Enrollment Trends at Thomas Jefferson

The student population at Thomas Jefferson University is 8,238 (3,772 undergraduate and 4,466 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 4,521 (121.63%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Thomas Jefferson is 45.79% which is increased by 2,897 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,624 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 37 male students for every 100 female students, down from 48 in 2015.
927 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 178.38% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,884 where 8,238 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 8,315 students in 2024 and was lowest at 3,717 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,717 to 8,238 students, a net gain of 4,521 (121.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,717	875	173	702	2,842	1,029	1,813
2016-17	3,887 170	831 -44	141 -32	690 -12	3,056 214	1,040 11	2,016 203
2017-18	4,028 141	816 -15	115 -26	701 11	3,212 156	1,115 75	2,097 81
2018-19	7,786 3,758	3,550 2,734	990 875	2,560 1,859	4,236 1,024	1,445 330	2,791 694
2019-20	8,026 240	3,665 115	972 -18	2,693 133	4,361 125	1,402 -43	2,959 168
2020-21	8,286 260	3,783 118	1,029 57	2,754 61	4,503 142	1,342 -60	3,161 202
2021-22	8,270 -16	3,754 -29	945 -84	2,809 55	4,516 13	1,268 -74	3,248 87
2022-23	8,286 16	3,771 17	967 22	2,804 -5	4,515 -1	1,255 -13	3,260 12
2023-24	8,315 29	3,731 -40	978 11	2,753 -51	4,584 69	1,276 21	3,308 48
2024-25	8,238 -77	3,772 41	995 17	2,777 24	4,466 -118	1,231 -45	3,235 -73
Average	6,884	2,855	731	2,124	4,029	1,240	2,789

Thomas Jefferson University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,855 where 3,772 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 Jefferson University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	875	632	105	527	243	68	175
2016-17	831	648	98	550	183	43	140
2017-18	816	663	87	576	153	28	125
2018-19	3,550	2,941	835	2,106	609	155	454
2019-20	3,665	3,055	845	2,210	610	127	483
2020-21	3,783	3,216	888	2,328	567	141	426
2021-22	3,754	3,326	852	2,474	428	93	335
2022-23	3,771	3,334	864	2,470	437	103	334
2023-24	3,731	3,367	907	2,460	364	71	293
2024-25	3,772	3,344	898	2,446	428	97	331
Average	2,855	2,855	638	1,815	2,855	93	310

Thomas Jefferson University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,029 where 4,466 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 Jefferson University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,842	2,032	851	1,181	810	178	632
2016-17	3,056	2,100	841	1,259	956	199	757
2017-18	3,212	2,220	903	1,317	992	212	780
2018-19	4,236	2,812	1,076	1,736	1,424	369	1,055
2019-20	4,361	2,702	999	1,703	1,659	403	1,256
2020-21	4,503	2,659	950	1,709	1,844	392	1,452
2021-22	4,516	2,657	915	1,742	1,859	353	1,506
2022-23	4,515	2,802	909	1,893	1,713	346	1,367
2023-24	4,584	2,788	889	1,899	1,796	387	1,409
2024-25	4,466	2,750	884	1,866	1,716	347	1,369
Average	4,029	4,029	922	1,631	4,029	319	1,158

Thomas Jefferson University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.17% and the percentage of black students is 12.49% at Thomas Jefferson University. 15.95% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 9.95% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.51% to 49.17%. Asian enrollment grew from 13.88% to 15.95%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.54% to 12.49%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.77% to 9.95%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7050 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.4778 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Thomas Jefferson 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	5	516	243	140	0	2,621	21
2016-17	0	525	264	37	4	2,550	58
2017-18	3	612	245	62	0	2,534	112
2018-19	15	833	835	392	6	4,463	270
2019-20	10	347	786	764	4	4,470	935
2020-21	7	422	819	840	6	4,593	980
2021-22	7	1,135	867	782	4	4,668	282
2022-23	10	1,217	914	760	2	4,373	362
2023-24	10	1,307	980	775	3	4,216	369
2024-25	10	1,314	1,029	820	6	4,051	393
Average	8	823	698	537	4	3,854	378

Thomas Jefferson University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

927 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 178.38% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Thomas Jefferson University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,717	333	878	2,506
2016-17	3,887	694	114	3,079
2017-18	4,028	738	0	3,290
2018-19	7,786	1,058	1,380	5,348
2019-20	8,026	1,093	1,354	5,579
2020-21	8,286	1,739	4,813	1,734
2021-22	8,270	1,368	4,099	2,803
2022-23	8,286	1,353	3,056	3,877
2023-24	8,315	1,153	3,076	4,086
2024-25	8,238	927	3,126	4,185
Average	6,884	1,046	2,190	3,649

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