Enrollment Trends at William Paterson University of New Jersey

The student population at William Paterson University of New Jersey is 9,070 (6,604 undergraduate and 2,466 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,353 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at William Paterson University of New Jersey is 72.81% which is decreased by 3,485 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,132 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.85 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

3,400 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,159.26% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 10,360 where 9,070 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

72.81% of total students is undergraduate students and 27.19% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 3,485 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,132 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.85 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in William Paterson University of New Jersey than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at William Paterson University of New Jersey since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,423	10,089	4,632	5,457	1,334	330	1,004
2013-14	11,414 -9	10,027 -62	4,562 -70	5,465 8	1,387 53	342 12	1,045 41
2014-15	11,048 -366	9,619 -408	4,330 -232	5,289 -176	1,429 42	361 19	1,068 23
2015-16	10,862 -186	9,398 -221	4,247 -83	5,151 -138	1,464 35	380 19	1,084 16
2016-17	10,583 -279	9,103 -295	4,154 -93	4,949 -202	1,480 16	373 -7	1,107 23
2017-18	10,252 -331	8,838 -265	4,027 -127	4,811 -138	1,414 -66	367 -6	1,047 -60
2018-19	10,198 -54	8,735 -103	3,915 -112	4,820 9	1,463 49	403 36	1,060 13
2019-20	10,105 -93	8,605 -130	3,817 -98	4,788 -32	1,500 37	385 -18	1,115 55
2020-21	9,635 -470	7,971 -634	3,373 -444	4,598 -190	1,664 164	420 35	1,244 129
2021-22	9,369 -266	7,219 -752	2,950 -423	4,269 -329	2,150 486	528 108	1,622 378
2022-23	9,070 -299	6,604 -615	2,615 -335	3,989 -280	2,466 316	567 39	1,899 277
Average	10,360	8,746	3,875	4,871	1,614	405	1,209

William Paterson University of New Jersey Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 8,746 where 6,604 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 William Paterson University of New Jersey since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,089	8,381	3,859	4,522	1,708	773	935
2013-14	10,027	8,269	3,763	4,506	1,758	799	959
2014-15	9,619	7,883	3,540	4,343	1,736	790	946
2015-16	9,398	7,721	3,491	4,230	1,677	756	921
2016-17	9,103	7,499	3,442	4,057	1,604	712	892
2017-18	8,838	7,285	3,335	3,950	1,553	692	861
2018-19	8,735	7,270	3,245	4,025	1,465	670	795
2019-20	8,605	7,165	3,148	4,017	1,440	669	771
2020-21	7,971	6,480	2,743	3,737	1,491	630	861
2021-22	7,219	5,708	2,394	3,314	1,511	556	955
2022-23	6,604	5,134	2,100	3,034	1,470	515	955
Average	8,746	8,746	3,187	3,976	8,746	687	896

William Paterson University of New Jersey Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,614 where 2,466 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 William Paterson University of New Jersey since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,334	305	83	222	1,029	247	782
2013-14	1,387	306	91	215	1,081	251	830
2014-15	1,429	303	107	196	1,126	254	872
2015-16	1,464	310	120	190	1,154	260	894
2016-17	1,480	324	116	208	1,156	257	899
2017-18	1,414	326	103	223	1,088	264	824
2018-19	1,463	328	116	212	1,135	287	848
2019-20	1,500	345	107	238	1,155	278	877
2020-21	1,664	406	118	288	1,258	302	956
2021-22	2,150	517	141	376	1,633	387	1,246
2022-23	2,466	624	164	460	1,842	403	1,439
Average	1,614	1,614	115	257	1,614	290	952

William Paterson University of New Jersey Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 37.93% and the percentage of black students is 17.64% at William Paterson University of New Jersey. 8.04% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at William Paterson University of New Jersey 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	18	661	1,453	2,399	57	5,703	173
2013-14	13	711	1,464	2,615	43	5,550	227
2014-15	11	704	1,483	2,740	25	5,220	250
2015-16	7	725	1,580	2,795	15	4,969	285
2016-17	8	732	1,599	2,856	6	4,655	270
2017-18	9	733	1,590	3,020	6	4,262	264
2018-19	13	706	1,711	3,105	5	4,095	284
2019-20	13	704	1,740	3,150	5	3,905	292
2020-21	9	681	1,700	3,068	9	3,663	280
2021-22	8	744	1,618	2,907	11	3,568	247
2022-23	5	729	1,600	2,756	10	3,440	226
Average	10	712	1,594	2,856	17	4,457	254

William Paterson University of New Jersey Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,400 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 38% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,159.26% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at William Paterson University of New Jersey from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,048	270	2,219	8,559
2015-16	10,862	293	2,172	8,397
2016-17	10,583	460	2,296	7,827
2017-18	10,252	510	2,387	7,355
2018-19	10,198	545	2,328	7,325
2019-20	10,105	387	2,646	7,072
2020-21	9,635	493	3,205	5,937
2021-22	9,369	2,150	3,122	4,097
2022-23	9,070	3,400	3,174	2,496
Average	10,125	945	2,617	6,563

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