Enrollment Trends at TCNJ

The student population at The College of New Jersey is 8,141 (7,435 undergraduate and 706 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 735 (9.92%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at TCNJ is 91.33% which is increased by 677 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 58 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 75 male students for every 100 female students, up from 63 in 2015.
215 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -97.09% since 2015. (Note: The high increase/decrease may be due to the pandemic)

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,666 where 8,141 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 8,141 students in 2025 and was lowest at 7,396 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 7,406 to 8,141 students, a net gain of 735 (9.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at The College of New Jersey since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,406	6,758	2,747	4,011	648	113	535
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
2023-24	7,652 23	7,073 34	3,089 42	3,984 -8	579 -11	125 -3	454 -8
2024-25	8,141 489	7,435 362	3,345 256	4,090 106	706 127	141 16	565 111
Average	7,666	7,035	3,014	4,021	631	136	495

The College of New Jersey Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,035 where 7,435 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 The College of New Jersey since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	7,073	6,903	3,000	3,903	170	89	81
2024-25	7,435	7,267	3,256	4,011	168	89	79
Average	7,035	7,035	2,923	3,898	7,035	91	123

The College of New Jersey Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 631 where 706 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 The College of New Jersey since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	579	227	39	188	352	86	266
2024-25	706	289	42	247	417	99	318
Average	631	631	34	188	631	102	306

The College of New Jersey Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.85%. The percentage was 65.26% 10 years ago and TCNJ still has a high percentage of white students. 10.23% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.76% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 17.18% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.26% to 56.85%. Asian enrollment grew from 9.82% to 10.23%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.79% to 5.76%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 11.92% to 17.18%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6327 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5469 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at The College of New Jersey 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	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
2023-24	5	785	443	1,339	5	4,492	223
2024-25	5	833	469	1,399	4	4,628	237
Average	10	819	436	1,119	12	4,746	117

The College of New Jersey Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

215 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -97.09% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at The College of New Jersey from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	7,652	82	276	7,294
2024-25	8,141	215	951	6,975
Average	7,666	778	636	6,251

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Enrollment Trends at TCNJ

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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