Enrollment Trends at SU

The student population at Salisbury University is 7,123 (6,378 undergraduate and 745 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,520 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SU is 89.54% which is decreased by 1,626 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 106 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.

444 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 640.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,355 where 7,123 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

89.54% of total students is undergraduate students and 10.46% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,626 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 106 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 SU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,643	8,004	3,479	4,525	639	168	471
2014-15	8,770 127	7,997 -7	3,435 -44	4,562 37	773 134	197 29	576 105
2015-16	8,671 -99	7,849 -148	3,374 -61	4,475 -87	822 49	204 7	618 42
2016-17	8,748 77	7,861 12	3,404 30	4,457 -18	887 65	215 11	672 54
2017-18	8,714 -34	7,782 -79	3,430 26	4,352 -105	932 45	194 -21	738 66
2018-19	8,567 -147	7,650 -132	3,368 -62	4,282 -70	917 -15	195 1	722 -16
2019-20	8,617 50	7,686 36	3,417 49	4,269 -13	931 14	197 2	734 12
2020-21	8,124 -493	7,150 -536	3,221 -196	3,929 -340	974 43	193 -4	781 47
2021-22	7,570 -554	6,695 -455	2,974 -247	3,721 -208	875 -99	195 2	680 -101
2022-23	7,123 -447	6,378 -317	2,895 -79	3,483 -238	745 -130	176 -19	569 -111
Average	8,355	7,505	3,300	4,206	850	193	656

Salisbury University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,505 where 6,378 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 Salisbury University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,004	7,374	3,172	4,202	630	307	323
2014-15	7,997	7,350	3,121	4,229	647	314	333
2015-16	7,849	7,148	3,070	4,078	701	304	397
2016-17	7,861	7,250	3,096	4,154	611	308	303
2017-18	7,782	7,191	3,158	4,033	591	272	319
2018-19	7,650	7,081	3,088	3,993	569	280	289
2019-20	7,686	7,090	3,133	3,957	596	284	312
2020-21	7,150	6,621	2,949	3,672	529	272	257
2021-22	6,695	6,106	2,665	3,441	589	309	280
2022-23	6,378	5,853	2,626	3,227	525	269	256
Average	7,505	7,505	3,008	3,899	7,505	292	307

Salisbury University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 850 where 745 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 Salisbury University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	639	291	73	218	348	95	253
2014-15	773	354	94	260	419	103	316
2015-16	822	403	96	307	419	108	311
2016-17	887	489	106	383	398	109	289
2017-18	932	520	116	404	412	78	334
2018-19	917	516	104	412	401	91	310
2019-20	931	530	118	412	401	79	322
2020-21	974	533	98	435	441	95	346
2021-22	875	513	119	394	362	76	286
2022-23	745	433	99	334	312	77	235
Average	850	850	102	356	850	91	300

Salisbury University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.10%. The percentage was 73.77% 10 years ago and SU still has a high percentage of white students. 3.20% of enrolled students is Asian and 13.55% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Salisbury 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	202	1,012	365	6	6,376	306
2014-15	34	216	1,091	345	10	6,313	306
2015-16	45	240	1,129	347	11	6,125	301
2016-17	51	264	1,170	329	18	6,172	284
2017-18	56	291	1,200	324	19	6,175	242
2018-19	54	296	1,195	344	17	6,074	233
2019-20	59	304	1,232	376	10	5,997	224
2020-21	53	302	1,116	388	10	5,756	173
2021-22	38	284	978	417	7	5,314	210
2022-23	32	228	965	461	8	4,922	254
Average	44	263	1,109	370	12	5,922	253

Salisbury University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

444 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 640.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Salisbury University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,770	60	781	7,929
2015-16	8,671	162	846	7,663
2016-17	8,748	192	898	7,658
2017-18	8,714	243	1,214	7,257
2018-19	8,567	256	1,259	7,052
2019-20	8,617	280	1,372	6,965
2020-21	8,124	2,341	5,436	347
2021-22	7,570	495	2,693	4,382
2022-23	7,123	444	2,080	4,599
Average	8,323	497	1,842	5,984

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