Enrollment Trends for New Jersey Colleges

There are 66 active four-years colleges and universities in New Jersey - 13 public and 53 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 259,411 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in New Jersey including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students decreased by 2.65% from 266,479 to 259,411. The undergraduate population decreased by 5.91% and the graduate population increased by 7.91% in last 10 years at New Jersey Colleges.

By gender, there are 137,815 female students and 121,596 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.13 to 1. The female students decreased by 3.55% and male students decreased by 1.62% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 10 years is 266,822, and 259,411 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 73.90% are undergraduate students and 26.10% are graduate students. Over the past 10, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 11,480, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 4,974.

The female to male ratio is 1.14 to 1, meaning that there are slightly more female students enrolled in New Jersey Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at New Jersey Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	266,479	203,609	95,400	108,209	62,870	28,196	34,674
2014-15	269,806 3,327	206,214 2,605	96,837 1,437	109,377 1,168	63,592 722	28,376 180	35,216 542
2015-16	264,825 -4,981	201,140 -5,074	94,697 -2,140	106,443 -2,934	63,685 93	28,700 324	34,985 -231
2016-17	267,704 2,879	203,797 2,657	95,933 1,236	107,864 1,421	63,907 222	28,743 43	35,164 179
2017-18	268,211 507	204,787 990	96,650 717	108,137 273	63,424 -483	28,270 -473	35,154 -10
2018-19	270,637 2,426	207,360 2,573	98,130 1,480	109,230 1,093	63,277 -147	28,154 -116	35,123 -31
2019-20	270,945 308	207,387 27	98,308 178	109,079 -151	63,558 281	28,083 -71	35,475 352
2020-21	268,228 -2,717	203,450 -3,937	95,884 -2,424	107,566 -1,513	64,778 1,220	28,084 1	36,694 1,219
2021-22	261,972 -6,256	195,748 -7,702	92,790 -3,094	102,958 -4,608	66,224 1,446	28,968 884	37,256 562
2022-23	259,411 -2,561	191,567 -4,181	90,965 -1,825	100,602 -2,356	67,844 1,620	30,631 1,663	37,213 -43
Average	266,822	202,506	95,559	106,947	64,316	28,621	35,695

New Jersey Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 10 years is 202,506. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 12,042 from 203,609 to 191,567.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at New Jersey Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	203,609	156,918	73,921	82,997	46,691	21,479	25,212
2014-15	206,214	159,895	75,211	84,684	46,319	21,626	24,693
2015-16	201,140	163,465	77,140	86,325	37,675	17,557	20,118
2016-17	203,797	166,046	78,521	87,525	37,751	17,412	20,339
2017-18	204,787	168,201	79,692	88,509	36,586	16,958	19,628
2018-19	207,360	171,614	81,429	90,185	35,746	16,701	19,045
2019-20	207,387	172,290	81,709	90,581	35,097	16,599	18,498
2020-21	203,450	169,052	79,618	89,434	34,398	16,266	18,132
2021-22	195,748	163,386	77,552	85,834	32,362	15,238	17,124
2022-23	191,567	161,649	77,127	84,522	29,918	13,838	16,080
Average	202,506	202,506	78,192	87,060	202,506	17,367	19,887

New Jersey Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 10 years is 64,316. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 4,974 from 62,870 to 67,844.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at New Jersey Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	62,870	30,950	16,175	14,775	31,920	12,021	19,899
2014-15	63,592	32,108	16,767	15,341	31,484	11,609	19,875
2015-16	63,685	33,161	17,419	15,742	30,524	11,281	19,243
2016-17	63,907	33,254	17,427	15,827	30,653	11,316	19,337
2017-18	63,424	32,792	17,031	15,761	30,632	11,239	19,393
2018-19	63,277	32,831	16,950	15,881	30,446	11,204	19,242
2019-20	63,558	33,315	17,043	16,272	30,243	11,040	19,203
2020-21	64,778	34,106	17,082	17,024	30,672	11,002	19,670
2021-22	66,224	35,827	18,213	17,614	30,397	10,755	19,642
2022-23	67,844	38,630	20,459	18,171	29,214	10,172	19,042
Average	64,316	64,316	17,457	16,241	64,316	11,164	19,455

New Jersey Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 42.05% and the percentage of black students is 11.04% at New Jersey Colleges. 12.30% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at New Jersey Colleges over the past 10 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	495	25,508	30,175	37,957	741	132,112	5,085
2014-15	494	26,350	30,826	39,839	701	131,307	5,440
2015-16	424	26,603	29,925	41,379	613	124,319	5,428
2016-17	423	27,491	30,572	43,540	574	123,651	5,553
2017-18	421	28,229	30,610	45,310	521	122,676	5,575
2018-19	429	29,512	30,950	47,788	493	122,479	6,347
2019-20	421	30,540	30,559	48,763	461	120,966	6,830
2020-21	390	31,466	30,699	50,127	389	118,520	7,080
2021-22	365	31,886	29,239	49,091	325	114,245	6,954
2022-23	328	31,975	28,689	50,861	261	109,312	7,189
Average	419	28,956	30,224	45,466	508	121,959	6,148

New Jersey Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

34,494 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has increased 30.55% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at New Jersey Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	256,491	26,423	23,659	206,409
2013-14	266,479	27,598	24,332	214,549
2014-15	269,806	30,136	33,120	206,550
2015-16	264,825	22,652	35,009	207,164
2016-17	267,704	23,923	40,290	203,491
2017-18	268,211	24,391	43,386	200,434
2018-19	270,637	25,684	44,314	200,639
2019-20	270,945	25,829	46,928	198,188
2020-21	268,201	137,674	68,854	61,673
2021-22	261,972	39,711	86,412	135,849
2022-23	259,411	34,494	77,489	147,428
Average	265,880	38,047	47,618	180,216

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