Enrollment Trends at FAMU

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,508 where 9,313 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 10,021 students in 2019 and was lowest at 9,000 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 9,928 to 9,313 students, a net loss of 615 (6.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 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	9,928	8,128	2,986	5,142	1,800	645	1,155
2016-17	9,619 -309	7,769 -359	2,754 -232	5,015 -127	1,850 50	665 20	1,185 30
2017-18	9,913 294	8,024 255	2,818 64	5,206 191	1,889 39	668 3	1,221 36
2018-19	10,021 108	8,137 113	2,877 59	5,260 54	1,884 -5	683 15	1,201 -20
2019-20	9,626 -395	7,818 -319	2,728 -149	5,090 -170	1,808 -76	642 -41	1,166 -35
2020-21	9,184 -442	7,402 -416	2,560 -168	4,842 -248	1,782 -26	603 -39	1,179 13
2021-22	9,000 -184	7,301 -101	2,508 -52	4,793 -49	1,699 -83	567 -36	1,132 -47
2022-23	9,215 215	7,709 408	2,590 82	5,119 326	1,506 -193	489 -78	1,017 -115
2023-24	9,265 50	7,796 87	2,647 57	5,149 30	1,469 -37	484 -5	985 -32
2024-25	9,313 48	7,890 94	2,726 79	5,164 15	1,423 -46	486 2	937 -48
Average	9,508	7,797	2,719	5,078	1,711	593	1,118

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,797 where 7,890 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 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,128	6,968	2,494	4,474	1,160	492	668
2016-17	7,769	6,623	2,304	4,319	1,146	450	696
2017-18	8,024	6,875	2,373	4,502	1,149	445	704
2018-19	8,137	6,958	2,401	4,557	1,179	476	703
2019-20	7,818	6,802	2,281	4,521	1,016	447	569
2020-21	7,402	6,244	2,103	4,141	1,158	457	701
2021-22	7,301	6,218	2,068	4,150	1,083	440	643
2022-23	7,709	6,640	2,239	4,401	1,069	351	718
2023-24	7,796	6,784	2,292	4,492	1,012	355	657
2024-25	7,890	6,896	2,356	4,540	994	370	624
Average	7,797	7,797	2,291	4,410	7,797	428	668

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,711 where 1,423 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 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 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	1,800	1,523	542	981	277	103	174
2016-17	1,850	1,576	556	1,020	274	109	165
2017-18	1,889	1,643	565	1,078	246	103	143
2018-19	1,884	1,622	578	1,044	262	105	157
2019-20	1,808	1,572	556	1,016	236	86	150
2020-21	1,782	1,491	489	1,002	291	114	177
2021-22	1,699	1,400	458	942	299	109	190
2022-23	1,506	1,244	399	845	262	90	172
2023-24	1,469	1,189	388	801	280	96	184
2024-25	1,423	1,139	398	741	284	88	196
Average	1,711	1,711	493	947	1,711	100	171

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 6.14% and the percentage of black students is 83.97% at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University. 0.70% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 6.65% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 7.39% to 6.14%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.05% to 0.70%. Black student enrollment decreased from 85.47% to 83.97%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.71% to 6.65%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2864 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.2629 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 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	23	104	8,485	269	0	734	189
2016-17	14	101	8,091	295	1	744	240
2017-18	9	97	8,249	345	6	800	289
2018-19	2	105	8,252	435	5	796	329
2019-20	2	81	7,966	476	4	706	313
2020-21	4	71	7,617	511	5	624	268
2021-22	8	65	7,545	497	3	592	229
2022-23	8	66	7,848	509	4	550	188
2023-24	8	72	7,852	559	1	556	184
2024-25	8	65	7,820	619	7	572	170
Average	9	83	7,973	452	4	667	240