Enrollment Trends for New Jersey Colleges

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 266,388, and 267,997 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2024-2025.

Of the total students, 74.44% are undergraduate students and 25.56% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 6,298, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 5,056.

The women to men ratio is 1.14 to 1, meaning that there are slightly more women students enrolled in New Jersey Colleges than men students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at New Jersey Colleges since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	269,806	206,214	96,837	109,377	63,592	28,376	35,216
2015-16	264,825 -4,981	201,140 -5,074	94,697 -2,140	106,443 -2,934	63,685 93	28,700 324	34,985 -231
2016-17	267,704 2,879	203,797 2,657	95,933 1,236	107,864 1,421	63,907 222	28,743 43	35,164 179
2017-18	268,211 507	204,787 990	96,650 717	108,137 273	63,424 -483	28,270 -473	35,154 -10
2018-19	270,637 2,426	207,360 2,573	98,130 1,480	109,230 1,093	63,277 -147	28,154 -116	35,123 -31
2019-20	270,945 308	207,387 27	98,308 178	109,079 -151	63,558 281	28,083 -71	35,475 352
2020-21	268,228 -2,717	203,450 -3,937	95,884 -2,424	107,566 -1,513	64,778 1,220	28,084 1	36,694 1,219
2021-22	261,972 -6,256	195,748 -7,702	92,790 -3,094	102,958 -4,608	66,224 1,446	28,968 884	37,256 562
2022-23	259,411 -2,561	191,567 -4,181	90,965 -1,825	100,602 -2,356	67,844 1,620	30,631 1,663	37,213 -43
2023-24	260,527 1,116	191,768 201	91,525 560	100,243 -359	68,759 915	30,953 322	37,806 593
2024-25	267,997 7,470	198,745 6,977	95,282 3,757	103,463 3,220	69,252 493	30,647 -306	38,605 799
Average	266,388	201,088	95,182	105,906	65,300	29,055	36,245

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 201,088. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 7,469 from 206,214 to 198,745.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at New Jersey Colleges since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	206,214	159,895	75,211	84,684	46,319	21,626	24,693
2015-16	201,140	163,465	77,140	86,325	37,675	17,557	20,118
2016-17	203,797	166,046	78,521	87,525	37,751	17,412	20,339
2017-18	204,787	168,201	79,692	88,509	36,586	16,958	19,628
2018-19	207,360	171,614	81,429	90,185	35,746	16,701	19,045
2019-20	207,387	172,290	81,709	90,581	35,097	16,599	18,498
2020-21	203,450	169,052	79,618	89,434	34,398	16,266	18,132
2021-22	195,748	163,386	77,552	85,834	32,362	15,238	17,124
2022-23	191,567	161,649	77,127	84,522	29,918	13,838	16,080
2023-24	191,768	163,660	78,306	85,354	28,108	13,219	14,889
2024-25	198,745	169,903	81,475	88,428	28,842	13,807	15,035
Average	201,088	201,088	78,889	87,398	201,088	16,293	18,507

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 65,300. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 5,660 from 63,592 to 69,252.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at New Jersey Colleges since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	63,592	32,108	16,767	15,341	31,484	11,609	19,875
2015-16	63,685	33,161	17,419	15,742	30,524	11,281	19,243
2016-17	63,907	33,254	17,427	15,827	30,653	11,316	19,337
2017-18	63,424	32,792	17,031	15,761	30,632	11,239	19,393
2018-19	63,277	32,831	16,950	15,881	30,446	11,204	19,242
2019-20	63,558	33,315	17,043	16,272	30,243	11,040	19,203
2020-21	64,778	34,106	17,082	17,024	30,672	11,002	19,670
2021-22	66,224	35,827	18,213	17,614	30,397	10,755	19,642
2022-23	67,844	38,630	20,459	18,171	29,214	10,172	19,042
2023-24	68,759	40,118	21,213	18,905	28,641	9,740	18,901
2024-25	69,252	40,433	20,759	19,674	28,819	9,888	18,931
Average	65,300	65,300	18,215	16,928	65,300	10,841	19,316

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 39.68% and the percentage of black students is 11.14% at New Jersey Colleges. 12.44% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at New Jersey Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).

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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2014-15	494	26,350	30,826	39,839	701	131,307	5,440
2015-16	424	26,603	29,925	41,379	613	124,319	5,428
2016-17	423	27,491	30,572	43,540	574	123,651	5,553
2017-18	421	28,229	30,610	45,310	521	122,676	5,575
2018-19	429	29,512	30,950	47,788	493	122,479	6,347
2019-20	421	30,540	30,559	48,763	461	120,966	6,830
2020-21	390	31,466	30,699	50,127	389	118,520	7,080
2021-22	365	31,886	29,239	49,091	325	114,245	6,954
2022-23	328	31,975	28,689	50,861	261	109,312	7,189
2023-24	326	32,034	28,628	53,098	225	106,597	7,083
2024-25	324	33,407	29,911	56,997	212	106,568	7,355
Average	395	29,954	30,055	47,890	434	118,240	6,439

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

36,849 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 39.46% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at New Jersey Colleges from 2012 to 2025.

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