Enrollment Trends at Fairmont State

The student population at Fairmont State University is 3,498 (3,197 undergraduate and 301 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 734 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Fairmont State is 91.40% which is decreased by 769 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 35 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.41 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

820 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 150.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,890 where 3,498 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.40% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.60% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 769 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 35 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.41 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Fairmont State than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Fairmont State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,232	3,966	1,782	2,184	266	80	186
2014-15	4,035 -197	3,797 -169	1,706 -76	2,091 -93	238 -28	74 -6	164 -22
2015-16	4,041 6	3,813 16	1,698 -8	2,115 24	228 -10	73 -1	155 -9
2016-17	4,049 8	3,804 -9	1,706 8	2,098 -17	245 17	59 -14	186 31
2017-18	3,886 -163	3,661 -143	1,601 -105	2,060 -38	225 -20	66 7	159 -27
2018-19	3,947 61	3,674 13	1,585 -16	2,089 29	273 48	79 13	194 35
2019-20	3,803 -144	3,563 -111	1,486 -99	2,077 -12	240 -33	79 0	161 -33
2020-21	3,848 45	3,573 10	1,456 -30	2,117 40	275 35	76 -3	199 38
2021-22	3,562 -286	3,273 -300	1,330 -126	1,943 -174	289 14	95 19	194 -5
2022-23	3,498 -64	3,197 -76	1,350 20	1,847 -96	301 12	101 6	200 6
Average	3,890	3,632	1,570	2,062	258	78	180

Fairmont State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,632 where 3,197 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Fairmont State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,966	3,435	1,595	1,840	531	187	344
2014-15	3,797	3,271	1,521	1,750	526	185	341
2015-16	3,813	3,260	1,512	1,748	553	186	367
2016-17	3,804	3,281	1,538	1,743	523	168	355
2017-18	3,661	3,108	1,431	1,677	553	170	383
2018-19	3,674	3,114	1,410	1,704	560	175	385
2019-20	3,563	2,955	1,275	1,680	608	211	397
2020-21	3,573	2,861	1,220	1,641	712	236	476
2021-22	3,273	2,478	1,054	1,424	795	276	519
2022-23	3,197	2,355	1,069	1,286	842	281	561
Average	3,632	3,632	1,363	1,649	3,632	208	413

Fairmont State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 258 where 301 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Fairmont State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	266	106	41	65	160	39	121
2014-15	238	118	41	77	120	33	87
2015-16	228	96	38	58	132	35	97
2016-17	245	113	25	88	132	34	98
2017-18	225	109	29	80	116	37	79
2018-19	273	103	35	68	170	44	126
2019-20	240	100	33	67	140	46	94
2020-21	275	98	34	64	177	42	135
2021-22	289	95	40	55	194	55	139
2022-23	301	101	45	56	200	56	144
Average	258	258	36	68	258	42	112

Fairmont State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 86.11%. The percentage was 86.60% 10 years ago and Fairmont State still has a high percentage of white students. 0.97% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.66% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fairmont State University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	13	18	212	75	5	3,665	90
2014-15	15	18	214	76	3	3,472	96
2015-16	9	19	199	80	4	3,485	109
2016-17	8	21	219	85	3	3,445	140
2017-18	6	24	209	69	2	3,330	136
2018-19	6	18	184	64	3	3,431	131
2019-20	8	16	156	74	3	3,316	129
2020-21	7	12	152	83	3	3,402	100
2021-22	6	13	144	61	5	3,165	95
2022-23	21	34	163	32	5	3,012	74
Average	10	19	185	70	4	3,372	110

Fairmont State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

820 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 150.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Fairmont State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,035	328	2,602	1,105
2015-16	4,041	303	2,529	1,209
2016-17	4,049	323	2,359	1,367
2017-18	3,886	402	2,201	1,283
2018-19	3,947	476	1,476	1,995
2019-20	3,803	586	1,540	1,677
2020-21	3,848	570	1,417	1,861
2021-22	3,562	549	1,782	1,231
2022-23	3,498	820	1,639	1,039
Average	3,852	484	1,949	1,419

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