Enrollment Trends at Thomas Jefferson

The student population at Thomas Jefferson University is 8,286 (3,771 undergraduate and 4,515 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 4,651 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Thomas Jefferson is 45.51% which is increased by 2,883 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,768 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.73 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,353 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 313.76% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,953 where 8,286 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

45.51% of total students is undergraduate students and 54.49% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,883 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,768 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.73 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Thomas Jefferson than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,635	888	165	723	2,747	1,005	1,742
2014-15	3,606 -29	891 3	154 -11	737 14	2,715 -32	1,019 14	1,696 -46
2015-16	3,717 111	875 -16	173 19	702 -35	2,842 127	1,029 10	1,813 117
2016-17	3,887 170	831 -44	141 -32	690 -12	3,056 214	1,040 11	2,016 203
2017-18	4,028 141	816 -15	115 -26	701 11	3,212 156	1,115 75	2,097 81
2018-19	7,786 3,758	3,550 2,734	990 875	2,560 1,859	4,236 1,024	1,445 330	2,791 694
2019-20	8,026 240	3,665 115	972 -18	2,693 133	4,361 125	1,402 -43	2,959 168
2020-21	8,286 260	3,783 118	1,029 57	2,754 61	4,503 142	1,342 -60	3,161 202
2021-22	8,270 -16	3,754 -29	945 -84	2,809 55	4,516 13	1,268 -74	3,248 87
2022-23	8,286 16	3,771 17	967 22	2,804 -5	4,515 -1	1,255 -13	3,260 12
Average	5,953	2,282	565	1,717	3,670	1,192	2,478

Thomas Jefferson University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,282 where 3,771 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 Jefferson University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	888	596	103	493	292	62	230
2014-15	891	649	118	531	242	36	206
2015-16	875	632	105	527	243	68	175
2016-17	831	648	98	550	183	43	140
2017-18	816	663	87	576	153	28	125
2018-19	3,550	2,941	835	2,106	609	155	454
2019-20	3,665	3,055	845	2,210	610	127	483
2020-21	3,783	3,216	888	2,328	567	141	426
2021-22	3,754	3,326	852	2,474	428	93	335
2022-23	3,771	3,334	864	2,470	437	103	334
Average	2,282	2,282	480	1,427	2,282	86	291

Thomas Jefferson University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,670 where 4,515 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 Jefferson University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,747	1,900	814	1,086	847	191	656
2014-15	2,715	1,979	839	1,140	736	180	556
2015-16	2,842	2,032	851	1,181	810	178	632
2016-17	3,056	2,100	841	1,259	956	199	757
2017-18	3,212	2,220	903	1,317	992	212	780
2018-19	4,236	2,812	1,076	1,736	1,424	369	1,055
2019-20	4,361	2,702	999	1,703	1,659	403	1,256
2020-21	4,503	2,659	950	1,709	1,844	392	1,452
2021-22	4,516	2,657	915	1,742	1,859	353	1,506
2022-23	4,515	2,802	909	1,893	1,713	346	1,367
Average	3,670	3,670	910	1,477	3,670	282	1,002

Thomas Jefferson University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.78%. The percentage was 67.32% 10 years ago and Thomas Jefferson still has a high percentage of white students. 14.69% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.03% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Thomas Jefferson 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	9	588	202	156	0	2,447	0
2014-15	14	548	226	130	0	2,313	0
2015-16	5	516	243	140	0	2,621	21
2016-17	0	525	264	37	4	2,550	58
2017-18	3	612	245	62	0	2,534	112
2018-19	15	833	835	392	6	4,463	270
2019-20	10	347	786	764	4	4,470	935
2020-21	7	422	819	840	6	4,593	980
2021-22	7	1,135	867	782	4	4,668	282
2022-23	10	1,217	914	760	2	4,373	362
Average	8	674	540	406	3	3,503	302

Thomas Jefferson University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,353 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 313.76% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Thomas Jefferson University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,606	327	1,048	2,231
2015-16	3,717	333	878	2,506
2016-17	3,887	694	114	3,079
2017-18	4,028	738	0	3,290
2018-19	7,786	1,058	1,380	5,348
2019-20	8,026	1,093	1,354	5,579
2020-21	8,286	1,739	4,813	1,734
2021-22	8,270	1,368	4,099	2,803
2022-23	8,286	1,353	3,056	3,877
Average	6,210	967	1,860	3,383

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