Enrollment Trends at TESU

The student population at Thomas Edison State University is 8,248 (7,358 undergraduate and 890 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 12,629 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at TESU is 89.21% which is decreased by 12,238 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 391 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.73 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

8,172 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -61.71% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,952 where 8,248 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

89.21% of total students is undergraduate students and 10.79% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 12,238 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 391 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.73 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in TESU than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	20,877	19,596	10,434	9,162	1,281	382	899
2014-15	21,495 618	20,143 547	10,682 248	9,461 299	1,352 71	383 1	969 70
2015-16	13,093 -8,402	12,283 -7,860	6,724 -3,958	5,559 -3,902	810 -542	300 -83	510 -459
2016-17	12,489 -604	11,701 -582	6,476 -248	5,225 -334	788 -22	288 -12	500 -10
2017-18	11,945 -544	11,141 -560	6,257 -219	4,884 -341	804 16	284 -4	520 20
2018-19	10,934 -1,011	10,217 -924	5,921 -336	4,296 -588	717 -87	249 -35	468 -52
2019-20	10,227 -707	9,544 -673	5,658 -263	3,886 -410	683 -34	265 16	418 -50
2020-21	10,495 268	9,576 32	5,783 125	3,793 -93	919 236	377 112	542 124
2021-22	9,721 -774	8,754 -822	5,292 -491	3,462 -331	967 48	388 11	579 37
2022-23	8,248 -1,473	7,358 -1,396	4,390 -902	2,968 -494	890 -77	382 -6	508 -71
Average	12,952	12,031	6,762	5,270	921	330	591

Thomas Edison State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 12,031 where 7,358 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 Thomas Edison State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	19,596	138	68	70	19,458	10,366	9,092
2014-15	20,143	154	68	86	19,989	10,614	9,375
2015-16	12,283	84	31	53	12,199	6,693	5,506
2016-17	11,701	48	10	38	11,653	6,466	5,187
2017-18	11,141	62	12	50	11,079	6,245	4,834
2018-19	10,217	77	12	65	10,140	5,909	4,231
2019-20	9,544	69	9	60	9,475	5,649	3,826
2020-21	9,576	75	15	60	9,501	5,768	3,733
2021-22	8,754	76	19	57	8,678	5,273	3,405
2022-23	7,358	76	15	61	7,282	4,375	2,907
Average	12,031	12,031	26	60	12,031	6,736	5,210

Thomas Edison State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 921 where 890 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 Thomas Edison State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,281	0	0	0	1,281	382	899
2014-15	1,352	0	0	0	1,352	383	969
2015-16	810	0	0	0	810	300	510
2016-17	788	0	0	0	788	288	500
2017-18	804	19	2	17	785	282	503
2018-19	717	21	5	16	696	244	452
2019-20	683	28	4	24	655	261	394
2020-21	919	9	1	8	910	376	534
2021-22	967	4	0	4	963	388	575
2022-23	890	7	2	5	883	380	503
Average	921	921	1	7	921	328	584

Thomas Edison State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.53% and the percentage of black students is 15.79% at Thomas Edison State University. 4.60% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Thomas Edison 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	139	802	3,129	1,696	138	12,200	301
2014-15	135	839	3,153	1,807	138	11,979	350
2015-16	77	490	1,974	1,248	60	6,847	277
2016-17	54	499	1,783	1,207	69	6,421	270
2017-18	62	467	1,693	1,244	58	6,127	281
2018-19	48	466	1,511	1,205	64	5,623	250
2019-20	42	459	1,395	1,214	58	5,185	265
2020-21	32	469	1,476	1,327	44	5,175	348
2021-22	42	417	1,441	1,272	37	4,729	360
2022-23	27	379	1,302	1,151	37	3,838	297
Average	66	529	1,886	1,337	70	6,812	300

Thomas Edison State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

8,172 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 99% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -61.71% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Thomas Edison State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
2014-15	21,495	21,341	154
2015-16	13,093	13,009	84
2016-17	12,489	12,441	48
2017-18	11,945	11,864	81
2018-19	10,934	10,836	98
2019-20	10,227	10,130	97
2020-21	10,495	10,420	75
2021-22	9,721	9,645	76
2022-23	8,248	8,172	76
Average	12,072	11,984	88

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