Enrollment Trends at Syracuse

The student population at Syracuse University is 22,698 (15,421 undergraduate and 7,277 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,431 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Syracuse is 67.94% which is increased by 324 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,107 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.17 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

2,244 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 423.08% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 22,045 where 22,698 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

67.94% of total students is undergraduate students and 32.06% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 324 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,107 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.17 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Syracuse than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	21,267	15,097	6,755	8,342	6,170	3,034	3,136
2014-15	21,492 225	15,224 127	6,820 65	8,404 62	6,268 98	3,080 46	3,188 52
2015-16	21,789 297	15,196 -28	6,873 53	8,323 -81	6,593 325	3,313 233	3,280 92
2016-17	21,970 181	15,218 22	6,945 72	8,273 -50	6,752 159	3,395 82	3,357 77
2017-18	22,484 514	15,252 34	7,026 81	8,226 -47	7,232 480	3,651 256	3,581 224
2018-19	22,803 319	15,226 -26	7,008 -18	8,218 -8	7,577 345	3,895 244	3,682 101
2019-20	22,850 47	15,275 49	7,119 111	8,156 -62	7,575 -2	3,889 -6	3,686 4
2020-21	21,322 -1,528	14,479 -796	6,707 -412	7,772 -384	6,843 -732	3,410 -479	3,433 -253
2021-22	21,772 450	14,778 299	6,702 -5	8,076 304	6,994 151	3,356 -54	3,638 205
2022-23	22,698 926	15,421 643	7,030 328	8,391 315	7,277 283	3,408 52	3,869 231
Average	22,045	15,117	6,899	8,218	6,928	3,443	3,485

Syracuse University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 15,117 where 15,421 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 Syracuse University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15,097	14,422	6,448	7,974	675	307	368
2014-15	15,224	14,532	6,487	8,045	692	333	359
2015-16	15,196	14,566	6,566	8,000	630	307	323
2016-17	15,218	14,607	6,635	7,972	611	310	301
2017-18	15,252	14,675	6,749	7,926	577	277	300
2018-19	15,226	14,655	6,727	7,928	571	281	290
2019-20	15,275	14,727	6,827	7,900	548	292	256
2020-21	14,479	13,832	6,363	7,469	647	344	303
2021-22	14,778	14,167	6,376	7,791	611	326	285
2022-23	15,421	14,806	6,684	8,122	615	346	269
Average	15,117	15,117	6,586	7,913	15,117	312	305

Syracuse University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 6,928 where 7,277 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 Syracuse University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,170	4,670	2,342	2,328	1,500	692	808
2014-15	6,268	4,824	2,426	2,398	1,444	654	790
2015-16	6,593	4,765	2,401	2,364	1,828	912	916
2016-17	6,752	4,546	2,253	2,293	2,206	1,142	1,064
2017-18	7,232	4,563	2,251	2,312	2,669	1,400	1,269
2018-19	7,577	4,529	2,233	2,296	3,048	1,662	1,386
2019-20	7,575	4,505	2,234	2,271	3,070	1,655	1,415
2020-21	6,843	4,068	1,964	2,104	2,775	1,446	1,329
2021-22	6,994	4,114	1,972	2,142	2,880	1,384	1,496
2022-23	7,277	5,301	2,586	2,715	1,976	822	1,154
Average	6,928	6,928	2,266	2,322	6,928	1,177	1,163

Syracuse University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.26%. The percentage was 53.44% 10 years ago and Syracuse still has a high percentage of white students. 6.37% 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 Syracuse University 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	122	1,416	1,635	1,839	13	11,366	465
2014-15	131	1,354	1,656	1,855	19	11,258	494
2015-16	125	1,370	1,620	1,872	16	11,360	523
2016-17	108	1,341	1,626	1,864	15	11,708	574
2017-18	112	1,332	1,640	1,853	22	12,042	644
2018-19	101	1,400	1,575	1,860	22	12,131	678
2019-20	108	1,311	1,590	1,967	17	12,003	668
2020-21	108	1,283	1,559	2,007	17	11,224	734
2021-22	115	1,377	1,616	2,129	24	11,407	805
2022-23	106	1,445	1,618	2,207	24	11,636	838
Average	114	1,363	1,614	1,945	19	11,614	642

Syracuse University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,244 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 423.08% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Syracuse University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	21,492	429	651	20,412
2015-16	21,789	862	925	20,002
2016-17	21,970	1,228	1,231	19,511
2017-18	22,484	1,735	946	19,803
2018-19	22,803	2,279	791	19,733
2019-20	22,850	2,377	976	19,497
2020-21	21,322	2,043	1,069	18,210
2021-22	21,772	2,606	2,812	16,354
2022-23	22,698	2,244	2,539	17,915
Average	22,131	1,756	1,327	19,049

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