Enrollment Trends at SUNY Potsdam

The student population at SUNY College at Potsdam is 2,427 (2,082 undergraduate and 345 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,615 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SUNY Potsdam is 85.78% which is decreased by 1,625 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 10 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.72 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

260 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,633.33% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,419 where 2,427 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.78% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.22% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,625 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 10 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.72 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in SUNY Potsdam than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at SUNY College at Potsdam since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,042	3,707	1,579	2,128	335	82	253
2014-15	3,979 -63	3,681 -26	1,617 38	2,064 -64	298 -37	69 -13	229 -24
2015-16	3,904 -75	3,614 -67	1,559 -58	2,055 -9	290 -8	68 -1	222 -7
2016-17	3,696 -208	3,416 -198	1,450 -109	1,966 -89	280 -10	67 -1	213 -9
2017-18	3,587 -109	3,321 -95	1,384 -66	1,937 -29	266 -14	74 7	192 -21
2018-19	3,521 -66	3,298 -23	1,328 -56	1,970 33	223 -43	62 -12	161 -31
2019-20	3,339 -182	3,063 -235	1,167 -161	1,896 -74	276 53	79 17	197 36
2020-21	3,084 -255	2,842 -221	1,039 -128	1,803 -93	242 -34	68 -11	174 -23
2021-22	2,607 -477	2,352 -490	884 -155	1,468 -335	255 13	71 3	184 10
2022-23	2,427 -180	2,082 -270	813 -71	1,269 -199	345 90	80 9	265 81
Average	3,419	3,138	1,282	1,856	281	72	209

SUNY College at Potsdam Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,138 where 2,082 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 SUNY College at Potsdam since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,707	3,596	1,534	2,062	111	45	66
2014-15	3,681	3,573	1,562	2,011	108	55	53
2015-16	3,614	3,504	1,503	2,001	110	56	54
2016-17	3,416	3,321	1,401	1,920	95	49	46
2017-18	3,321	3,196	1,316	1,880	125	68	57
2018-19	3,298	3,221	1,287	1,934	77	41	36
2019-20	3,063	2,977	1,135	1,842	86	32	54
2020-21	2,842	2,705	981	1,724	137	58	79
2021-22	2,352	2,251	839	1,412	101	45	56
2022-23	2,082	2,003	790	1,213	79	23	56
Average	3,138	3,138	1,235	1,800	3,138	47	56

SUNY College at Potsdam Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 281 where 345 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 SUNY College at Potsdam since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	335	221	53	168	114	29	85
2014-15	298	194	42	152	104	27	77
2015-16	290	190	39	151	100	29	71
2016-17	280	190	39	151	90	28	62
2017-18	266	186	51	135	80	23	57
2018-19	223	169	47	122	54	15	39
2019-20	276	196	54	142	80	25	55
2020-21	242	157	41	116	85	27	58
2021-22	255	147	45	102	108	26	82
2022-23	345	200	47	153	145	33	112
Average	281	281	46	139	281	26	70

SUNY College at Potsdam Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.60%. The percentage was 72.46% 10 years ago and SUNY Potsdam still has a high percentage of white students. 1.57% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.13% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at SUNY College at Potsdam 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	54	51	258	306	3	2,929	102
2014-15	72	66	299	365	4	2,762	101
2015-16	69	72	375	457	4	2,568	87
2016-17	63	75	392	505	5	2,340	90
2017-18	74	70	432	506	3	2,249	86
2018-19	58	81	432	518	2	2,197	92
2019-20	49	63	385	453	2	2,164	99
2020-21	56	53	330	379	0	2,063	89
2021-22	35	44	232	260	0	1,858	78
2022-23	38	38	173	224	1	1,762	74
Average	57	61	331	397	2	2,289	90

SUNY College at Potsdam Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

260 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,633.33% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at SUNY College at Potsdam from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,979	15	573	3,391
2015-16	3,904	21	400	3,483
2016-17	3,696	10	133	3,553
2017-18	3,587	13	138	3,436
2018-19	3,521	13	88	3,420
2019-20	3,339	32	159	3,148
2020-21	3,084	746	2,218	120
2021-22	2,607	154	762	1,691
2022-23	2,427	260	469	1,698
Average	3,349	140	549	2,660

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