Enrollment Trends at SUNY Adirondack

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,245 where 2,576 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 3,993 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,576 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,993 to 2,576 students, a net loss of 1,417 (35.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at SUNY Adirondack since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,993	1,682	2,311
2016-17	3,776 -217	1,584 -98	2,192 -119
2017-18	3,892 116	1,708 124	2,184 -8
2018-19	3,727 -165	1,633 -75	2,094 -90
2019-20	3,420 -307	1,462 -171	1,958 -136
2020-21	2,994 -426	1,241 -221	1,753 -205
2021-22	2,683 -311	1,121 -120	1,562 -191
2022-23	2,662 -21	1,198 77	1,464 -98
2023-24	2,723 61	1,220 22	1,503 39
2024-25	2,576 -147	1,186 -34	1,390 -113
Average	3,245	1,404	1,841

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 82.73%. The percentage was 87.98% 10 years ago and SUNY Adirondack still has a high percentage of white students. 1.01% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.39% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.63% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 87.98% to 82.73%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.83% to 1.01%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.18% to 4.39%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.51% to 5.63%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3087 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2233 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at SUNY Adirondack over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	22	33	127	140	4	3,513	73
2016-17	18	35	120	138	1	3,202	68
2017-18	19	37	131	138	1	2,960	89
2018-19	16	49	141	154	2	3,253	95
2019-20	16	43	136	144	2	2,965	83
2020-21	14	43	123	138	2	2,531	75
2021-22	5	39	108	116	2	2,266	80
2022-23	12	41	125	121	1	2,201	83
2023-24	7	34	130	146	3	2,256	91
2024-25	7	26	113	145	3	2,131	107
Average	14	38	125	138	2	2,728	84