Enrollment Trends at SUNY New Paltz

The student population at State University of New York at New Paltz is 6,964 (6,090 undergraduate and 874 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 614 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SUNY New Paltz is 87.45% which is decreased by 480 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 134 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.88 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

308 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 234.78% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,511 where 6,964 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.45% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.55% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 480 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 134 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.88 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in SUNY New Paltz than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at State University of New York at New Paltz since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,578	6,570	2,457	4,113	1,008	296	712
2014-15	7,692 114	6,642 72	2,542 85	4,100 -13	1,050 42	380 84	670 -42
2015-16	7,751 59	6,699 57	2,519 -23	4,180 80	1,052 2	383 3	669 -1
2016-17	7,628 -123	6,717 18	2,569 50	4,148 -32	911 -141	298 -85	613 -56
2017-18	7,565 -63	6,733 16	2,610 41	4,123 -25	832 -79	262 -36	570 -43
2018-19	7,608 43	6,692 -41	2,577 -33	4,115 -8	916 84	249 -13	667 97
2019-20	7,757 149	6,807 115	2,529 -48	4,278 163	950 34	249 0	701 34
2020-21	7,489 -268	6,597 -210	2,477 -52	4,120 -158	892 -58	247 -2	645 -56
2021-22	7,075 -414	6,256 -341	2,284 -193	3,972 -148	819 -73	258 11	561 -84
2022-23	6,964 -111	6,090 -166	2,150 -134	3,940 -32	874 55	267 9	607 46
Average	7,511	6,580	2,471	4,109	930	289	642

State University of New York at New Paltz Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,580 where 6,090 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 State University of New York at New Paltz since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,570	6,060	2,251	3,809	510	206	304
2014-15	6,642	6,097	2,329	3,768	545	213	332
2015-16	6,699	6,165	2,320	3,845	534	199	335
2016-17	6,717	6,198	2,352	3,846	519	217	302
2017-18	6,733	6,235	2,398	3,837	498	212	286
2018-19	6,692	6,190	2,346	3,844	502	231	271
2019-20	6,807	6,291	2,330	3,961	516	199	317
2020-21	6,597	5,918	2,183	3,735	679	294	385
2021-22	6,256	5,622	1,997	3,625	634	287	347
2022-23	6,090	5,541	1,910	3,631	549	240	309
Average	6,580	6,580	2,242	3,790	6,580	230	319

State University of New York at New Paltz Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 930 where 874 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 State University of New York at New Paltz since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,008	478	138	340	530	158	372
2014-15	1,050	484	201	283	566	179	387
2015-16	1,052	527	222	305	525	161	364
2016-17	911	434	161	273	477	137	340
2017-18	832	403	137	266	429	125	304
2018-19	916	449	129	320	467	120	347
2019-20	950	488	133	355	462	116	346
2020-21	892	484	132	352	408	115	293
2021-22	819	431	146	285	388	112	276
2022-23	874	506	169	337	368	98	270
Average	930	930	157	312	930	132	330

State University of New York at New Paltz Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.91%. The percentage was 67.42% 10 years ago and SUNY New Paltz still has a high percentage of white students. 4.14% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.33% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at State University of New York at New Paltz 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	23	329	380	800	6	5,109	0
2014-15	16	361	384	1,095	7	4,889	136
2015-16	12	404	402	1,195	9	4,814	158
2016-17	6	398	405	1,293	7	4,780	164
2017-18	2	375	435	1,375	11	4,676	195
2018-19	2	380	404	1,464	9	4,496	179
2019-20	6	385	453	1,541	8	4,637	205
2020-21	8	348	449	1,571	6	4,418	216
2021-22	5	318	466	1,514	7	4,190	209
2022-23	1	288	441	1,487	6	4,172	224
Average	8	359	422	1,334	8	4,618	169

State University of New York at New Paltz Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

308 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 234.78% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at State University of New York at New Paltz from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,692	92	381	7,219
2015-16	7,751	119	513	7,119
2016-17	7,628	130	660	6,838
2017-18	7,565	185	7,360	20
2018-19	7,608	115	606	6,887
2019-20	7,757	135	1,036	6,586
2020-21	7,489	3,717	3,661	111
2021-22	7,075	381	2,808	3,886
2022-23	6,964	308	2,450	4,206
Average	7,503	576	2,164	4,764

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