Enrollment Trends at FIT

The student population at Fashion Institute of Technology is 8,125 (7,871 undergraduate and 254 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,630 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at FIT is 96.87% which is decreased by 1,695 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 65 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 4.69 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

326 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 89.53% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,915 where 8,125 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

96.87% of total students is undergraduate students and 3.13% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,695 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 65 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 4.69 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in FIT than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Fashion Institute of Technology since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,755	9,566	1,468	8,098	189	35	154
2014-15	9,764 9	9,567 1	1,463 -5	8,104 6	197 8	35 0	162 8
2015-16	9,565 -199	9,386 -181	1,423 -40	7,963 -141	179 -18	32 -3	147 -15
2016-17	9,261 -304	9,085 -301	1,376 -47	7,709 -254	176 -3	28 -4	148 1
2017-18	8,846 -415	8,661 -424	1,342 -34	7,319 -390	185 9	26 -2	159 11
2018-19	8,767 -79	8,555 -106	1,424 82	7,131 -188	212 27	31 5	181 22
2019-20	8,726 -41	8,508 -47	1,501 77	7,007 -124	218 6	33 2	185 4
2020-21	8,191 -535	7,959 -549	1,374 -127	6,585 -422	232 14	35 2	197 12
2021-22	8,150 -41	7,908 -51	1,324 -50	6,584 -1	242 10	36 1	206 9
2022-23	8,125 -25	7,871 -37	1,395 71	6,476 -108	254 12	34 -2	220 14
Average	8,915	8,707	1,409	7,298	208	33	176

Fashion Institute of Technology Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 8,707 where 7,871 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 Fashion Institute of Technology since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	9,566	7,257	1,024	6,233	2,309	444	1,865
2014-15	9,567	7,454	1,045	6,409	2,113	418	1,695
2015-16	9,386	7,409	1,005	6,404	1,977	418	1,559
2016-17	9,085	7,395	1,045	6,350	1,690	331	1,359
2017-18	8,661	7,210	1,059	6,151	1,451	283	1,168
2018-19	8,555	7,246	1,167	6,079	1,309	257	1,052
2019-20	8,508	7,340	1,260	6,080	1,168	241	927
2020-21	7,959	6,966	1,170	5,796	993	204	789
2021-22	7,908	6,875	1,114	5,761	1,033	210	823
2022-23	7,871	6,885	1,156	5,729	986	239	747
Average	8,707	8,707	1,105	6,099	8,707	305	1,198

Fashion Institute of Technology Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 208 where 254 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 Fashion Institute of Technology since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	189	120	28	92	69	7	62
2014-15	197	124	28	96	73	7	66
2015-16	179	116	25	91	63	7	56
2016-17	176	120	20	100	56	8	48
2017-18	185	131	21	110	54	5	49
2018-19	212	160	27	133	52	4	48
2019-20	218	165	28	137	53	5	48
2020-21	232	176	27	149	56	8	48
2021-22	242	180	27	153	62	9	53
2022-23	254	190	29	161	64	5	59
Average	208	208	26	122	208	7	54

Fashion Institute of Technology Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 39.29% and the percentage of black students is 8.85% at Fashion Institute of Technology. 12.81% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fashion Institute of Technology 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	14	998	864	1,552	33	4,517	296
2014-15	16	984	939	1,573	27	4,524	332
2015-16	20	1,002	860	1,554	30	4,400	326
2016-17	19	1,003	853	1,632	21	4,211	309
2017-18	10	991	820	1,659	21	3,923	299
2018-19	11	1,016	802	1,753	15	3,764	317
2019-20	12	1,008	786	1,801	8	3,616	354
2020-21	10	1,016	768	1,794	11	3,340	341
2021-22	11	1,052	676	1,786	14	3,313	361
2022-23	8	1,041	719	1,772	12	3,192	361
Average	13	1,011	809	1,688	19	3,880	330

Fashion Institute of Technology Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

326 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 89.53% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Fashion Institute of Technology from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	9,764	172	1,827	7,765
2015-16	9,565	188	1,968	7,409
2016-17	9,261	185	2,042	7,034
2017-18	8,846	183	2,335	6,328
2018-19	8,767	204	2,451	6,112
2019-20	8,726	210	2,509	6,007
2020-21	8,191	8,019	158	14
2021-22	8,150	351	2,847	4,952
2022-23	8,125	326	3,102	4,697
Average	8,822	1,093	2,138	5,591

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