Enrollment Trends at SNHU

The student population at Southern New Hampshire University is 164,091 (140,865 undergraduate and 23,226 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 135,702 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SNHU is 85.85% which is increased by 122,782 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 12,920 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.78 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

157,898 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 340.31% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 95,836 where 164,091 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.85% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.15% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 122,782 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 12,920 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 SNHU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	28,389	18,083	7,237	10,846	10,306	4,219	6,087
2014-15	43,274 14,885	29,353 11,270	11,442 4,205	17,911 7,065	13,921 3,615	5,539 1,320	8,382 2,295
2015-16	61,012 17,738	43,567 14,214	16,024 4,582	27,543 9,632	17,445 3,524	6,677 1,138	10,768 2,386
2016-17	73,177 12,165	54,150 10,583	19,553 3,529	34,597 7,054	19,027 1,582	6,889 212	12,138 1,370
2017-18	90,955 17,778	70,661 16,511	25,690 6,137	44,971 10,374	20,294 1,267	7,103 214	13,191 1,053
2018-19	104,068 13,113	82,693 12,032	29,506 3,816	53,187 8,216	21,375 1,081	7,221 118	14,154 963
2019-20	113,514 9,446	92,902 10,209	33,272 3,766	59,630 6,443	20,612 -763	6,758 -463	13,854 -300
2020-21	134,345 20,831	111,599 18,697	40,606 7,334	70,993 11,363	22,746 2,134	7,472 714	15,274 1,420
2021-22	145,533 11,188	121,884 10,285	44,872 4,266	77,012 6,019	23,649 903	7,538 66	16,111 837
2022-23	164,091 18,558	140,865 18,981	51,712 6,840	89,153 12,141	23,226 -423	7,238 -300	15,988 -123
Average	95,836	76,576	27,991	48,584	19,260	6,665	12,595

Southern New Hampshire University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 76,576 where 140,865 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 Southern New Hampshire University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18,083	9,399	3,949	5,450	8,684	3,288	5,396
2014-15	29,353	14,121	5,911	8,210	15,232	5,531	9,701
2015-16	43,567	18,707	7,432	11,275	24,860	8,592	16,268
2016-17	54,150	21,868	8,806	13,062	32,282	10,747	21,535
2017-18	70,661	19,935	7,835	12,100	50,726	17,855	32,871
2018-19	82,693	24,575	9,327	15,248	58,118	20,179	37,939
2019-20	92,902	27,372	10,318	17,054	65,530	22,954	42,576
2020-21	111,599	34,316	13,122	21,194	77,283	27,484	49,799
2021-22	121,884	35,970	13,725	22,245	85,914	31,147	54,767
2022-23	140,865	33,290	13,057	20,233	107,575	38,655	68,920
Average	76,576	76,576	9,348	14,607	76,576	18,643	33,977

Southern New Hampshire University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 19,260 where 23,226 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 Southern New Hampshire University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	10,306	3,780	1,612	2,168	6,526	2,607	3,919
2014-15	13,921	4,093	1,783	2,310	9,828	3,756	6,072
2015-16	17,445	4,139	1,782	2,357	13,306	4,895	8,411
2016-17	19,027	4,141	1,618	2,523	14,886	5,271	9,615
2017-18	20,294	4,137	1,488	2,649	16,157	5,615	10,542
2018-19	21,375	4,872	1,667	3,205	16,503	5,554	10,949
2019-20	20,612	5,278	1,781	3,497	15,334	4,977	10,357
2020-21	22,746	6,696	2,277	4,419	16,050	5,195	10,855
2021-22	23,649	7,416	2,424	4,992	16,233	5,114	11,119
2022-23	23,226	7,060	2,276	4,784	16,166	4,962	11,204
Average	19,260	19,260	1,871	3,290	19,260	4,795	9,304

Southern New Hampshire University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.64%. The percentage was 27.11% 10 years ago and SNHU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.19% of enrolled students is Asian and 15.76% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern New Hampshire 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	119	243	1,401	412	9	7,696	37
2014-15	152	337	2,373	1,009	33	10,846	60
2015-16	276	773	6,628	3,185	118	26,042	526
2016-17	376	1,151	10,458	5,049	197	38,399	1,037
2017-18	521	1,591	13,841	7,504	304	52,247	1,582
2018-19	589	1,970	16,662	9,897	346	61,833	1,953
2019-20	607	2,086	17,971	11,487	385	65,672	2,336
2020-21	683	2,555	19,752	14,150	443	71,494	2,992
2021-22	693	2,707	19,496	15,077	452	71,426	3,503
2022-23	870	3,588	25,853	20,244	571	83,098	5,170
Average	489	1,700	13,444	8,801	286	48,875	1,920

Southern New Hampshire University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

157,898 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 96% of total students. The number of online students has increased 340.31% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern New Hampshire University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	43,274	35,861	5,468	1,945
2015-16	61,012	50,489	3,718	6,805
2016-17	73,177	61,495	2,478	9,204
2017-18	90,955	83,919	631	6,405
2018-19	104,068	96,912	500	6,656
2019-20	113,514	106,375	387	6,752
2020-21	134,247	134,247	0	0
2021-22	145,533	138,672	740	6,121
2022-23	164,091	157,898	707	5,486
Average	103,319	96,208	1,625	5,486

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