Enrollment Trends at SUNY Farmingdale

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,568 where 10,039 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 10,039 students in 2025 and was lowest at 8,648 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 8,648 to 10,039 students, a net gain of 1,391 (16.1%).

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

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• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
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Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,648	8,648	4,918	3,730	0	0	0
2016-17	9,235 587	9,235 587	5,176 258	4,059 329	0	0	0
2017-18	9,574 339	9,552 317	5,428 252	4,124 65	22 22	21 21	1 1
2018-19	9,970 396	9,916 364	5,612 184	4,304 180	54 32	47 26	7 6
2019-20	9,996 26	9,939 23	5,751 139	4,188 -116	57 3	49 2	8 1
2020-21	10,018 22	9,948 9	5,778 27	4,170 -18	70 13	57 8	13 5
2021-22	9,348 -670	9,284 -664	5,441 -337	3,843 -327	64 -6	55 -2	9 -4
2022-23	9,314 -34	9,264 -20	5,468 27	3,796 -47	50 -14	40 -15	10 1
2023-24	9,541 227	9,508 244	5,615 147	3,893 97	33 -17	27 -13	6 -4
2024-25	10,039 498	10,007 499	5,846 231	4,161 268	32 -1	28 1	4 -2
Average	9,568	9,530	5,503	4,027	38	32	6

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,530 where 10,007 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 Farmingdale State College since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
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Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,648	6,388	3,832	2,556	2,260	1,086	1,174
2016-17	9,235	6,942	4,091	2,851	2,293	1,085	1,208
2017-18	9,552	7,407	4,339	3,068	2,145	1,089	1,056
2018-19	9,916	7,689	4,522	3,167	2,227	1,090	1,137
2019-20	9,939	7,785	4,618	3,167	2,154	1,133	1,021
2020-21	9,948	7,860	4,644	3,216	2,088	1,134	954
2021-22	9,284	7,321	4,345	2,976	1,963	1,096	867
2022-23	9,264	7,388	4,415	2,973	1,876	1,053	823
2023-24	9,508	7,622	4,568	3,054	1,886	1,047	839
2024-25	10,007	7,987	4,750	3,237	2,020	1,096	924
Average	9,530	9,530	4,412	3,027	9,530	1,091	1,000

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 38 where 32 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 Farmingdale State College since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
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Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	22	10	10	0	12	11	1
2018-19	54	27	24	3	27	23	4
2019-20	57	21	19	2	36	30	6
2020-21	70	27	22	5	43	35	8
2021-22	64	20	18	2	44	37	7
2022-23	50	13	9	4	37	31	6
2023-24	33	5	3	2	28	24	4
2024-25	32	4	4	0	28	24	4
Average	38	38	11	2	38	22	4

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 37.61% and the percentage of black students is 11.42% at Farmingdale State College. 13.33% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 29.58% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 60.34% to 37.61%. Asian enrollment grew from 7.44% to 13.33%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.14% to 11.42%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 16.48% to 29.58%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7388 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5925 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	18	643	877	1,425	34	5,218	177
2016-17	18	767	904	1,692	35	5,451	191
2017-18	20	800	929	1,942	31	5,471	212
2018-19	20	868	951	2,221	23	5,432	252
2019-20	26	960	950	2,306	16	5,232	267
2020-21	29	1,052	988	2,393	17	5,071	273
2021-22	25	1,068	955	2,390	14	4,413	275
2022-23	25	1,100	975	2,542	19	4,118	296
2023-24	29	1,241	1,015	2,740	20	3,902	341
2024-25	37	1,338	1,146	2,970	25	3,776	373
Average	25	984	969	2,262	23	4,808	266