Enrollment Trends at HFCN

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 574 where 914 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 914 students in 2025 and was lowest at 436 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 459 to 914 students, a net gain of 455 (99.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Helene Fuld College of Nursing since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	459	56	403
2016-17	436 -23	62 6	374 -29
2017-18	480 44	67 5	413 39
2018-19	488 8	54 -13	434 21
2019-20	615 127	60 6	555 121
2020-21	525 -90	65 5	460 -95
2021-22	557 32	75 10	482 22
2022-23	544 -13	77 2	467 -15
2023-24	722 178	91 14	631 164
2024-25	914 192	122 31	792 161
Average	574	73	501

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 4.81% and the percentage of black students is 64.22% at Helene Fuld College of Nursing. 5.47% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 18.60% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 5.23% to 4.81%. Asian enrollment declined from 7.84% to 5.47%. Black student enrollment decreased from 77.34% to 64.22%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.93% to 18.60%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5471 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3849 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Helene Fuld College of Nursing 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	0	36	355	41	0	24	3
2016-17	3	41	316	45	1	28	2
2017-18	2	37	341	45	2	34	4
2018-19	6	34	344	40	3	58	2
2019-20	6	53	402	77	4	72	1
2020-21	5	37	340	64	1	68	2
2021-22	1	26	355	59	1	67	2
2022-23	2	41	371	59	1	60	6
2023-24	4	48	469	103	2	57	9
2024-25	2	50	587	170	1	44	21
Average	3	40	388	70	2	51	5

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Helene Fuld College of Nursing does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.