Enrollment Trends at SUNY Albany

The student population at University at Albany is 16,658 (12,264 undergraduate and 4,394 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 680 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SUNY Albany is 73.62% which is decreased by 558 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 122 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,494 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 281.12% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 17,381 where 16,658 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

73.62% of total students is undergraduate students and 26.38% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 558 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 122 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in SUNY Albany than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17,338	12,822	6,645	6,177	4,516	1,755	2,761
2014-15	17,273 -65	12,929 107	6,683 38	6,246 69	4,344 -172	1,695 -60	2,649 -112
2015-16	17,178 -95	12,907 -22	6,590 -93	6,317 71	4,271 -73	1,649 -46	2,622 -27
2016-17	17,373 195	13,139 232	6,639 49	6,500 183	4,234 -37	1,651 2	2,583 -39
2017-18	17,743 370	13,508 369	6,672 33	6,836 336	4,235 1	1,679 28	2,556 -27
2018-19	17,944 201	13,598 90	6,661 -11	6,937 101	4,346 111	1,688 9	2,658 102
2019-20	17,544 -400	13,286 -312	6,426 -235	6,860 -77	4,258 -88	1,591 -97	2,667 9
2020-21	17,688 144	13,182 -104	6,304 -122	6,878 18	4,506 248	1,647 56	2,859 192
2021-22	17,075 -613	12,654 -528	5,867 -437	6,787 -91	4,421 -85	1,548 -99	2,873 14
2022-23	16,658 -417	12,264 -390	5,604 -263	6,660 -127	4,394 -27	1,596 48	2,798 -75
Average	17,381	13,029	6,409	6,620	4,353	1,650	2,703

University at Albany Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 13,029 where 12,264 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 University at Albany since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,822	12,055	6,229	5,826	767	416	351
2014-15	12,929	12,191	6,272	5,919	738	411	327
2015-16	12,907	12,223	6,200	6,023	684	390	294
2016-17	13,139	12,421	6,271	6,150	718	368	350
2017-18	13,508	12,740	6,267	6,473	768	405	363
2018-19	13,598	12,899	6,280	6,619	699	381	318
2019-20	13,286	12,568	6,024	6,544	718	402	316
2020-21	13,182	12,203	5,748	6,455	979	556	423
2021-22	12,654	11,792	5,419	6,373	862	448	414
2022-23	12,264	11,541	5,240	6,301	723	364	359
Average	13,029	13,029	5,995	6,268	13,029	414	352

University at Albany Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,353 where 4,394 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 University at Albany since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,516	2,343	949	1,394	2,173	806	1,367
2014-15	4,344	2,218	911	1,307	2,126	784	1,342
2015-16	4,271	2,218	880	1,338	2,053	769	1,284
2016-17	4,234	2,099	843	1,256	2,135	808	1,327
2017-18	4,235	2,109	852	1,257	2,126	827	1,299
2018-19	4,346	2,157	898	1,259	2,189	790	1,399
2019-20	4,258	2,108	838	1,270	2,150	753	1,397
2020-21	4,506	2,289	892	1,397	2,217	755	1,462
2021-22	4,421	2,168	825	1,343	2,253	723	1,530
2022-23	4,394	2,219	864	1,355	2,175	732	1,443
Average	4,353	4,353	875	1,318	4,353	775	1,385

University at Albany Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.83% and the percentage of black students is 18.09% at University at Albany. 8.27% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University at Albany 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	44	1,137	2,025	1,892	23	9,584	394
2014-15	32	1,234	2,140	2,024	20	9,201	416
2015-16	32	1,242	2,333	2,163	23	8,802	443
2016-17	29	1,300	2,500	2,357	15	8,634	474
2017-18	32	1,305	2,754	2,556	18	8,425	501
2018-19	28	1,318	2,901	2,690	16	8,318	548
2019-20	34	1,351	2,854	2,629	12	8,174	582
2020-21	37	1,332	2,947	2,696	15	8,322	634
2021-22	40	1,347	2,954	2,661	10	7,915	636
2022-23	39	1,378	3,013	2,671	11	7,302	628
Average	35	1,294	2,642	2,434	16	8,468	526

University at Albany Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,494 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 281.12% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University at Albany from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	17,273	392	720	16,161
2015-16	17,178	366	1,194	15,618
2016-17	17,373	534	1,557	15,282
2017-18	17,743	643	1,854	15,246
2018-19	17,944	756	2,015	15,173
2019-20	17,544	877	2,464	14,203
2020-21	17,688	9,027	7,546	1,115
2021-22	17,075	1,656	5,351	10,068
2022-23	16,658	1,494	5,239	9,925
Average	17,386	1,749	3,104	12,532

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