Enrollment Statistics at New Jersey Colleges

Student Population at New Jersey Colleges

At New Jersey colleges, there are 411,451 students including 342,809 undergraduate and 68,642 graduate schools students in total the for academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 280,814 full-time and 130,637 part-time students.By gender, 45.13% male and 54.87% female students enrolled in New Jersey colleges in the academic year 2024-2025.

Student Population By Gender
New Jersey Colleges and Universities
	Total	Male	Female
Total by Gender	411,451	185,672	225,779
Undergraduate	342,809	155,345	187,464
Graduate	68,642	30,327	38,315
By Attending Status
Full-time	280,814	134,410	146,404
Part-time	130,637	51,262	79,375

[Chart] Student Population by Gender - New Jersey Colleges

Enrollment by Attendance Status

New Jersey colleges have a total of 280,814 full-time students and 130,637 part-time students. In undergraduate schools, 240,991 students are attending classes with full-time status and 101,818 are part-time students. In graduate school, 39,823 students are full-time and 28,819 students are attending schools with part-time status.

Student Population By Attendance Status
New Jersey Colleges and Universities
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	411,451	280,814	130,637
Undergraduate	342,809	240,991	101,818
Graduate	68,642	39,823	28,819

[Chart] Student Population by Student Status - New Jersey Colleges

Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

For New Jersey colleges, 57,750 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 119,634 students are enrolled in some online courses/degree programs out of total 411,451 students. In undergraduate schools, 146,337 students enrolled in online courses and 31,047 students took at least one online graduate course.

Distance Learning Enrollment (2024-2025)
New Jersey Colleges and Universities
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total Students	411,451	342,809	68,642
Online Exclusively	57,750	38,381	19,369
In Some Online Classes	119,634	107,956	11,678
Not In Online Classes	234,067	196,472	37,595

[Chart] New Jersey Colleges and Universities Online Class (Distance Learning) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at New Jersey colleges. There are 150,677 Caucasian, 56,596 Black/African American, 42,097 Asian, and 103,861 Hispanic students in New Jersey colleges.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity on
New Jersey Colleges
	Total	Men	Women
Total	411,451	185,672	225,779
American Indian/Native American	661	306	355
Asian	42,097	20,344	21,753
Black/African American	56,596	20,680	35,916
Hispanic	103,861	41,673	62,188
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islnader	441	196	245
White	150,677	74,239	76,438
Two More	11,877	5,279	6,598
Un-Known	20,023	8,982	11,041

[Chart] New Jersey Colleges Race/Ethnicity Distribution

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