Enrollment Trends at PSU

The student population at Plymouth State University is 3,872 (3,308 undergraduate and 564 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,364 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at PSU is 85.43% which is decreased by 757 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 607 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.09 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

304 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -40.74% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,760 where 3,872 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.43% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.57% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 757 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 607 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.09 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in PSU.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,236	4,065	2,121	1,944	1,171	379	792
2014-15	4,855 -381	3,756 -309	1,992 -129	1,764 -180	1,099 -72	339 -40	760 -32
2015-16	5,120 265	4,070 314	2,073 81	1,997 233	1,050 -49	316 -23	734 -26
2016-17	5,049 -71	4,124 54	2,075 2	2,049 52	925 -125	307 -9	618 -116
2017-18	5,046 -3	4,148 24	2,091 16	2,057 8	898 -27	271 -36	627 9
2018-19	5,059 13	4,222 74	2,133 42	2,089 32	837 -61	257 -14	580 -47
2019-20	4,648 -411	3,802 -420	1,918 -215	1,884 -205	846 9	244 -13	602 22
2020-21	4,491 -157	3,739 -63	1,893 -25	1,846 -38	752 -94	209 -35	543 -59
2021-22	4,224 -267	3,536 -203	1,787 -106	1,749 -97	688 -64	194 -15	494 -49
2022-23	3,872 -352	3,308 -228	1,689 -98	1,619 -130	564 -124	160 -34	404 -90
Average	4,760	3,877	1,977	1,900	883	268	615

Plymouth State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,877 where 3,308 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 Plymouth State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,065	3,795	1,975	1,820	270	146	124
2014-15	3,756	3,477	1,822	1,655	279	170	109
2015-16	4,070	3,820	1,925	1,895	250	148	102
2016-17	4,124	3,935	1,961	1,974	189	114	75
2017-18	4,148	3,971	1,970	2,001	177	121	56
2018-19	4,222	3,999	1,985	2,014	223	148	75
2019-20	3,802	3,659	1,843	1,816	143	75	68
2020-21	3,739	3,565	1,806	1,759	174	87	87
2021-22	3,536	3,368	1,706	1,662	168	81	87
2022-23	3,308	3,183	1,615	1,568	125	74	51
Average	3,877	3,877	1,861	1,816	3,877	116	83

Plymouth State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 883 where 564 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 Plymouth State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,171	312	96	216	859	283	576
2014-15	1,099	299	95	204	800	244	556
2015-16	1,050	317	100	217	733	216	517
2016-17	925	288	85	203	637	222	415
2017-18	898	372	108	264	526	163	363
2018-19	837	379	119	260	458	138	320
2019-20	846	451	132	319	395	112	283
2020-21	752	392	109	283	360	100	260
2021-22	688	377	118	259	311	76	235
2022-23	564	202	67	135	362	93	269
Average	883	883	103	236	883	165	379

Plymouth State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 81.46%. The percentage was 77.48% 10 years ago and PSU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.42% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.83% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Plymouth 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	15	117	132	127	0	4,057	55
2014-15	13	100	101	122	0	3,785	61
2015-16	21	103	112	97	3	4,068	66
2016-17	22	98	120	78	7	4,123	68
2017-18	23	82	111	118	5	4,121	87
2018-19	16	78	118	167	4	4,111	107
2019-20	16	70	107	164	1	3,757	118
2020-21	9	62	110	197	2	3,490	122
2021-22	12	62	98	180	0	3,388	111
2022-23	10	55	71	177	0	3,154	105
Average	16	83	108	143	2	3,805	90

Plymouth State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

304 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -40.74% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Plymouth State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,855	513	1,000	3,342
2015-16	5,120	425	986	3,709
2016-17	5,049	415	1,138	3,496
2017-18	5,046	320	1,361	3,365
2018-19	5,059	360	1,276	3,423
2019-20	4,648	303	1,229	3,116
2020-21	4,491	560	3,075	856
2021-22	4,224	401	2,045	1,778
2022-23	3,872	304	1,537	2,031
Average	4,707	400	1,516	2,791

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