Enrollment Trends for Pennsylvania Colleges

There are 152 active four-years colleges and universities in Pennsylvania - 39 public and 113 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 517,958 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Pennsylvania including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students increased by 2.23% from 506,651 to 517,958. The undergraduate population decreased by 2.41% and the graduate population increased by 16.93% in last 10 years at Pennsylvania Colleges.

By gender, there are 293,185 female students and 224,773 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.30 to 1. The female students increased by 4.92% and male students decreased by 1.08% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 10 years is 506,454, and 517,958 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 72.57% are undergraduate students and 27.43% are graduate students. Over the past 10, the number of undergraduate students increased by 194, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 24,068.

The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Pennsylvania Colleges than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	506,651	385,076	176,684	208,392	121,575	50,532	71,043
2014-15	502,756 -3,895	381,084 -3,992	174,966 -1,718	206,118 -2,274	121,672 97	50,694 162	70,978 -65
2015-16	495,186 -7,570	372,095 -8,989	169,187 -5,779	202,908 -3,210	123,091 1,419	50,715 21	72,376 1,398
2016-17	487,971 -7,215	361,673 -10,422	162,276 -6,911	199,397 -3,511	126,298 3,207	51,228 513	75,070 2,694
2017-18	485,577 -2,394	356,841 -4,832	159,169 -3,107	197,672 -1,725	128,736 2,438	51,873 645	76,863 1,793
2018-19	485,093 -484	354,858 -1,983	156,499 -2,670	198,359 687	130,235 1,499	51,645 -228	78,590 1,727
2019-20	479,055 -6,038	349,077 -5,781	151,754 -4,745	197,323 -1,036	129,978 -257	50,520 -1,125	79,458 868
2020-21	556,441 77,386	410,728 61,651	183,320 31,566	227,408 30,085	145,713 15,735	57,651 7,131	88,062 8,604
2021-22	547,849 -8,592	399,652 -11,076	178,802 -4,518	220,850 -6,558	148,197 2,484	58,320 669	89,877 1,815
2022-23	517,958 -29,891	375,795 -23,857	168,109 -10,693	207,686 -13,164	142,163 -6,034	56,664 -1,656	85,499 -4,378
Average	506,454	374,688	168,077	206,611	131,766	52,984	78,782

Pennsylvania Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 10 years is 374,688. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 9,281 from 385,076 to 375,795.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	385,076	321,638	146,060	175,578	63,438	30,624	32,814
2014-15	381,084	319,343	145,048	174,295	61,741	29,918	31,823
2015-16	372,095	314,605	142,467	172,138	57,490	26,720	30,770
2016-17	361,673	311,212	140,350	170,862	50,461	21,926	28,535
2017-18	356,841	308,807	138,385	170,422	48,034	20,784	27,250
2018-19	354,858	306,086	135,642	170,444	48,772	20,857	27,915
2019-20	349,077	299,509	131,375	168,134	49,568	20,379	29,189
2020-21	410,728	352,286	158,637	193,649	58,442	24,683	33,759
2021-22	399,652	343,962	155,043	188,919	55,690	23,759	31,931
2022-23	375,795	328,733	149,445	179,288	47,062	18,664	28,398
Average	374,688	374,688	144,245	176,373	374,688	23,831	30,238

Pennsylvania Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 10 years is 131,766. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 20,588 from 121,575 to 142,163.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	121,575	70,017	31,602	38,415	51,558	18,930	32,628
2014-15	121,672	71,106	32,098	39,008	50,566	18,596	31,970
2015-16	123,091	72,571	32,968	39,603	50,520	17,747	32,773
2016-17	126,298	74,976	33,708	41,268	51,322	17,520	33,802
2017-18	128,736	76,963	34,398	42,565	51,773	17,475	34,298
2018-19	130,235	78,310	34,142	44,168	51,925	17,503	34,422
2019-20	129,978	78,244	33,437	44,807	51,734	17,083	34,651
2020-21	145,713	85,249	36,311	48,938	60,464	21,340	39,124
2021-22	148,197	88,203	37,151	51,052	59,994	21,169	38,825
2022-23	142,163	87,629	37,293	50,336	54,534	19,371	35,163
Average	131,766	131,766	34,311	44,016	131,766	18,673	34,766

Pennsylvania Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.26%. The percentage was 66.94% 10 years ago and Pennsylvania Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 7.69% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.66% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pennsylvania 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	806	24,634	43,446	22,178	474	339,160	10,226
2014-15	803	25,674	44,085	23,577	511	330,807	11,508
2015-16	783	26,254	44,182	24,643	470	321,461	12,424
2016-17	801	27,232	44,506	25,839	446	314,496	13,038
2017-18	833	28,195	44,592	27,447	431	309,583	13,817
2018-19	857	29,480	44,649	29,093	393	305,714	14,399
2019-20	734	30,093	43,459	30,453	383	301,151	15,394
2020-21	809	37,263	48,243	38,370	419	349,547	19,057
2021-22	820	40,110	47,484	39,247	411	338,112	17,823
2022-23	768	40,842	45,954	39,697	409	309,308	17,259
Average	801	30,978	45,060	30,054	435	321,934	14,495

Pennsylvania Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

70,561 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 150.92% since 2013.

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

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	489,232	28,121	32,470	428,641
2013-14	506,651	49,741	36,422	420,488
2014-15	502,756	51,816	42,588	408,352
2015-16	495,186	50,441	48,325	396,420
2016-17	487,971	50,224	56,898	380,849
2017-18	485,577	48,936	57,338	379,303
2018-19	485,093	50,353	60,500	374,240
2019-20	479,055	53,549	62,907	362,599
2020-21	556,490	199,169	198,731	158,590
2021-22	547,849	82,827	152,486	312,536
2022-23	517,958	70,561	121,888	325,509
Average	504,893	66,885	79,141	358,866

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