Enrollment Trends at Emerson

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,072 where 5,263 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

74.25% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.75% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 100 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 684 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.44 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Emerson than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,479	3,808	1,525	2,283	671	153	518
2016-17	4,442 -37	3,801 -7	1,526 1	2,275 -8	641 -30	152 -1	489 -29
2017-18	4,459 17	3,812 11	1,546 20	2,266 -9	647 6	167 15	480 -9
2018-19	4,573 114	3,855 43	1,550 4	2,305 39	718 71	180 13	538 58
2019-20	4,930 357	3,878 23	1,502 -48	2,376 71	1,052 334	211 31	841 303
2020-21	5,115 185	3,708 -170	1,388 -114	2,320 -56	1,407 355	200 -11	1,207 366
2021-22	5,900 785	4,117 409	1,465 77	2,652 332	1,783 376	221 21	1,562 355
2022-23	5,891 -9	4,155 38	1,444 -21	2,711 59	1,736 -47	220 -1	1,516 -46
2023-24	5,670 -221	4,171 16	1,387 -57	2,784 73	1,499 -237	208 -12	1,291 -225
2024-25	5,263 -407	3,908 -263	1,330 -57	2,578 -206	1,355 -144	199 -9	1,156 -135
Average	5,072	3,921	1,466	2,455	1,151	191	960

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,921 where 3,908 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 Emerson College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,808	3,732	1,496	2,236	76	29	47
2016-17	3,801	3,733	1,501	2,232	68	25	43
2017-18	3,812	3,748	1,522	2,226	64	24	40
2018-19	3,855	3,779	1,510	2,269	76	40	36
2019-20	3,878	3,827	1,478	2,349	51	24	27
2020-21	3,708	3,626	1,346	2,280	82	42	40
2021-22	4,117	4,053	1,442	2,611	64	23	41
2022-23	4,155	4,104	1,425	2,679	51	19	32
2023-24	4,171	4,107	1,367	2,740	64	20	44
2024-25	3,908	3,839	1,311	2,528	69	19	50
Average	3,921	3,921	1,440	2,415	3,921	27	40

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,151 where 1,355 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 Emerson College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	671	596	134	462	75	19	56
2016-17	641	578	134	444	63	18	45
2017-18	647	570	147	423	77	20	57
2018-19	718	628	159	469	90	21	69
2019-20	1,052	815	168	647	237	43	194
2020-21	1,407	1,044	157	887	363	43	320
2021-22	1,783	1,285	172	1,113	498	49	449
2022-23	1,736	1,236	169	1,067	500	51	449
2023-24	1,499	1,015	161	854	484	47	437
2024-25	1,355	940	156	784	415	43	372
Average	1,151	1,151	156	715	1,151	35	245

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 54.34%. The percentage was 63.74% 10 years ago and Emerson still has a high percentage of white students. 5.45% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.76% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.81% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 63.74% to 54.34%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.84% to 5.45%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.30% to 6.76%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.27% to 12.81%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6787 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5790 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Emerson College 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	5	172	148	460	4	2,855	180
2016-17	5	181	141	460	4	2,864	179
2017-18	6	193	143	494	4	2,821	162
2018-19	8	204	157	559	2	2,793	157
2019-20	10	236	208	639	1	2,903	179
2020-21	8	248	251	718	4	2,970	190
2021-22	6	322	326	829	8	3,286	238
2022-23	6	315	346	804	4	3,222	260
2023-24	6	307	328	729	3	3,088	259
2024-25	7	287	356	674	4	2,860	238
Average	7	247	240	637	4	2,966	204