Enrollment Trends at Kean

The student population at Kean University is 12,884 (10,845 undergraduate and 2,039 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,520 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Kean is 84.17% which is decreased by 1,233 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 287 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.78 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,292 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,053.57% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,924 where 12,884 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

84.17% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.83% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,233 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 287 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.78 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Kean than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	14,404	12,078	4,791	7,287	2,326	558	1,768
2014-15	14,359 -45	11,987 -91	4,795 4	7,192 -95	2,372 46	530 -28	1,842 74
2015-16	14,112 -247	11,814 -173	4,689 -106	7,125 -67	2,298 -74	510 -20	1,788 -54
2016-17	14,070 -42	11,812 -2	4,633 -56	7,179 54	2,258 -40	494 -16	1,764 -24
2017-18	14,226 156	11,984 172	4,824 191	7,160 -19	2,242 -16	493 -1	1,749 -15
2018-19	14,056 -170	11,824 -160	4,742 -82	7,082 -78	2,232 -10	498 5	1,734 -15
2019-20	14,309 253	12,120 296	4,853 111	7,267 185	2,189 -43	487 -11	1,702 -32
2020-21	14,064 -245	11,686 -434	4,503 -350	7,183 -84	2,378 189	518 31	1,860 158
2021-22	12,759 -1,305	10,573 -1,113	4,045 -458	6,528 -655	2,186 -192	465 -53	1,721 -139
2022-23	12,884 125	10,845 272	4,198 153	6,647 119	2,039 -147	440 -25	1,599 -122
Average	13,924	11,672	4,607	7,065	2,252	499	1,753

Kean University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 11,672 where 10,845 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 Kean University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,078	9,251	3,801	5,450	2,827	990	1,837
2014-15	11,987	9,283	3,784	5,499	2,704	1,011	1,693
2015-16	11,814	9,192	3,735	5,457	2,622	954	1,668
2016-17	11,812	9,239	3,707	5,532	2,573	926	1,647
2017-18	11,984	9,516	3,901	5,615	2,468	923	1,545
2018-19	11,824	9,609	3,870	5,739	2,215	872	1,343
2019-20	12,120	9,817	3,963	5,854	2,303	890	1,413
2020-21	11,686	9,400	3,626	5,774	2,286	877	1,409
2021-22	10,573	8,421	3,231	5,190	2,152	814	1,338
2022-23	10,845	8,794	3,394	5,400	2,051	804	1,247
Average	11,672	11,672	3,701	5,551	11,672	906	1,514

Kean University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,252 where 2,039 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 Kean University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,326	830	203	627	1,496	355	1,141
2014-15	2,372	859	189	670	1,513	341	1,172
2015-16	2,298	853	176	677	1,445	334	1,111
2016-17	2,258	922	203	719	1,336	291	1,045
2017-18	2,242	1,017	224	793	1,225	269	956
2018-19	2,232	1,065	235	830	1,167	263	904
2019-20	2,189	1,049	237	812	1,140	250	890
2020-21	2,378	1,180	269	911	1,198	249	949
2021-22	2,186	1,024	222	802	1,162	243	919
2022-23	2,039	988	237	751	1,051	203	848
Average	2,252	2,252	220	759	2,252	280	994

Kean University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 27.96% and the percentage of black students is 20.14% at Kean University. 4.98% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Kean 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	21	810	2,737	3,272	52	6,027	209
2014-15	19	802	2,802	3,443	48	5,823	244
2015-16	21	736	2,801	3,630	43	5,409	254
2016-17	21	779	2,709	3,629	32	5,211	288
2017-18	21	766	2,765	3,809	31	5,040	309
2018-19	23	746	2,889	4,013	37	4,590	311
2019-20	24	783	2,868	4,256	37	4,535	296
2020-21	20	807	2,828	4,429	23	4,434	291
2021-22	14	705	2,559	4,114	23	3,827	274
2022-23	15	642	2,595	4,296	17	3,602	304
Average	20	758	2,755	3,889	34	4,850	278

Kean University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,292 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,053.57% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Kean University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,359	112	1,025	13,222
2015-16	14,112	97	667	13,348
2016-17	14,070	204	1,080	12,786
2017-18	14,226	353	676	13,197
2018-19	14,056	491	826	12,739
2019-20	14,309	642	960	12,707
2020-21	14,064	882	1,968	11,214
2021-22	12,759	1,453	1,503	9,803
2022-23	12,884	1,292	1,333	10,259
Average	13,871	614	1,115	12,142

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