Enrollment Trends at FAU

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 30,391 where 31,607 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

78.70% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.30% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 595 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,822 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.33 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in FAU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Florida Atlantic University since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	30,380	25,471	11,125	14,346	4,909	1,947	2,962
2016-17	30,541 161	25,402 -69	11,159 34	14,243 -103	5,139 230	2,087 140	3,052 90
2017-18	30,208 -333	25,030 -372	11,047 -112	13,983 -260	5,178 39	2,100 13	3,078 26
2018-19	29,772 -436	24,376 -654	10,690 -357	13,686 -297	5,396 218	2,105 5	3,291 213
2019-20	30,061 289	24,740 364	10,745 55	13,995 309	5,321 -75	2,087 -18	3,234 -57
2020-21	30,805 744	25,457 717	10,562 -183	14,895 900	5,348 27	2,044 -43	3,304 70
2021-22	30,155 -650	24,799 -658	10,385 -177	14,414 -481	5,356 8	2,035 -9	3,321 17
2022-23	29,592 -563	24,191 -608	10,223 -162	13,968 -446	5,401 45	2,112 77	3,289 -32
2023-24	30,790 1,198	24,614 423	10,567 344	14,047 79	6,176 775	2,623 511	3,553 264
2024-25	31,607 817	24,876 262	10,648 81	14,228 181	6,731 555	2,932 309	3,799 246
Average	30,391	24,896	10,715	14,181	5,496	2,207	3,288

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 24,896 where 24,876 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 Atlantic 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	25,471	16,116	7,145	8,971	9,355	3,980	5,375
2016-17	25,402	16,252	7,211	9,041	9,150	3,948	5,202
2017-18	25,030	16,325	7,224	9,101	8,705	3,823	4,882
2018-19	24,376	16,436	7,208	9,228	7,940	3,482	4,458
2019-20	24,740	16,678	7,334	9,344	8,062	3,411	4,651
2020-21	25,457	16,617	6,916	9,701	8,840	3,646	5,194
2021-22	24,799	15,920	6,640	9,280	8,879	3,745	5,134
2022-23	24,191	16,166	6,771	9,395	8,025	3,452	4,573
2023-24	24,614	17,748	7,455	10,293	6,866	3,112	3,754
2024-25	24,876	18,401	7,736	10,665	6,475	2,912	3,563
Average	24,896	24,896	7,164	9,502	24,896	3,551	4,679

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 5,496 where 6,731 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 Atlantic 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	4,909	2,014	861	1,153	2,895	1,086	1,809
2016-17	5,139	2,135	975	1,160	3,004	1,112	1,892
2017-18	5,178	2,202	997	1,205	2,976	1,103	1,873
2018-19	5,396	2,126	867	1,259	3,270	1,238	2,032
2019-20	5,321	2,196	949	1,247	3,125	1,138	1,987
2020-21	5,348	2,275	910	1,365	3,073	1,134	1,939
2021-22	5,356	2,375	915	1,460	2,981	1,120	1,861
2022-23	5,401	2,568	1,043	1,525	2,833	1,069	1,764
2023-24	6,176	3,200	1,534	1,666	2,976	1,089	1,887
2024-25	6,731	3,624	1,740	1,884	3,107	1,192	1,915
Average	5,496	5,496	1,079	1,392	5,496	1,128	1,896

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 40.42% and the percentage of black students is 15.92% at Florida Atlantic University. 4.29% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 26.37% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 44.67% to 40.42%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.24% to 4.29%. Black student enrollment decreased from 18.89% to 15.92%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 24.31% to 26.37%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7384 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7027 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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• Interactive Chart
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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	57	1,287	5,740	7,385	40	13,571	1,051
2016-17	62	1,328	5,847	7,618	35	13,296	1,079
2017-18	53	1,361	5,778	7,723	31	12,849	1,060
2018-19	45	1,307	5,660	7,714	31	12,510	1,078
2019-20	44	1,332	5,795	7,943	37	12,301	1,127
2020-21	39	1,325	6,067	8,424	37	12,355	1,155
2021-22	35	1,355	5,891	8,290	36	11,978	1,153
2022-23	34	1,323	5,401	8,096	27	11,877	1,147
2023-24	24	1,352	5,236	8,219	25	12,313	1,201
2024-25	23	1,355	5,033	8,335	37	12,777	1,197
Average	42	1,333	5,645	7,975	34	12,583	1,125