Student Population at FPU

Total Enrollment

1,654

Undergraduate

997

Graduate

657

Online Enrollment

254

Men Students

725

Women Students

929

For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 1,654 students have enrolled at Franklin Pierce University - 997 undergraduate and 657 graduate.

By gender, 725 male and 929 female students are attending Franklin Pierce University. By attendance status, there are 1,392 full-time students and 262 part-time students.

The number of students at Franklin Pierce University is very small compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New Hampshire.

Franklin Pierce University offers online degree/certificate programs and 254 students enrolled in online programs.

Enrollment Comparison

The following chart compares FPU's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New Hampshire.

The enrollment is smaller than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New Hampshire average (10,160 students).

	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Franklin Pierce University	1,654	997	657
All Colleges	2,931	2,685	1,440
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges	2,477	2,016	1,017
4-Years Colleges	4,686	4,205	1,445
Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New Hampshire	10,160	9,523	3,337

The below chart compares the student population between Franklin Pierce University and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 725 male and 929 female students attending FPU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.78 to 1 and the ratio is similar to national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at FPU.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at FPU
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	997	844	153
Men	521	463	58
Women	476	381	95

Population by Gender/Attending Status at FPU
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	657	548	109
Men	204	165	39
Women	453	383	70

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 1,097 White students (66.32%) and 171 Hispanic students (10.34%) at Franklin Pierce University(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Franklin Pierce University.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Franklin Pierce University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	3	2	1
Asian	10	6	4
Black or African American	92	72	20
Hispanic	96	64	32
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	1	0
White	676	325	351
Two or More Races	34	15	19
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	37	19	18
Total	997	521	476

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Franklin Pierce University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	4	1	3
Asian	49	16	33
Black or African American	28	10	18
Hispanic	75	28	47
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	0	0	0
White	421	116	305
Two or More Races	12	4	8
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	43	13	30
Total	657	204	453

Online Student Population

At Franklin Pierce University, 676 students (40.87% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 254 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 119 students live in New Hampshire where Franklin Pierce University is located in and 114 students have enrolled from other states.

Online Student Population
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	1,654	997	657
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes	254	102	152
Enrolled Some in Online Classes	422	219	203
Not Enrolled in Online Classes	978	676	302

Online Student Population by Student Location
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)	254	102	152
New Hampshire Residents	119	63	56
Other State in U.S.	114	38	76
Outside of U.S.	21	1	20
Unknown	0	0	0