Enrollment Trends at SUNO

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,320 where 2,468 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 2,709 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,950 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,709 to 2,468 students, a net loss of 241 (8.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Southern University at New Orleans since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,709	2,213	595	1,618	496	112	384
2016-17	2,430 -279	1,981 -232	536 -59	1,445 -173	449 -47	111 -1	338 -46
2017-18	2,546 116	2,108 127	591 55	1,517 72	438 -11	120 9	318 -20
2018-19	2,356 -190	1,928 -180	538 -53	1,390 -127	428 -10	91 -29	337 19
2019-20	2,309 -47	1,894 -34	536 -2	1,358 -32	415 -13	103 12	312 -25
2020-21	2,264 -45	1,941 47	541 5	1,400 42	323 -92	71 -32	252 -60
2021-22	2,106 -158	1,812 -129	493 -48	1,319 -81	294 -29	75 4	219 -33
2022-23	1,950 -156	1,680 -132	479 -14	1,201 -118	270 -24	78 3	192 -27
2023-24	2,059 109	1,773 93	528 49	1,245 44	286 16	85 7	201 9
2024-25	2,468 409	2,179 406	774 246	1,405 160	289 3	73 -12	216 15
Average	2,320	1,951	561	1,390	369	92	277

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,951 where 2,179 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 Southern University at New Orleans 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	2,213	1,485	396	1,089	728	199	529
2016-17	1,981	1,371	374	997	610	162	448
2017-18	2,108	1,520	451	1,069	588	140	448
2018-19	1,928	1,404	404	1,000	524	134	390
2019-20	1,894	1,383	394	989	511	142	369
2020-21	1,941	1,069	280	789	872	261	611
2021-22	1,812	927	222	705	885	271	614
2022-23	1,680	885	212	673	795	267	528
2023-24	1,773	901	249	652	872	279	593
2024-25	2,179	910	284	626	1,269	490	779
Average	1,951	1,951	327	859	1,951	235	531

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 369 where 289 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 Southern University at New Orleans 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	496	351	66	285	145	46	99
2016-17	449	326	66	260	123	45	78
2017-18	438	286	72	214	152	48	104
2018-19	428	280	52	228	148	39	109
2019-20	415	253	57	196	162	46	116
2020-21	323	192	41	151	131	30	101
2021-22	294	167	44	123	127	31	96
2022-23	270	171	50	121	99	28	71
2023-24	286	190	54	136	96	31	65
2024-25	289	205	44	161	84	29	55
Average	369	369	55	188	369	37	89

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 5.92% and the percentage of black students is 77.19% at Southern University at New Orleans. 2.15% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 7.70% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 4.13% to 5.92%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.11% to 2.15%. Black student enrollment decreased from 84.42% to 77.19%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.85% to 7.70%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3933 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2854 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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• 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	9	30	2,287	23	0	112	0
2016-17	8	19	2,003	16	0	74	0
2017-18	6	15	1,962	21	0	66	0
2018-19	6	13	1,702	19	0	54	0
2019-20	4	9	1,930	26	1	64	0
2020-21	5	29	2,013	43	4	54	18
2021-22	6	36	1,850	47	9	67	20
2022-23	3	51	1,701	31	2	99	28
2023-24	4	57	1,795	81	1	59	34
2024-25	5	53	1,905	190	4	146	77
Average	6	31	1,915	50	2	80	18