Enrollment Trends at Portland State

The student population at Portland State University is 21,609 (16,862 undergraduate and 4,747 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 6,651 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Portland State is 78.03% which is decreased by 6,065 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 586 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.41 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

3,937 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 177.06% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 25,590 where 21,609 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

78.03% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.97% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 6,065 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 586 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.41 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Portland State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28,260	22,927	11,015	11,912	5,333	2,176	3,157
2014-15	27,696 -564	22,136 -791	10,632 -383	11,504 -408	5,560 227	2,253 77	3,307 150
2015-16	27,488 -208	21,980 -156	10,426 -206	11,554 50	5,508 -52	2,196 -57	3,312 5
2016-17	26,627 -861	21,071 -909	9,908 -518	11,163 -391	5,556 48	2,194 -2	3,362 50
2017-18	26,693 66	21,167 96	9,844 -64	11,323 160	5,526 -30	2,145 -49	3,381 19
2018-19	25,711 -982	20,357 -810	9,298 -546	11,059 -264	5,354 -172	2,051 -94	3,303 -78
2019-20	25,321 -390	20,320 -37	9,248 -50	11,072 13	5,001 -353	1,901 -150	3,100 -203
2020-21	23,640 -1,681	18,656 -1,664	8,196 -1,052	10,460 -612	4,984 -17	1,824 -77	3,160 60
2021-22	22,858 -782	17,753 -903	7,784 -412	9,969 -491	5,105 121	1,813 -11	3,292 132
2022-23	21,609 -1,249	16,862 -891	7,267 -517	9,595 -374	4,747 -358	1,708 -105	3,039 -253
Average	25,590	20,323	9,362	10,961	5,267	2,026	3,241

Portland State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 20,323 where 16,862 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 Portland State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	22,927	14,671	7,118	7,553	8,256	3,897	4,359
2014-15	22,136	14,561	6,998	7,563	7,575	3,634	3,941
2015-16	21,980	14,606	6,937	7,669	7,374	3,489	3,885
2016-17	21,071	14,206	6,598	7,608	6,865	3,310	3,555
2017-18	21,167	13,990	6,395	7,595	7,177	3,449	3,728
2018-19	20,357	14,291	6,387	7,904	6,066	2,911	3,155
2019-20	20,320	13,949	6,169	7,780	6,371	3,079	3,292
2020-21	18,656	12,752	5,447	7,305	5,904	2,749	3,155
2021-22	17,753	12,014	5,183	6,831	5,739	2,601	3,138
2022-23	16,862	11,200	4,736	6,464	5,662	2,531	3,131
Average	20,323	20,323	6,197	7,427	20,323	3,165	3,534

Portland State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 5,267 where 4,747 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 Portland State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,333	2,637	1,077	1,560	2,696	1,099	1,597
2014-15	5,560	2,769	1,158	1,611	2,791	1,095	1,696
2015-16	5,508	2,713	1,121	1,592	2,795	1,075	1,720
2016-17	5,556	2,676	1,102	1,574	2,880	1,092	1,788
2017-18	5,526	2,634	1,046	1,588	2,892	1,099	1,793
2018-19	5,354	2,485	960	1,525	2,869	1,091	1,778
2019-20	5,001	2,421	947	1,474	2,580	954	1,626
2020-21	4,984	2,315	831	1,484	2,669	993	1,676
2021-22	5,105	2,404	870	1,534	2,701	943	1,758
2022-23	4,747	2,442	898	1,544	2,305	810	1,495
Average	5,267	5,267	1,001	1,549	5,267	1,025	1,693

Portland State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.49% and the percentage of black students is 4.32% at Portland State University. 9.39% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Portland 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	374	2,105	868	2,499	179	17,253	1,217
2014-15	376	2,024	886	2,664	164	16,493	1,314
2015-16	359	2,108	901	2,925	161	16,256	1,433
2016-17	341	2,098	872	3,063	156	15,270	1,520
2017-18	295	2,303	905	3,428	153	14,828	1,630
2018-19	288	2,112	907	3,655	156	13,969	1,617
2019-20	260	2,129	865	3,736	132	12,897	1,523
2020-21	233	2,000	837	3,873	124	11,899	1,417
2021-22	256	2,205	901	3,950	121	11,780	1,377
2022-23	285	2,029	934	3,959	103	10,694	1,361
Average	307	2,111	888	3,375	145	14,134	1,441

Portland State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,937 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 177.06% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Portland State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	27,696	1,421	3,930	22,345
2015-16	27,488	1,676	4,844	20,968
2016-17	26,627	1,831	5,585	19,211
2017-18	26,693	1,984	5,748	18,961
2018-19	25,711	2,112	6,409	17,190
2019-20	25,321	2,141	6,530	16,650
2020-21	23,640	1,890	6,705	15,045
2021-22	22,858	2,812	7,103	12,943
2022-23	21,609	3,937	8,119	9,553
Average	25,294	2,200	6,108	16,985

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