Enrollment Trends at Fitchburg State

The student population at Fitchburg State University is 6,554 (3,168 undergraduate and 3,386 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 126 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Fitchburg State is 48.34% which is decreased by 1,077 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 951 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.64 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,984 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 615.59% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,833 where 6,554 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

48.34% of total students is undergraduate students and 51.66% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,077 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 951 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.64 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Fitchburg State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,680	4,245	1,853	2,392	2,435	578	1,857
2014-15	6,810 130	4,204 -41	1,846 -7	2,358 -34	2,606 171	643 65	1,963 106
2015-16	6,598 -212	4,270 66	1,960 114	2,310 -48	2,328 -278	537 -106	1,791 -172
2016-17	6,763 165	4,162 -108	1,955 -5	2,207 -103	2,601 273	576 39	2,025 234
2017-18	7,075 312	4,117 -45	1,940 -15	2,177 -30	2,958 357	728 152	2,230 205
2018-19	7,199 124	4,163 46	1,954 14	2,209 32	3,036 78	816 88	2,220 -10
2019-20	7,251 52	4,043 -120	1,894 -60	2,149 -60	3,208 172	831 15	2,377 157
2020-21	6,728 -523	3,815 -228	1,770 -124	2,045 -104	2,913 -295	867 36	2,046 -331
2021-22	6,674 -54	3,349 -466	1,549 -221	1,800 -245	3,325 412	1,021 154	2,304 258
2022-23	6,554 -120	3,168 -181	1,446 -103	1,722 -78	3,386 61	1,041 20	2,345 41
Average	6,833	3,954	1,817	2,137	2,880	764	2,116

Fitchburg State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,954 where 3,168 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 Fitchburg State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,245	3,438	1,529	1,909	807	324	483
2014-15	4,204	3,419	1,535	1,884	785	311	474
2015-16	4,270	3,466	1,615	1,851	804	345	459
2016-17	4,162	3,428	1,623	1,805	734	332	402
2017-18	4,117	3,386	1,603	1,783	731	337	394
2018-19	4,163	3,319	1,583	1,736	844	371	473
2019-20	4,043	3,164	1,519	1,645	879	375	504
2020-21	3,815	2,831	1,344	1,487	984	426	558
2021-22	3,349	2,506	1,226	1,280	843	323	520
2022-23	3,168	2,293	1,109	1,184	875	337	538
Average	3,954	3,954	1,469	1,656	3,954	348	481

Fitchburg State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,880 where 3,386 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 Fitchburg State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,435	194	79	115	2,241	499	1,742
2014-15	2,606	194	75	119	2,412	568	1,844
2015-16	2,328	179	63	116	2,149	474	1,675
2016-17	2,601	211	62	149	2,390	514	1,876
2017-18	2,958	1,041	324	717	1,917	404	1,513
2018-19	3,036	376	131	245	2,660	685	1,975
2019-20	3,208	378	115	263	2,830	716	2,114
2020-21	2,913	518	174	344	2,395	693	1,702
2021-22	3,325	520	189	331	2,805	832	1,973
2022-23	3,386	602	232	370	2,784	809	1,975
Average	2,880	2,880	144	277	2,880	619	1,839

Fitchburg State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.35%. The percentage was 78.16% 10 years ago and Fitchburg State still has a high percentage of white students. 3.36% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.28% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fitchburg 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	8	117	277	430	1	5,221	120
2014-15	11	123	354	488	1	5,259	137
2015-16	7	149	413	537	1	5,091	148
2016-17	11	153	448	568	0	5,065	163
2017-18	9	190	501	612	2	5,279	168
2018-19	8	169	562	670	3	5,259	175
2019-20	8	185	559	680	2	5,131	182
2020-21	9	203	635	689	4	4,735	150
2021-22	10	203	640	693	2	4,608	104
2022-23	11	220	608	689	6	4,414	100
Average	9	171	500	606	2	5,006	145

Fitchburg State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,984 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 46% of total students. The number of online students has increased 615.59% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Fitchburg State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,810	417	1,674	4,719
2015-16	6,598	468	1,820	4,310
2016-17	6,763	475	1,554	4,734
2017-18	7,075	1,514	1,248	4,313
2018-19	7,199	1,249	3,784	2,166
2019-20	7,251	1,787	896	4,568
2020-21	6,728	3,416	2,700	612
2021-22	6,674	2,836	1,432	2,406
2022-23	6,554	2,984	1,359	2,211
Average	6,850	1,683	1,830	3,338

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