Enrollment Trends at Bridgeport

The student population at University of Bridgeport is 3,838 (1,570 undergraduate and 2,268 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,595 (29.36%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Bridgeport is 40.91% which is decreased by 1,327 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 268 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 65 male students for every 100 female students, down from 75 in 2015.
936 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 67.44% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,675 where 3,838 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 5,658 students in 2017 and was lowest at 3,563 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,433 to 3,838 students, a net loss of 1,595 (29.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,433	2,897	1,032	1,865	2,536	1,301	1,235
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
2023-24	4,103 115	1,479 -158	439 -57	1,040 -101	2,624 273	1,268 203	1,356 70
2024-25	3,838 -265	1,570 91	463 24	1,107 67	2,268 -356	1,046 -222	1,222 -134
Average	4,675	2,452	813	1,639	2,222	980	1,242

University of Bridgeport Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,452 where 1,570 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 University of Bridgeport since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,479	1,255	386	869	224	53	171
2024-25	1,570	1,247	403	844	323	60	263
Average	2,452	2,452	652	1,161	2,452	161	478

University of Bridgeport Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,222 where 2,268 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 University of Bridgeport since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,624	1,703	981	722	921	287	634
2024-25	2,268	1,385	750	635	883	296	587
Average	2,222	2,222	677	614	2,222	303	629

University of Bridgeport Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 23.76% and the percentage of black students is 21.26% at University of Bridgeport. 4.61% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 16.49% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 30.39% to 23.76%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.33% to 4.61%. Black student enrollment decreased from 23.12% to 21.26%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 11.56% to 16.49%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8690 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.8396 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Bridgeport 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	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
2023-24	12	173	754	613	0	1,009	15
2024-25	20	177	816	633	0	912	19
Average	26	197	1,064	740	3	1,455	63

University of Bridgeport Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

936 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has increased 67.44% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Bridgeport from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	4,103	932	2,124	1,047
2024-25	3,838	936	1,954	948
Average	4,675	851	1,226	2,597

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Enrollment Trends at Bridgeport

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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