Enrollment Trends at Alabama State

The student population at Alabama State University is 4,081 (3,521 undergraduate and 560 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,302 (24.19%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Alabama State is 86.28% which is decreased by 1,243 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 59 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 55 male students for every 100 female students, down from 60 in 2015.
548 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 76.77% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,388 where 4,081 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 5,383 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,828 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,383 to 4,081 students, a net loss of 1,302 (24.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Alabama State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,383	4,764	1,827	2,937	619	190	429
2016-17	5,318 -65	4,727 -37	1,787 -40	2,940 3	591 -28	165 -25	426 -3
2017-18	4,760 -558	4,208 -519	1,597 -190	2,611 -329	552 -39	155 -10	397 -29
2018-19	4,413 -347	3,903 -305	1,448 -149	2,455 -156	510 -42	149 -6	361 -36
2019-20	4,190 -223	3,750 -153	1,384 -64	2,366 -89	440 -70	138 -11	302 -59
2020-21	4,072 -118	3,614 -136	1,299 -85	2,315 -51	458 18	136 -2	322 20
2021-22	3,964 -108	3,499 -115	1,225 -74	2,274 -41	465 7	139 3	326 4
2022-23	3,828 -136	3,296 -203	1,185 -40	2,111 -163	532 67	162 23	370 44
2023-24	3,870 42	3,322 26	1,204 19	2,118 7	548 16	169 7	379 9
2024-25	4,081 211	3,521 199	1,283 79	2,238 120	560 12	170 1	390 11
Average	4,388	3,860	1,424	2,437	528	157	370

Alabama State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,860 where 3,521 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Alabama State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,764	4,377	1,679	2,698	387	148	239
2016-17	4,727	4,368	1,647	2,721	359	140	219
2017-18	4,208	3,866	1,449	2,417	342	148	194
2018-19	3,903	3,643	1,332	2,311	260	116	144
2019-20	3,750	3,446	1,258	2,188	304	126	178
2020-21	3,614	3,289	1,171	2,118	325	128	197
2021-22	3,499	3,055	1,053	2,002	444	172	272
2022-23	3,296	3,042	1,095	1,947	254	90	164
2023-24	3,322	2,959	1,076	1,883	363	128	235
2024-25	3,521	3,243	1,177	2,066	278	106	172
Average	3,860	3,860	1,294	2,235	3,860	130	201

Alabama State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 528 where 560 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Alabama State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	619	291	91	200	328	99	229
2016-17	591	326	98	228	265	67	198
2017-18	552	325	93	232	227	62	165
2018-19	510	291	84	207	219	65	154
2019-20	440	298	89	209	142	49	93
2020-21	458	318	86	232	140	50	90
2021-22	465	323	96	227	142	43	99
2022-23	532	383	114	269	149	48	101
2023-24	548	378	114	264	170	55	115
2024-25	560	384	118	266	176	52	124
Average	528	528	98	233	528	59	137

Alabama State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 3.50% and the percentage of black students is 84.88% at Alabama State University. 0.32% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 1.30% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 3.62% to 3.50%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.52% to 0.32%. Black student enrollment decreased from 90.34% to 84.88%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.13% to 1.30%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2780 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1823 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Alabama State University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	6	28	4,863	61	3	195	63
2016-17	6	27	4,848	55	2	181	58
2017-18	6	24	4,351	46	3	175	48
2018-19	5	22	4,017	43	2	171	44
2019-20	10	15	3,772	45	3	177	50
2020-21	8	9	3,668	52	6	173	49
2021-22	8	12	3,568	46	5	162	52
2022-23	8	12	3,435	43	3	155	44
2023-24	5	14	3,429	43	4	167	48
2024-25	6	13	3,464	53	1	143	45
Average	7	18	3,942	49	3	170	50

Alabama State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

548 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has increased 76.77% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Alabama State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	5,383	310	363	4,710
2016-17	5,318	383	255	4,680
2017-18	4,760	395	331	4,034
2018-19	4,413	437	296	3,680
2019-20	4,190	57	1,322	2,811
2020-21	4,072	1,485	2,373	214
2021-22	3,964	644	2,783	537
2022-23	3,828	420	2,413	995
2023-24	3,870	504	2,675	691
2024-25	4,081	548	3,080	453
Average	4,388	518	1,589	2,281

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Enrollment Trends at Alabama State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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