Enrollment Trends at Tennessee State

The student population at Tennessee State University is 9,218 (7,678 undergraduate and 1,540 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 335 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Tennessee State is 83.29% which is increased by 862 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 527 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.92 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

918 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 56.39% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,478 where 9,218 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

83.29% of total students is undergraduate students and 16.71% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 862 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 527 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.92 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Tennessee State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,883	6,816	2,665	4,151	2,067	624	1,443
2014-15	9,027 144	7,073 257	2,882 217	4,191 40	1,954 -113	636 12	1,318 -125
2015-16	9,167 140	7,264 191	2,922 40	4,342 151	1,903 -51	629 -7	1,274 -44
2016-17	8,760 -407	7,014 -250	2,878 -44	4,136 -206	1,746 -157	604 -25	1,142 -132
2017-18	8,177 -583	6,505 -509	2,499 -379	4,006 -130	1,672 -74	570 -34	1,102 -40
2018-19	7,774 -403	6,121 -384	2,311 -188	3,810 -196	1,653 -19	553 -17	1,100 -2
2019-20	8,081 307	5,875 -246	2,244 -67	3,631 -179	2,206 553	714 161	1,492 392
2020-21	7,615 -466	6,000 125	2,143 -101	3,857 226	1,615 -591	486 -228	1,129 -363
2021-22	8,077 462	6,375 375	2,320 177	4,055 198	1,702 87	522 36	1,180 51
2022-23	9,218 1,141	7,678 1,303	2,620 300	5,058 1,003	1,540 -162	538 16	1,002 -178
Average	8,478	6,672	2,548	4,124	1,806	588	1,218

Tennessee State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,672 where 7,678 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 Tennessee State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,816	5,427	2,188	3,239	1,389	477	912
2014-15	7,073	5,678	2,388	3,290	1,395	494	901
2015-16	7,264	5,975	2,494	3,481	1,289	428	861
2016-17	7,014	5,699	2,422	3,277	1,315	456	859
2017-18	6,505	5,431	2,115	3,316	1,074	384	690
2018-19	6,121	5,029	1,868	3,161	1,092	443	649
2019-20	5,875	4,807	1,782	3,025	1,068	462	606
2020-21	6,000	4,816	1,644	3,172	1,184	499	685
2021-22	6,375	4,907	1,702	3,205	1,468	618	850
2022-23	7,678	6,686	2,257	4,429	992	363	629
Average	6,672	6,672	2,086	3,360	6,672	462	764

Tennessee State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,806 where 1,540 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 Tennessee State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,067	842	275	567	1,225	349	876
2014-15	1,954	850	284	566	1,104	352	752
2015-16	1,903	830	298	532	1,073	331	742
2016-17	1,746	697	275	422	1,049	329	720
2017-18	1,672	698	255	443	974	315	659
2018-19	1,653	637	242	395	1,016	311	705
2019-20	2,206	632	226	406	1,574	488	1,086
2020-21	1,615	670	206	464	945	280	665
2021-22	1,702	724	241	483	978	281	697
2022-23	1,540	649	238	411	891	300	591
Average	1,806	1,806	254	469	1,806	334	749

Tennessee State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 10.26% and the percentage of black students is 78.62% at Tennessee State University. 0.99% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Tennessee State 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	17	143	6,124	121	0	2,082	0
2014-15	14	91	5,750	112	0	1,834	276
2015-16	15	92	5,813	121	0	1,709	270
2016-17	11	81	5,673	122	0	1,593	227
2017-18	7	79	5,460	132	0	1,443	196
2018-19	14	74	5,271	129	0	1,365	189
2019-20	13	80	5,827	137	0	1,258	173
2020-21	6	120	5,641	158	0	1,252	167
2021-22	6	92	5,906	146	5	1,195	186
2022-23	12	91	7,247	231	5	946	241
Average	12	94	5,871	141	1	1,468	193

Tennessee State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

918 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 56.39% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Tennessee State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	9,027	587	1,183	7,257
2015-16	9,167	568	1,106	7,493
2016-17	8,760	482	1,254	7,024
2017-18	8,177	495	1,296	6,386
2018-19	7,774	438	7,217	119
2019-20	8,081	456	1,433	6,192
2020-21	7,615	861	3,093	3,661
2021-22	8,077	1,275	2,651	4,151
2022-23	9,218	918	4,406	3,894
Average	8,433	676	2,627	5,131

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