725	136	589
2013-14	7,340 70	6,653 108	2,851 8	3,802 100	687 -38	107 -29	580 -9
2014-15	7,409 69	6,743 90	2,868 17	3,875 73	666 -21	111 4	555 -25
2015-16	7,406 -3	6,758 15	2,747 -121	4,011 136	648 -18	113 2	535 -20
2016-17	7,396 -10	6,787 29	2,827 80	3,960 -51	609 -39	109 -4	500 -35
2017-18	7,552 156	6,955 168	2,954 127	4,001 41	597 -12	88 -21	509 9
2018-19	7,686 134	7,048 93	3,004 50	4,044 43	638 41	193 105	445 -64
2019-20	7,821 135	7,189 141	3,072 68	4,117 73	632 -6	186 -7	446 1
2020-21	7,783 -38	7,105 -84	3,045 -27	4,060 -57	678 46	152 -34	526 80
2021-22	7,589 -194	6,959 -146	3,011 -34	3,948 -112	630 -48	127 -25	503 -23
2022-23	7,629 40	7,039 80	3,047 36	3,992 44	590 -40	128 1	462 -41
Average	7,535	6,889	2,934	3,956	645	132	514

The College of New Jersey Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 6,889 where 7,039 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 The College of New Jersey since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,545	6,340	2,765	3,575	205	78	127
2013-14	6,653	6,455	2,775	3,680	198	76	122
2014-15	6,743	6,482	2,773	3,709	261	95	166
2015-16	6,758	6,486	2,655	3,831	272	92	180
2016-17	6,787	6,496	2,729	3,767	291	98	193
2017-18	6,955	6,728	2,871	3,857	227	83	144
2018-19	7,048	6,823	2,919	3,904	225	85	140
2019-20	7,189	6,981	2,987	3,994	208	85	123
2020-21	7,105	6,898	2,955	3,943	207	90	117
2021-22	6,959	6,781	2,920	3,861	178	91	87
2022-23	7,039	6,841	2,937	3,904	198	110	88
Average	6,889	6,889	2,844	3,820	6,889	89	135

The College of New Jersey Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 645 where 590 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 The College of New Jersey since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	725	209	34	175	516	102	414
2013-14	687	198	33	165	489	74	415
2014-15	666	213	35	178	453	76	377
2015-16	648	225	43	182	423	70	353
2016-17	609	220	34	186	389	75	314
2017-18	597	206	23	183	391	65	326
2018-19	638	170	17	153	468	176	292
2019-20	632	200	24	176	432	162	270
2020-21	678	206	39	167	472	113	359
2021-22	630	238	34	204	392	93	299
2022-23	590	245	47	198	345	81	264
Average	645	645	33	179	645	99	335

The College of New Jersey Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.22%. The percentage was 65.65% 10 years ago and TCNJ still has a high percentage of white students. 10.45% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.49% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at The College of New Jersey 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	10	614	411	695	28	4,773	86
2013-14	12	638	376	776	22	4,862	69
2014-15	18	711	387	890	24	4,777	48
2015-16	19	727	429	883	23	4,833	31
2016-17	13	774	423	900	16	4,918	25
2017-18	10	832	440	947	23	4,955	34
2018-19	10	866	451	986	21	4,921	37
2019-20	12	879	440	1,081	10	4,827	92
2020-21	10	866	434	1,127	9	4,801	131
2021-22	6	835	416	1,220	7	4,568	154
2022-23	7	797	419	1,309	5	4,518	202
Average	12	776	421	983	17	4,796	83

The College of New Jersey Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

10 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 0% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at The College of New Jersey from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,409	0	0	7,409
2015-16	7,406	0	0	7,406
2016-17	7,396	0	0	7,396
2017-18	7,552	0	171	7,381
2018-19	7,686	0	306	7,380
2019-20	7,821	0	458	7,363
2020-21	7,783	7,390	376	17
2021-22	7,589	84	1,040	6,465
2022-23	7,629	10	2,786	4,833
Average	7,586	832	571	6,183

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