Enrollment Trends at Towson

The student population at Towson University is 19,793 (16,861 undergraduate and 2,932 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,706 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Towson is 85.19% which is decreased by 1,918 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 788 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.59 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,430 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 186.00% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 22,013 where 19,793 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

85.19% of total students is undergraduate students and 14.81% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,918 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 788 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.59 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Towson than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	22,499	18,779	7,467	11,312	3,720	1,105	2,615
2014-15	22,285 -214	18,807 28	7,457 -10	11,350 38	3,478 -242	1,015 -90	2,463 -152
2015-16	22,101 -184	18,866 59	7,588 131	11,278 -72	3,235 -243	914 -101	2,321 -142
2016-17	22,343 242	19,198 332	7,695 107	11,503 225	3,145 -90	865 -49	2,280 -41
2017-18	22,705 362	19,596 398	7,883 188	11,713 210	3,109 -36	842 -23	2,267 -13
2018-19	22,923 218	19,818 222	8,031 148	11,787 74	3,105 -4	829 -13	2,276 9
2019-20	22,709 -214	19,619 -199	7,971 -60	11,648 -139	3,090 -15	780 -49	2,310 34
2020-21	21,917 -792	18,730 -889	7,584 -387	11,146 -502	3,187 97	800 20	2,387 77
2021-22	20,856 -1,061	17,907 -823	7,252 -332	10,655 -491	2,949 -238	675 -125	2,274 -113
2022-23	19,793 -1,063	16,861 -1,046	6,978 -274	9,883 -772	2,932 -17	664 -11	2,268 -6
Average	22,013	18,818	7,591	11,228	3,195	849	2,346

Towson University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 18,818 where 16,861 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 Towson University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	18,779	16,588	6,427	10,161	2,191	1,040	1,151
2014-15	18,807	16,575	6,438	10,137	2,232	1,019	1,213
2015-16	18,866	16,760	6,600	10,160	2,106	988	1,118
2016-17	19,198	16,893	6,638	10,255	2,305	1,057	1,248
2017-18	19,596	17,106	6,776	10,330	2,490	1,107	1,383
2018-19	19,818	17,350	6,902	10,448	2,468	1,129	1,339
2019-20	19,619	17,209	6,886	10,323	2,410	1,085	1,325
2020-21	18,730	16,238	6,471	9,767	2,492	1,113	1,379
2021-22	17,907	15,526	6,191	9,335	2,381	1,061	1,320
2022-23	16,861	14,805	6,062	8,743	2,056	916	1,140
Average	18,818	18,818	6,539	9,966	18,818	1,052	1,262

Towson University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,195 where 2,932 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 Towson University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,720	1,198	354	844	2,522	751	1,771
2014-15	3,478	1,115	329	786	2,363	686	1,677
2015-16	3,235	1,078	318	760	2,157	596	1,561
2016-17	3,145	1,081	308	773	2,064	557	1,507
2017-18	3,109	1,068	308	760	2,041	534	1,507
2018-19	3,105	1,035	298	737	2,070	531	1,539
2019-20	3,090	1,017	267	750	2,073	513	1,560
2020-21	3,187	1,058	289	769	2,129	511	1,618
2021-22	2,949	993	237	756	1,956	438	1,518
2022-23	2,932	1,025	257	768	1,907	407	1,500
Average	3,195	3,195	297	770	3,195	552	1,576

Towson University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.85% and the percentage of black students is 27.91% at Towson University. 6.45% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Towson 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	49	1,033	3,319	1,062	20	14,593	706
2014-15	33	1,049	3,456	1,196	26	13,974	813
2015-16	28	1,119	3,746	1,303	22	13,541	887
2016-17	33	1,227	4,047	1,448	21	13,234	981
2017-18	37	1,282	4,480	1,610	19	13,021	1,034
2018-19	30	1,381	4,926	1,727	21	12,586	1,105
2019-20	20	1,457	5,170	1,807	16	11,953	1,162
2020-21	24	1,366	5,311	1,829	15	11,197	1,148
2021-22	18	1,310	5,512	1,875	12	10,131	1,073
2022-23	18	1,277	5,524	1,874	10	9,075	1,021
Average	29	1,250	4,549	1,573	18	12,331	993

Towson University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,430 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 186.00% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Towson University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	22,285	500	2,477	19,308
2015-16	22,101	533	3,271	18,297
2016-17	22,343	509	2,989	18,845
2017-18	22,705	478	3,384	18,843
2018-19	22,923	484	3,895	18,544
2019-20	22,709	591	4,611	17,507
2020-21	21,917	19,858	2,023	36
2021-22	20,856	1,717	6,258	12,881
2022-23	19,793	1,430	6,392	11,971
Average	21,959	2,900	3,922	15,137

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