Enrollment Trends for New York Colleges

There are 254 active four-years colleges and universities in New York - 46 public and 208 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 894,259 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in New York including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students decreased by 4.3% from 934,408 to 894,259. The undergraduate population decreased by 8.64% and the graduate population increased by 9.09% in last 10 years at New York Colleges.

By gender, there are 514,047 female students and 380,212 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.35 to 1. The female students decreased by 2.25% and male students decreased by 6.94% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 10 years is 933,038, and 894,259 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 72.16% are undergraduate students and 27.84% are graduate students. Over the past 10, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 58,108, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 20,870.

The female to male ratio is 1.35 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in New York Colleges than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	934,408	705,462	315,892	389,570	228,946	92,658	136,288
2014-15	940,772 6,364	711,395 5,933	320,175 4,283	391,220 1,650	229,377 431	94,395 1,737	134,982 -1,306
2015-16	941,434 662	710,096 -1,299	319,054 -1,121	391,042 -178	231,338 1,961	95,210 815	136,128 1,146
2016-17	945,357 3,923	709,919 -177	319,088 34	390,831 -211	235,438 4,100	95,996 786	139,442 3,314
2017-18	938,739 -6,618	701,886 -8,033	317,014 -2,074	384,872 -5,959	236,853 1,415	96,394 398	140,459 1,017
2018-19	947,839 9,100	704,195 2,309	316,842 -172	387,353 2,481	243,644 6,791	97,586 1,192	146,058 5,599
2019-20	946,115 -1,724	699,017 -5,178	312,296 -4,546	386,721 -632	247,098 3,454	97,754 168	149,344 3,286
2020-21	925,904 -20,211	681,640 -17,377	301,057 -11,239	380,583 -6,138	244,264 -2,834	94,732 -3,022	149,532 188
2021-22	915,548 -10,356	663,405 -18,235	291,169 -9,888	372,236 -8,347	252,143 7,879	97,559 2,827	154,584 5,052
2022-23	894,259 -21,289	644,496 -18,909	283,814 -7,355	360,682 -11,554	249,763 -2,380	96,398 -1,161	153,365 -1,219
Average	933,038	693,151	309,640	383,511	239,886	95,868	144,018

New York Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 10 years is 693,151. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 60,966 from 705,462 to 644,496.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	705,462	558,892	256,513	302,379	146,570	59,379	87,191
2014-15	711,395	564,111	259,761	304,350	147,284	60,414	86,870
2015-16	710,096	565,642	259,677	305,965	144,454	59,377	85,077
2016-17	709,919	567,968	260,169	307,799	141,951	58,919	83,032
2017-18	701,886	570,860	261,951	308,909	131,026	55,063	75,963
2018-19	704,195	578,188	263,360	314,828	126,007	53,482	72,525
2019-20	699,017	577,733	261,959	315,774	121,284	50,337	70,947
2020-21	681,640	563,441	252,114	311,327	118,199	48,943	69,256
2021-22	663,405	549,653	244,471	305,182	113,752	46,698	67,054
2022-23	644,496	537,227	239,842	297,385	107,269	43,972	63,297
Average	693,151	693,151	255,982	307,390	693,151	53,658	76,121

New York Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 10 years is 239,886. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 20,817 from 228,946 to 249,763.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	228,946	135,084	59,126	75,958	93,862	33,532	60,330
2014-15	229,377	137,223	60,934	76,289	92,154	33,461	58,693
2015-16	231,338	138,596	61,898	76,698	92,742	33,312	59,430
2016-17	235,438	140,721	61,934	78,787	94,717	34,062	60,655
2017-18	236,853	143,058	62,600	80,458	93,795	33,794	60,001
2018-19	243,644	146,722	63,297	83,425	96,922	34,289	62,633
2019-20	247,098	150,448	64,221	86,227	96,650	33,533	63,117
2020-21	244,264	144,975	60,678	84,297	99,289	34,054	65,235
2021-22	252,143	158,014	66,274	91,740	94,129	31,285	62,844
2022-23	249,763	158,269	65,212	93,057	91,494	31,186	60,308
Average	239,886	239,886	62,617	82,694	239,886	33,251	61,325

New York Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.77% and the percentage of black students is 10.99% at New York Colleges. 11.90% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at New York 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	2,772	84,862	108,036	119,020	2,171	461,003	17,178
2014-15	2,798	88,177	109,831	125,678	2,075	451,776	19,085
2015-16	2,718	90,152	110,299	131,347	1,805	443,665	20,441
2016-17	2,703	92,487	110,780	137,407	1,779	439,029	21,858
2017-18	2,633	94,580	109,182	141,298	1,588	428,207	22,750
2018-19	2,582	98,194	111,107	146,202	1,458	424,097	24,090
2019-20	2,543	100,567	110,777	149,210	1,348	417,329	25,704
2020-21	2,477	103,102	107,814	150,668	1,169	408,665	26,909
2021-22	2,350	105,983	103,097	148,814	1,112	396,067	27,500
2022-23	2,191	106,719	98,630	145,302	1,087	374,710	27,907
Average	2,577	96,482	107,955	139,495	1,559	424,455	23,342

New York Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

116,152 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 67.67% since 2013.

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

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	933,444	69,275	59,218	804,951
2013-14	934,408	73,038	70,087	791,283
2014-15	940,772	75,538	61,343	803,891
2015-16	941,434	76,506	65,914	799,014
2016-17	945,357	79,435	86,922	779,000
2017-18	938,739	74,162	96,991	767,586
2018-19	947,839	74,140	89,398	784,301
2019-20	946,115	73,948	106,262	765,905
2020-21	928,312	438,088	285,041	205,183
2021-22	915,548	165,170	291,678	458,700
2022-23	894,259	116,152	233,128	544,979
Average	933,293	119,587	131,453	682,254

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