Enrollment Trends at Ferris State

The student population at Ferris State University is 10,072 (9,000 undergraduate and 1,072 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 4,635 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Ferris State is 89.36% which is decreased by 4,477 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 158 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.23 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,748 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 28.34% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,933 where 10,072 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

89.36% of total students is undergraduate students and 10.64% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 4,477 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 158 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.23 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Ferris State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14,707	13,477	6,486	6,991	1,230	531	699
2014-15	14,600 -107	13,373 -104	6,330 -156	7,043 52	1,227 -3	526 -5	701 2
2015-16	14,715 115	13,348 -25	6,379 49	6,969 -74	1,367 140	595 69	772 71
2016-17	14,187 -528	12,866 -482	6,105 -274	6,761 -208	1,321 -46	522 -73	799 27
2017-18	13,798 -389	12,512 -354	5,939 -166	6,573 -188	1,286 -35	469 -53	817 18
2018-19	13,250 -548	11,896 -616	5,604 -335	6,292 -281	1,354 68	516 47	838 21
2019-20	12,472 -778	11,184 -712	5,264 -340	5,920 -372	1,288 -66	467 -49	821 -17
2020-21	11,165 -1,307	9,929 -1,255	4,683 -581	5,246 -674	1,236 -52	441 -26	795 -26
2021-22	10,361 -804	9,248 -681	4,362 -321	4,886 -360	1,113 -123	381 -60	732 -63
2022-23	10,072 -289	9,000 -248	4,167 -195	4,833 -53	1,072 -41	354 -27	718 -14
Average	12,933	11,683	5,532	6,151	1,249	480	769

Ferris State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 11,683 where 9,000 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 Ferris State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13,477	9,255	4,751	4,504	4,222	1,735	2,487
2014-15	13,373	9,105	4,636	4,469	4,268	1,694	2,574
2015-16	13,348	9,103	4,648	4,455	4,245	1,731	2,514
2016-17	12,866	8,785	4,445	4,340	4,081	1,660	2,421
2017-18	12,512	8,469	4,299	4,170	4,043	1,640	2,403
2018-19	11,896	8,079	4,015	4,064	3,817	1,589	2,228
2019-20	11,184	7,779	3,819	3,960	3,405	1,445	1,960
2020-21	9,929	7,127	3,433	3,694	2,802	1,250	1,552
2021-22	9,248	6,566	3,211	3,355	2,682	1,151	1,531
2022-23	9,000	6,554	3,098	3,456	2,446	1,069	1,377
Average	11,683	11,683	4,036	4,047	11,683	1,496	2,105

Ferris State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,249 where 1,072 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 Ferris State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,230	811	368	443	419	163	256
2014-15	1,227	825	378	447	402	148	254
2015-16	1,367	952	434	518	415	161	254
2016-17	1,321	857	365	492	464	157	307
2017-18	1,286	832	345	487	454	124	330
2018-19	1,354	837	363	474	517	153	364
2019-20	1,288	821	330	491	467	137	330
2020-21	1,236	804	311	493	432	130	302
2021-22	1,113	723	273	450	390	108	282
2022-23	1,072	694	245	449	378	109	269
Average	1,249	1,249	341	474	1,249	139	295

Ferris State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.91%. The percentage was 78.14% 10 years ago and Ferris State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.77% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.68% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ferris 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	83	223	1,005	518	8	11,492	404
2014-15	78	207	1,013	556	7	11,383	443
2015-16	76	186	1,040	700	10	11,290	452
2016-17	81	214	958	675	12	11,013	458
2017-18	74	228	978	715	8	10,611	494
2018-19	61	226	986	743	10	10,122	481
2019-20	66	182	967	750	8	9,498	488
2020-21	61	180	918	650	4	8,469	434
2021-22	52	177	818	648	5	7,713	385
2022-23	75	178	874	647	9	7,444	312
Average	71	200	956	660	8	9,904	435

Ferris State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,748 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 28.34% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ferris State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,600	1,362	1,922	11,316
2015-16	14,715	1,403	2,276	11,036
2016-17	14,187	1,366	2,192	10,629
2017-18	13,798	1,305	2,150	10,343
2018-19	13,250	1,276	2,430	9,544
2019-20	12,472	1,205	2,405	8,862
2020-21	11,165	3,245	5,229	2,691
2021-22	10,361	1,780	2,983	5,598
2022-23	10,072	1,748	3,285	5,039
Average	12,736	1,632	2,764	8,340

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