Enrollment Trends at U of Bridgeport

The student population at University of Bridgeport is 3,988 (1,637 undergraduate and 2,351 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 889 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Bridgeport is 41.05% which is decreased by 1,051 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 162 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.55 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,000 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 113.68% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 4,883 where 3,988 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

41.05% of total students is undergraduate students and 58.95% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,051 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 162 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.55 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in U of Bridgeport than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Bridgeport since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,877	2,688	873	1,815	2,189	953	1,236
2013-14	4,842 -35	2,835 147	959 86	1,876 61	2,007 -182	861 -92	1,146 -90
2014-15	5,191 349	3,021 186	1,043 84	1,978 102	2,170 163	983 122	1,187 41
2015-16	5,433 242	2,897 -124	1,032 -11	1,865 -113	2,536 366	1,301 318	1,235 48
2016-17	5,658 225	2,941 44	1,075 43	1,866 1	2,717 181	1,384 83	1,333 98
2017-18	5,434 -224	3,129 188	1,118 43	2,011 145	2,305 -412	1,061 -323	1,244 -89
2018-19	5,485 51	3,415 286	1,216 98	2,199 188	2,070 -235	814 -247	1,256 12
2019-20	5,089 -396	3,233 -182	1,060 -156	2,173 -26	1,856 -214	669 -145	1,187 -69
2020-21	4,155 -934	2,350 -883	700 -360	1,650 -523	1,805 -51	591 -78	1,214 27
2021-22	3,563 -592	1,873 -477	535 -165	1,338 -312	1,690 -115	602 11	1,088 -126
2022-23	3,988 425	1,637 -236	496 -39	1,141 -197	2,351 661	1,065 463	1,286 198
Average	4,883	2,729	919	1,810	2,154	935	1,219

University of Bridgeport Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,729 where 1,637 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 University of Bridgeport since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,688	1,852	729	1,123	836	144	692
2013-14	2,835	2,035	800	1,235	800	159	641
2014-15	3,021	2,254	899	1,355	767	144	623
2015-16	2,897	2,112	858	1,254	785	174	611
2016-17	2,941	2,140	863	1,277	801	212	589
2017-18	3,129	2,300	875	1,425	829	243	586
2018-19	3,415	2,311	872	1,439	1,104	344	760
2019-20	3,233	2,132	763	1,369	1,101	297	804
2020-21	2,350	1,868	624	1,244	482	76	406
2021-22	1,873	1,422	444	978	451	91	360
2022-23	1,637	1,339	432	907	298	64	234
Average	2,729	2,729	742	1,237	2,729	177	573

University of Bridgeport Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,154 where 2,351 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 University of Bridgeport since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,189	1,145	539	606	1,044	414	630
2013-14	2,007	1,124	550	574	883	311	572
2014-15	2,170	1,233	657	576	937	326	611
2015-16	2,536	1,604	918	686	932	383	549
2016-17	2,717	1,760	1,011	749	957	373	584
2017-18	2,305	1,311	659	652	994	402	592
2018-19	2,070	1,093	500	593	977	314	663
2019-20	1,856	911	395	516	945	274	671
2020-21	1,805	797	328	469	1,008	263	745
2021-22	1,690	860	384	476	830	218	612
2022-23	2,351	1,485	847	638	866	218	648
Average	2,154	2,154	617	594	2,154	318	625

University of Bridgeport Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 27.36% and the percentage of black students is 21.84% at University of Bridgeport. 3.59% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Bridgeport 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	24	172	1,166	583	4	1,704	133
2013-14	26	163	1,166	612	7	1,713	104
2014-15	27	170	1,315	591	11	1,735	91
2015-16	28	181	1,256	628	5	1,651	67
2016-17	40	189	1,234	710	9	1,684	111
2017-18	35	228	1,289	793	9	1,762	83
2018-19	27	225	1,241	837	1	1,778	100
2019-20	35	256	1,205	1,004	8	1,807	111
2020-21	26	218	1,053	801	0	1,580	77
2021-22	14	176	921	720	0	1,280	23
2022-23	21	143	871	661	0	1,091	26
Average	28	193	1,156	722	5	1,617	84

University of Bridgeport Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,000 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has increased 113.68% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Bridgeport from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,191	468	539	4,184
2015-16	5,433	559	701	4,173
2016-17	5,658	549	901	4,208
2017-18	5,434	677	966	3,791
2018-19	5,485	858	1,016	3,611
2019-20	5,089	947	895	3,247
2020-21	4,155	1,044	993	2,118
2021-22	3,563	1,006	1,056	1,501
2022-23	3,988	1,000	1,658	1,330
Average	4,888	790	969	3,129

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