Enrollment Trends at Naval Postgraduate School

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,699 where 2,441 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 2,866 students in 2021 and was lowest at 2,441 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,665 to 2,441 students, a net loss of 224 (8.4%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Naval Postgraduate School since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,665	2,241	424
2016-17	2,682 17	2,216 -25	466 42
2017-18	2,704 22	2,192 -24	512 46
2018-19	2,737 33	2,202 10	535 23
2019-20	2,841 104	2,267 65	574 39
2020-21	2,866 25	2,276 9	590 16
2021-22	2,787 -79	2,217 -59	570 -20
2022-23	2,670 -117	2,091 -126	579 9
2023-24	2,600 -70	2,075 -16	525 -54
2024-25	2,441 -159	1,935 -140	506 -19
Average	2,699	2,171	528

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.45%. The percentage was 66.83% 10 years ago and Naval Postgraduate School still has a high percentage of white students. 4.38% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.61% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.16% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 66.83% to 71.45%. Asian enrollment declined from 6.45% to 4.38%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.14% to 3.61%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.15% to 10.16%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4757 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5427 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Naval Postgraduate School 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	21	172	137	164	0	1,781	0
2016-17	20	188	168	155	0	1,746	0
2017-18	10	203	171	168	0	1,776	0
2018-19	7	186	157	213	1	1,833	13
2019-20	5	162	163	207	7	2,080	39
2020-21	7	155	131	286	6	2,027	53
2021-22	4	141	123	280	3	1,996	57
2022-23	5	117	119	289	4	1,898	42
2023-24	2	102	101	285	3	1,867	50
2024-25	3	107	88	248	7	1,744	39
Average	8	153	136	230	3	1,875	29