Enrollment Trends at FPU

The student population at Franklin Pierce University is 1,663 (1,118 undergraduate and 545 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 541 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at FPU is 67.23% which is decreased by 553 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 12 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.32 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

254 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -44.78% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,108 where 1,663 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

67.23% of total students is undergraduate students and 32.77% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 553 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 12 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.32 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in FPU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,204	1,671	740	931	533	206	327
2014-15	2,246 42	1,704 33	783 43	921 -10	542 9	212 6	330 3
2015-16	2,273 27	1,668 -36	756 -27	912 -9	605 63	233 21	372 42
2016-17	2,392 119	1,763 95	787 31	976 64	629 24	240 7	389 17
2017-18	2,303 -89	1,713 -50	755 -32	958 -18	590 -39	230 -10	360 -29
2018-19	2,178 -125	1,634 -79	739 -16	895 -63	544 -46	215 -15	329 -31
2019-20	2,114 -64	1,600 -34	718 -21	882 -13	514 -30	187 -28	327 -2
2020-21	1,928 -186	1,436 -164	648 -70	788 -94	492 -22	185 -2	307 -20
2021-22	1,777 -151	1,279 -157	598 -50	681 -107	498 6	197 12	301 -6
2022-23	1,663 -114	1,118 -161	507 -91	611 -70	545 47	211 14	334 33
Average	2,108	1,559	703	856	549	212	338

Franklin Pierce University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,559 where 1,118 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 Franklin Pierce University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,671	1,465	699	766	206	41	165
2014-15	1,704	1,492	733	759	212	50	162
2015-16	1,668	1,465	704	761	203	52	151
2016-17	1,763	1,582	737	845	181	50	131
2017-18	1,713	1,563	711	852	150	44	106
2018-19	1,634	1,491	689	802	143	50	93
2019-20	1,600	1,450	667	783	150	51	99
2020-21	1,436	1,277	595	682	159	53	106
2021-22	1,279	1,059	519	540	220	79	141
2022-23	1,118	997	454	543	121	53	68
Average	1,559	1,559	651	733	1,559	52	122

Franklin Pierce University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 549 where 545 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 Franklin Pierce University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	533	344	147	197	189	59	130
2014-15	542	357	150	207	185	62	123
2015-16	605	352	146	206	253	87	166
2016-17	629	379	153	226	250	87	163
2017-18	590	360	143	217	230	87	143
2018-19	544	276	116	160	268	99	169
2019-20	514	218	91	127	296	96	200
2020-21	492	323	131	192	169	54	115
2021-22	498	339	134	205	159	63	96
2022-23	545	373	136	237	172	75	97
Average	549	549	135	197	549	77	140

Franklin Pierce University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.26%. The percentage was 73.87% 10 years ago and FPU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.77% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.17% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Franklin Pierce 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	7	34	71	97	3	1,628	34
2014-15	12	36	85	42	3	1,756	24
2015-16	4	31	111	116	5	1,728	33
2016-17	9	38	136	157	3	1,792	41
2017-18	8	39	120	100	3	1,715	83
2018-19	17	68	149	156	4	1,619	0
2019-20	6	56	132	161	2	1,552	52
2020-21	10	52	120	141	3	1,414	48
2021-22	5	48	102	143	4	1,301	46
2022-23	6	46	86	163	2	1,185	49
Average	8	45	111	128	3	1,569	41

Franklin Pierce University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

254 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -44.78% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Franklin Pierce University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,246	460	25	1,761
2015-16	2,273	545	15	1,713
2016-17	2,392	560	11	1,821
2017-18	2,303	508	223	1,572
2018-19	2,178	452	175	1,551
2019-20	2,114	386	212	1,516
2020-21	1,928	340	182	1,406
2021-22	1,777	277	234	1,266
2022-23	1,663	254	330	1,079
Average	2,097	420	156	1,521

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