Enrollment Trends at The New School

The student population at The New School is 9,068 (6,591 undergraduate and 2,477 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,276 (12.34%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at The New School is 72.68% which is decreased by 371 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 905 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 34 male students for every 100 female students, down from 43 in 2015.
205 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -41.43% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,016 where 9,068 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 10,544 students in 2019 and was lowest at 9,047 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 10,344 to 9,068 students, a net loss of 1,276 (12.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,344	6,962	1,884	5,078	3,382	1,224	2,158
2016-17	10,301 -43	7,106 144	1,841 -43	5,265 187	3,195 -187	1,107 -117	2,088 -70
2017-18	10,389 88	7,125 19	1,838 -3	5,287 22	3,264 69	1,120 13	2,144 56
2018-19	10,544 155	7,436 311	1,880 42	5,556 269	3,108 -156	1,051 -69	2,057 -87
2019-20	10,432 -112	7,409 -27	1,825 -55	5,584 28	3,023 -85	962 -89	2,061 4
2020-21	9,047 -1,385	6,399 -1,010	1,577 -248	4,822 -762	2,648 -375	865 -97	1,783 -278
2021-22	10,493 1,446	7,381 982	1,796 219	5,585 763	3,112 464	994 129	2,118 335
2022-23	10,108 -385	7,171 -210	1,665 -131	5,506 -79	2,937 -175	915 -79	2,022 -96
2023-24	9,434 -674	6,841 -330	1,582 -83	5,259 -247	2,593 -344	801 -114	1,792 -230
2024-25	9,068 -366	6,591 -250	1,536 -46	5,055 -204	2,477 -116	770 -31	1,707 -85
Average	10,016	7,042	1,742	5,300	2,974	981	1,993

The New School Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,042 where 6,591 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 New School since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,962	6,045	1,622	4,423	917	262	655
2016-17	7,106	6,201	1,620	4,581	905	221	684
2017-18	7,125	6,224	1,591	4,633	901	247	654
2018-19	7,436	6,624	1,656	4,968	812	224	588
2019-20	7,409	6,697	1,620	5,077	712	205	507
2020-21	6,399	5,658	1,361	4,297	741	216	525
2021-22	7,381	6,793	1,646	5,147	588	150	438
2022-23	7,171	6,672	1,523	5,149	499	142	357
2023-24	6,841	6,418	1,454	4,964	423	128	295
2024-25	6,591	6,142	1,403	4,739	449	133	316
Average	7,042	7,042	1,550	4,798	7,042	193	502

The New School Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,974 where 2,477 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 New School since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,382	2,557	922	1,635	825	302	523
2016-17	3,195	2,451	845	1,606	744	262	482
2017-18	3,264	2,600	897	1,703	664	223	441
2018-19	3,108	2,616	897	1,719	492	154	338
2019-20	3,023	2,599	831	1,768	424	131	293
2020-21	2,648	2,266	739	1,527	382	126	256
2021-22	3,112	2,443	809	1,634	669	185	484
2022-23	2,937	2,605	806	1,799	332	109	223
2023-24	2,593	2,307	698	1,609	286	103	183
2024-25	2,477	2,239	683	1,556	238	87	151
Average	2,974	2,974	813	1,656	2,974	168	337

The New School Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 29.65% and the percentage of black students is 5.04% at The New School. 10.82% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 10.07% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 33.59% to 29.65%. Asian enrollment grew from 7.64% to 10.82%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.44% to 5.04%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 10.76% to 10.07%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8858 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.8646 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at The New School 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	8	790	666	1,113	9	3,475	328
2016-17	14	801	613	1,118	15	3,442	338
2017-18	15	826	655	1,127	13	3,396	354
2018-19	8	866	633	1,134	11	3,489	369
2019-20	10	928	541	1,129	11	3,400	378
2020-21	7	826	516	990	12	3,019	354
2021-22	9	1,005	502	1,092	9	3,497	458
2022-23	9	982	430	944	9	3,279	429
2023-24	10	954	413	930	6	2,854	420
2024-25	8	981	457	913	4	2,689	396
Average	10	896	543	1,049	10	3,254	382

The New School Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

205 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -41.43% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at The New School from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	10,344	350	817	9,177
2016-17	10,301	320	884	9,097
2017-18	10,389	304	785	9,300
2018-19	10,544	248	899	9,397
2019-20	10,432	223	974	9,235
2020-21	9,047	8,570	351	126
2021-22	10,493	528	5,293	4,672
2022-23	10,108	304	3,788	6,016
2023-24	9,434	216	3,549	5,669
2024-25	9,068	205	2,454	6,409
Average	10,016	1,127	1,979	6,910

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Enrollment Trends at The New School

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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