Enrollment Trends at PSU

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,506 where 3,707 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 5,120 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,707 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,120 to 3,707 students, a net loss of 1,413 (27.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Plymouth State 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	5,120	4,070	2,073	1,997	1,050	316	734
2016-17	5,049 -71	4,124 54	2,075 2	2,049 52	925 -125	307 -9	618 -116
2017-18	5,046 -3	4,148 24	2,091 16	2,057 8	898 -27	271 -36	627 9
2018-19	5,059 13	4,222 74	2,133 42	2,089 32	837 -61	257 -14	580 -47
2019-20	4,648 -411	3,802 -420	1,918 -215	1,884 -205	846 9	244 -13	602 22
2020-21	4,491 -157	3,739 -63	1,893 -25	1,846 -38	752 -94	209 -35	543 -59
2021-22	4,224 -267	3,536 -203	1,787 -106	1,749 -97	688 -64	194 -15	494 -49
2022-23	3,872 -352	3,308 -228	1,689 -98	1,619 -130	564 -124	160 -34	404 -90
2023-24	3,839 -33	3,336 28	1,736 47	1,600 -19	503 -61	149 -11	354 -50
2024-25	3,707 -132	3,182 -154	1,649 -87	1,533 -67	525 22	142 -7	383 29
Average	4,506	3,747	1,904	1,842	759	225	534

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,747 where 3,182 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 Plymouth State 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	4,070	3,820	1,925	1,895	250	148	102
2016-17	4,124	3,935	1,961	1,974	189	114	75
2017-18	4,148	3,971	1,970	2,001	177	121	56
2018-19	4,222	3,999	1,985	2,014	223	148	75
2019-20	3,802	3,659	1,843	1,816	143	75	68
2020-21	3,739	3,565	1,806	1,759	174	87	87
2021-22	3,536	3,368	1,706	1,662	168	81	87
2022-23	3,308	3,183	1,615	1,568	125	74	51
2023-24	3,336	3,247	1,689	1,558	89	47	42
2024-25	3,182	3,091	1,599	1,492	91	50	41
Average	3,747	3,747	1,810	1,774	3,747	95	68

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 759 where 525 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 Plymouth State 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	1,050	317	100	217	733	216	517
2016-17	925	288	85	203	637	222	415
2017-18	898	372	108	264	526	163	363
2018-19	837	379	119	260	458	138	320
2019-20	846	451	132	319	395	112	283
2020-21	752	392	109	283	360	100	260
2021-22	688	377	118	259	311	76	235
2022-23	564	202	67	135	362	93	269
2023-24	503	199	67	132	304	82	222
2024-25	525	199	69	130	326	73	253
Average	759	759	97	220	759	128	314

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.95%. The percentage was 79.45% 10 years ago and PSU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.43% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.81% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 79.45% to 80.95%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.01% to 1.43%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.19% to 1.81%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.89% to 5.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3379 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.3673 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Plymouth State 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	21	103	112	97	3	4,068	66
2016-17	22	98	120	78	7	4,123	68
2017-18	23	82	111	118	5	4,121	87
2018-19	16	78	118	167	4	4,111	107
2019-20	16	70	107	164	1	3,757	118
2020-21	9	62	110	197	2	3,490	122
2021-22	12	62	98	180	0	3,388	111
2022-23	10	55	71	177	0	3,154	105
2023-24	10	52	69	199	0	3,049	218
2024-25	7	53	67	210	0	3,001	203
Average	15	72	98	159	2	3,626	121