Enrollment Trends at Florida Gulf Coast

The student population at Florida Gulf Coast University is 15,969 (14,130 undergraduate and 1,839 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,892 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Florida Gulf Coast is 88.48% which is increased by 1,223 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 669 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.36 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,257 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 229.97% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 15,041 where 15,969 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

88.48% of total students is undergraduate students and 11.52% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,223 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 669 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.36 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Florida Gulf Coast than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Florida Gulf Coast University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14,077	12,907	5,735	7,172	1,170	376	794
2014-15	14,473 396	13,345 438	5,900 165	7,445 273	1,128 -42	399 23	729 -65
2015-16	14,833 360	13,739 394	6,126 226	7,613 168	1,094 -34	375 -24	719 -10
2016-17	14,821 -12	13,733 -6	6,064 -62	7,669 56	1,088 -6	359 -16	729 10
2017-18	14,965 144	13,854 121	6,141 77	7,713 44	1,111 23	366 7	745 16
2018-19	15,031 66	13,877 23	6,130 -11	7,747 34	1,154 43	358 -8	796 51
2019-20	14,977 -54	13,722 -155	6,040 -90	7,682 -65	1,255 101	380 22	875 79
2020-21	15,358 381	13,871 149	6,038 -2	7,833 151	1,487 232	433 53	1,054 179
2021-22	15,909 551	14,228 357	6,098 60	8,130 297	1,681 194	491 58	1,190 136
2022-23	15,969 60	14,130 -98	6,165 67	7,965 -165	1,839 158	590 99	1,249 59
Average	15,041	13,741	6,044	7,697	1,301	413	888

Florida Gulf Coast University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 13,741 where 14,130 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 Florida Gulf Coast University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,907	10,151	4,433	5,718	2,756	1,302	1,454
2014-15	13,345	10,578	4,603	5,975	2,767	1,297	1,470
2015-16	13,739	10,803	4,702	6,101	2,936	1,424	1,512
2016-17	13,733	10,826	4,749	6,077	2,907	1,315	1,592
2017-18	13,854	10,973	4,789	6,184	2,881	1,352	1,529
2018-19	13,877	11,191	4,904	6,287	2,686	1,226	1,460
2019-20	13,722	11,211	4,862	6,349	2,511	1,178	1,333
2020-21	13,871	11,098	4,784	6,314	2,773	1,254	1,519
2021-22	14,228	11,379	4,806	6,573	2,849	1,292	1,557
2022-23	14,130	11,337	4,899	6,438	2,793	1,266	1,527
Average	13,741	13,741	4,753	6,202	13,741	1,291	1,495

Florida Gulf Coast University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,301 where 1,839 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 Florida Gulf Coast University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,170	388	133	255	782	243	539
2014-15	1,128	374	140	234	754	259	495
2015-16	1,094	384	149	235	710	226	484
2016-17	1,088	421	145	276	667	214	453
2017-18	1,111	458	153	305	653	213	440
2018-19	1,154	460	131	329	694	227	467
2019-20	1,255	514	140	374	741	240	501
2020-21	1,487	669	176	493	818	257	561
2021-22	1,681	687	178	509	994	313	681
2022-23	1,839	808	223	585	1,031	367	664
Average	1,301	1,301	157	360	1,301	256	529

Florida Gulf Coast University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.02%. The percentage was 67.95% 10 years ago and Florida Gulf Coast still has a high percentage of white students. 2.03% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.21% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Florida Gulf Coast 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	34	244	980	2,528	15	9,565	310
2014-15	29	235	1,062	2,648	18	9,702	373
2015-16	31	246	1,071	2,738	20	9,859	404
2016-17	34	249	1,051	2,829	19	9,766	402
2017-18	31	262	1,068	3,019	23	9,624	430
2018-19	40	275	1,061	3,148	19	9,509	477
2019-20	41	283	1,042	3,319	21	9,310	475
2020-21	32	295	1,048	3,575	18	9,344	548
2021-22	38	313	1,104	3,807	17	9,527	566
2022-23	35	324	991	3,775	13	9,585	548
Average	35	273	1,048	3,139	18	9,579	453

Florida Gulf Coast University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,257 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 229.97% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Florida Gulf Coast University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,473	684	7,173	6,616
2015-16	14,833	959	6,312	7,562
2016-17	14,821	889	5,413	8,519
2017-18	14,965	978	6,341	7,646
2018-19	15,031	935	6,053	8,043
2019-20	14,977	1,000	6,120	7,857
2020-21	15,358	4,775	4,206	6,377
2021-22	15,909	2,288	5,017	8,604
2022-23	15,969	2,257	8,239	5,473
Average	15,148	1,641	6,097	7,411

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