Enrollment Trends at TESU

The student population at Thomas Edison State University is 7,544 (6,775 undergraduate and 769 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 5,549 (42.38%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at TESU is 89.81% which is decreased by 5,508 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 41 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 145 male students for every 100 female students, up from 116 in 2015.
7,378 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -43.29% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,228 where 7,544 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 13,093 students in 2016 and was lowest at 7,544 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 13,093 to 7,544 students, a net loss of 5,549 (42.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	13,093	12,283	6,724	5,559	810	300	510
2016-17	12,489 -604	11,701 -582	6,476 -248	5,225 -334	788 -22	288 -12	500 -10
2017-18	11,945 -544	11,141 -560	6,257 -219	4,884 -341	804 16	284 -4	520 20
2018-19	10,934 -1,011	10,217 -924	5,921 -336	4,296 -588	717 -87	249 -35	468 -52
2019-20	10,227 -707	9,544 -673	5,658 -263	3,886 -410	683 -34	265 16	418 -50
2020-21	10,495 268	9,576 32	5,783 125	3,793 -93	919 236	377 112	542 124
2021-22	9,721 -774	8,754 -822	5,292 -491	3,462 -331	967 48	388 11	579 37
2022-23	8,248 -1,473	7,358 -1,396	4,390 -902	2,968 -494	890 -77	382 -6	508 -71
2023-24	7,587 -661	6,773 -585	4,146 -244	2,627 -341	814 -76	355 -27	459 -49
2024-25	7,544 -43	6,775 2	4,134 -12	2,641 14	769 -45	336 -19	433 -26
Average	10,228	9,412	5,478	3,934	816	322	494

Thomas Edison State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,412 where 6,775 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 Thomas Edison State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,283	84	31	53	12,199	6,693	5,506
2016-17	11,701	48	10	38	11,653	6,466	5,187
2017-18	11,141	62	12	50	11,079	6,245	4,834
2018-19	10,217	77	12	65	10,140	5,909	4,231
2019-20	9,544	69	9	60	9,475	5,649	3,826
2020-21	9,576	75	15	60	9,501	5,768	3,733
2021-22	8,754	76	19	57	8,678	5,273	3,405
2022-23	7,358	76	15	61	7,282	4,375	2,907
2023-24	6,773	87	13	74	6,686	4,133	2,553
2024-25	6,775	166	28	138	6,609	4,106	2,503
Average	9,412	9,412	16	66	9,412	5,462	3,869

Thomas Edison State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 816 where 769 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 Thomas Edison State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	810	0	0	0	810	300	510
2016-17	788	0	0	0	788	288	500
2017-18	804	19	2	17	785	282	503
2018-19	717	21	5	16	696	244	452
2019-20	683	28	4	24	655	261	394
2020-21	919	9	1	8	910	376	534
2021-22	967	4	0	4	963	388	575
2022-23	890	7	2	5	883	380	503
2023-24	814	9	6	3	805	349	456
2024-25	769	12	3	9	757	333	424
Average	816	816	2	9	816	320	485

Thomas Edison State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.28% and the percentage of black students is 16.73% at Thomas Edison State University. 4.40% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 15.93% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 52.30% to 43.28%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.74% to 4.40%. Black student enrollment increased from 15.08% to 16.73%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.53% to 15.93%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7558 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6928 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Thomas Edison State 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	77	490	1,974	1,248	60	6,847	277
2016-17	54	499	1,783	1,207	69	6,421	270
2017-18	62	467	1,693	1,244	58	6,127	281
2018-19	48	466	1,511	1,205	64	5,623	250
2019-20	42	459	1,395	1,214	58	5,185	265
2020-21	32	469	1,476	1,327	44	5,175	348
2021-22	42	417	1,441	1,272	37	4,729	360
2022-23	27	379	1,302	1,151	37	3,838	297
2023-24	26	355	1,142	1,117	32	3,467	320
2024-25	29	332	1,262	1,202	29	3,265	300
Average	44	433	1,498	1,219	49	5,068	297

Thomas Edison State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

7,378 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 98% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -43.29% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Thomas Edison State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
2015-16	13,093	13,009	84
2016-17	12,489	12,441	48
2017-18	11,945	11,864	81
2018-19	10,934	10,836	98
2019-20	10,227	10,130	97
2020-21	10,495	10,420	75
2021-22	9,721	9,645	76
2022-23	8,248	8,172	76
2023-24	7,587	7,500	87
2024-25	7,544	7,378	166
Average	10,228	10,140	89

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Enrollment Trends at TESU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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