Enrollment Trends at Albany State

The student population at Albany State University is 6,768 (6,154 undergraduate and 614 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,276 (93.81%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Albany State is 90.93% which is increased by 3,163 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 113 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 35 male students for every 100 female students, down from 47 in 2015.
2,391 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 577.34% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,809 where 6,768 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 6,768 students in 2025 and was lowest at 3,041 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,492 to 6,768 students, a net gain of 3,276 (93.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,492	2,991	1,029	1,962	501	91	410
2016-17	3,041 -451	2,594 -397	889 -140	1,705 -257	447 -54	107 16	340 -70
2017-18	6,615 3,574	6,262 3,668	1,812 923	4,450 2,745	353 -94	101 -6	252 -88
2018-19	6,371 -244	6,001 -261	1,670 -142	4,331 -119	370 17	87 -14	283 31
2019-20	6,122 -249	5,778 -223	1,594 -76	4,184 -147	344 -26	67 -20	277 -6
2020-21	6,509 387	6,102 324	1,718 124	4,384 200	407 63	77 10	330 53
2021-22	6,297 -212	5,824 -278	1,521 -197	4,303 -81	473 66	86 9	387 57
2022-23	6,334 37	5,812 -12	1,522 1	4,290 -13	522 49	83 -3	439 52
2023-24	6,544 210	6,018 206	1,583 61	4,435 145	526 4	80 -3	446 7
2024-25	6,768 224	6,154 136	1,652 69	4,502 67	614 88	120 40	494 48
Average	5,809	5,354	1,499	3,855	456	90	366

Albany State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,354 where 6,154 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 Albany State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,991	2,554	901	1,653	437	128	309
2016-17	2,594	2,194	749	1,445	400	140	260
2017-18	6,262	3,927	1,235	2,692	2,335	577	1,758
2018-19	6,001	4,190	1,207	2,983	1,811	463	1,348
2019-20	5,778	4,109	1,153	2,956	1,669	441	1,228
2020-21	6,102	4,226	1,240	2,986	1,876	478	1,398
2021-22	5,824	3,880	1,077	2,803	1,944	444	1,500
2022-23	5,812	4,195	1,193	3,002	1,617	329	1,288
2023-24	6,018	4,353	1,210	3,143	1,665	373	1,292
2024-25	6,154	4,463	1,287	3,176	1,691	365	1,326
Average	5,354	5,354	1,125	2,684	5,354	374	1,171

Albany State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 456 where 614 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 Albany State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	501	191	32	159	310	59	251
2016-17	447	215	44	171	232	63	169
2017-18	353	166	49	117	187	52	135
2018-19	370	177	41	136	193	46	147
2019-20	344	166	33	133	178	34	144
2020-21	407	212	43	169	195	34	161
2021-22	473	260	50	210	213	36	177
2022-23	522	310	47	263	212	36	176
2023-24	526	345	46	299	181	34	147
2024-25	614	307	63	244	307	57	250
Average	456	456	45	190	456	45	176

Albany State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 6.59% and the percentage of black students is 82.85% at Albany State University. 0.34% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 3.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 6.27% to 6.59%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.23% to 0.34%. Black student enrollment decreased from 88.66% to 82.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.55% to 3.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3075 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2097 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Albany 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	8	3,096	54	2	219	26
2016-17	9	6	2,708	49	0	169	31
2017-18	17	40	4,614	148	5	1,452	94
2018-19	15	44	4,609	277	2	1,022	92
2019-20	15	38	4,552	304	2	839	113
2020-21	14	26	5,021	373	0	744	138
2021-22	9	35	4,860	335	0	667	130
2022-23	13	26	4,990	296	0	581	124
2023-24	13	28	5,288	269	0	496	124
2024-25	12	23	5,607	248	0	446	137
Average	12	27	4,535	235	1	664	101

Albany State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,391 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 35% of total students. The number of online students has increased 577.34% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Albany State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,492	353	992	2,147
2016-17	3,041	389	896	1,756
2017-18	6,615	1,334	1,955	3,326
2018-19	6,371	1,289	1,889	3,193
2019-20	6,122	1,277	1,922	2,923
2020-21	6,509	1,801	2,344	2,364
2021-22	6,297	2,093	2,436	1,768
2022-23	6,334	2,088	2,719	1,527
2023-24	6,544	2,193	2,914	1,437
2024-25	6,768	2,391	3,130	1,247
Average	5,809	1,521	2,120	2,169

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Enrollment Trends at Albany 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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