Enrollment Trends at Fayetteville State

The student population at Fayetteville State University is 6,787 (5,748 undergraduate and 1,039 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 608 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Fayetteville State is 84.69% which is increased by 338 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 270 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.29 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

3,074 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 212.08% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,376 where 6,787 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

84.69% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.31% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 338 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 270 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.29 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Fayetteville State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,179	5,410	1,670	3,740	769	198	571
2014-15	5,899 -280	5,247 -163	1,622 -48	3,625 -115	652 -117	175 -23	477 -94
2015-16	6,104 205	5,506 259	1,755 133	3,751 126	598 -54	172 -3	426 -51
2016-17	6,223 119	5,540 34	1,769 14	3,771 20	683 85	234 62	449 23
2017-18	6,226 3	5,393 -147	1,675 -94	3,718 -53	833 150	325 91	508 59
2018-19	6,318 92	5,473 80	1,749 74	3,724 6	845 12	309 -16	536 28
2019-20	6,551 233	5,644 171	1,756 7	3,888 164	907 62	334 25	573 37
2020-21	6,726 175	5,661 17	1,637 -119	4,024 136	1,065 158	368 34	697 124
2021-22	6,748 22	5,557 -104	1,640 3	3,917 -107	1,191 126	387 19	804 107
2022-23	6,787 39	5,748 191	1,706 66	4,042 125	1,039 -152	359 -28	680 -124
Average	6,376	5,518	1,698	3,820	858	286	572

Fayetteville State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,518 where 5,748 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 Fayetteville State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,410	3,971	1,300	2,671	1,439	370	1,069
2014-15	5,247	3,935	1,251	2,684	1,312	371	941
2015-16	5,506	4,055	1,357	2,698	1,451	398	1,053
2016-17	5,540	4,141	1,351	2,790	1,399	418	981
2017-18	5,393	3,905	1,254	2,651	1,488	421	1,067
2018-19	5,473	4,058	1,296	2,762	1,415	453	962
2019-20	5,644	4,071	1,298	2,773	1,573	458	1,115
2020-21	5,661	3,959	1,154	2,805	1,702	483	1,219
2021-22	5,557	3,658	1,125	2,533	1,899	515	1,384
2022-23	5,748	4,019	1,184	2,835	1,729	522	1,207
Average	5,518	5,518	1,257	2,720	5,518	441	1,100

Fayetteville State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 858 where 1,039 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 Fayetteville State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	769	354	79	275	415	119	296
2014-15	652	332	86	246	320	89	231
2015-16	598	319	85	234	279	87	192
2016-17	683	373	125	248	310	109	201
2017-18	833	456	167	289	377	158	219
2018-19	845	398	135	263	447	174	273
2019-20	907	369	110	259	538	224	314
2020-21	1,065	450	129	321	615	239	376
2021-22	1,191	471	117	354	720	270	450
2022-23	1,039	397	117	280	642	242	400
Average	858	858	115	277	858	171	295

Fayetteville State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 17.71% and the percentage of black students is 60.54% at Fayetteville State University. 1.52% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fayetteville 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	133	96	4,035	359	4	1,113	47
2014-15	156	93	3,793	376	11	1,110	47
2015-16	177	109	3,823	397	17	1,211	35
2016-17	181	121	3,850	403	18	1,281	24
2017-18	154	142	3,670	459	21	1,263	110
2018-19	130	133	3,652	506	21	1,262	187
2019-20	105	115	3,675	575	16	1,353	246
2020-21	103	122	3,796	580	23	1,377	304
2021-22	90	119	3,939	580	17	1,353	341
2022-23	89	103	4,109	637	20	1,202	409
Average	132	115	3,834	487	17	1,253	175

Fayetteville State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,074 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 45% of total students. The number of online students has increased 212.08% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Fayetteville State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,899	985	1,367	3,547
2015-16	6,104	1,421	1,679	3,004
2016-17	6,223	1,502	1,834	2,887
2017-18	6,226	1,753	1,893	2,580
2018-19	6,318	2,059	2,065	2,194
2019-20	6,551	2,317	2,279	1,955
2020-21	6,726	3,317	2,818	591
2021-22	6,748	3,490	2,614	644
2022-23	6,787	3,074	2,770	943
Average	6,398	2,213	2,147	2,038

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