Enrollment Trends for Pennsylvania Colleges

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 511,314, and 533,364 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2024-2025.

Of the total students, 72.31% are undergraduate students and 27.70% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students increased by 3,243, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 25,536.

The women to men ratio is 1.30 to 1, meaning that there are slightly more women students enrolled in Pennsylvania Colleges than men students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Pennsylvania 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	502,756	381,084	174,966	206,118	121,672	50,694	70,978
2015-16	495,186 -7,570	372,095 -8,989	169,187 -5,779	202,908 -3,210	123,091 1,419	50,715 21	72,376 1,398
2016-17	487,971 -7,215	361,673 -10,422	162,276 -6,911	199,397 -3,511	126,298 3,207	51,228 513	75,070 2,694
2017-18	485,577 -2,394	356,841 -4,832	159,169 -3,107	197,672 -1,725	128,736 2,438	51,873 645	76,863 1,793
2018-19	485,093 -484	354,858 -1,983	156,499 -2,670	198,359 687	130,235 1,499	51,645 -228	78,590 1,727
2019-20	479,055 -6,038	349,077 -5,781	151,754 -4,745	197,323 -1,036	129,978 -257	50,520 -1,125	79,458 868
2020-21	556,441 77,386	410,728 61,651	183,320 31,566	227,408 30,085	145,713 15,735	57,651 7,131	88,062 8,604
2021-22	547,849 -8,592	399,652 -11,076	178,802 -4,518	220,850 -6,558	148,197 2,484	58,320 669	89,877 1,815
2022-23	517,958 -29,891	375,795 -23,857	168,109 -10,693	207,686 -13,164	142,163 -6,034	56,664 -1,656	85,499 -4,378
2023-24	533,208 15,250	387,980 12,185	174,561 6,452	213,419 5,733	145,228 3,065	57,957 1,293	87,271 1,772
2024-25	533,364 156	386,480 -1,500	174,960 399	211,520 -1,899	146,884 1,656	58,278 321	88,606 1,335
Average	511,314	376,024	168,509	207,515	135,290	54,140	81,150

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 376,024. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 5,396 from 381,084 to 386,480.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Pennsylvania 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	381,084	319,343	145,048	174,295	61,741	29,918	31,823
2015-16	372,095	314,605	142,467	172,138	57,490	26,720	30,770
2016-17	361,673	311,212	140,350	170,862	50,461	21,926	28,535
2017-18	356,841	308,807	138,385	170,422	48,034	20,784	27,250
2018-19	354,858	306,086	135,642	170,444	48,772	20,857	27,915
2019-20	349,077	299,509	131,375	168,134	49,568	20,379	29,189
2020-21	410,728	352,286	158,637	193,649	58,442	24,683	33,759
2021-22	399,652	343,962	155,043	188,919	55,690	23,759	31,931
2022-23	375,795	328,733	149,445	179,288	47,062	18,664	28,398
2023-24	387,980	334,882	152,357	182,525	53,098	22,204	30,894
2024-25	386,480	333,581	152,237	181,344	52,899	22,723	30,176
Average	376,024	376,024	145,544	177,456	376,024	22,965	30,058

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 135,290. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 25,212 from 121,672 to 146,884.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Pennsylvania 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	121,672	71,106	32,098	39,008	50,566	18,596	31,970
2015-16	123,091	72,571	32,968	39,603	50,520	17,747	32,773
2016-17	126,298	74,976	33,708	41,268	51,322	17,520	33,802
2017-18	128,736	76,963	34,398	42,565	51,773	17,475	34,298
2018-19	130,235	78,310	34,142	44,168	51,925	17,503	34,422
2019-20	129,978	78,244	33,437	44,807	51,734	17,083	34,651
2020-21	145,713	85,249	36,311	48,938	60,464	21,340	39,124
2021-22	148,197	88,203	37,151	51,052	59,994	21,169	38,825
2022-23	142,163	87,629	37,293	50,336	54,534	19,371	35,163
2023-24	145,228	89,011	37,804	51,207	56,217	20,153	36,064
2024-25	146,884	89,698	37,575	52,123	57,186	20,703	36,483
Average	135,290	135,290	35,171	45,916	135,290	18,969	35,234

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.76%. The percentage was 65.80% 10 years ago and Pennsylvania Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 8.01% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.23% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pennsylvania 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	803	25,674	44,085	23,577	511	330,807	11,508
2015-16	783	26,254	44,182	24,643	470	321,461	12,424
2016-17	801	27,232	44,506	25,839	446	314,496	13,038
2017-18	833	28,195	44,592	27,447	431	309,583	13,817
2018-19	857	29,480	44,649	29,093	393	305,714	14,399
2019-20	734	30,093	43,459	30,453	383	301,151	15,394
2020-21	809	37,263	48,243	38,370	419	349,547	19,057
2021-22	820	40,110	47,484	39,247	411	338,112	17,823
2022-23	768	40,842	45,954	39,697	409	309,308	17,259
2023-24	827	41,532	47,996	42,280	386	313,508	18,379
2024-25	806	42,579	49,040	44,251	435	307,010	18,593
Average	804	33,569	45,835	33,172	427	318,245	15,608

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

81,311 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 189.15% since 2013.

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

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart