Enrollment Trends at Alliant International University-San Diego

The student population at Alliant International University-San Diego is 4,530 (391 undergraduate and 4,139 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,021 (29.10%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Alliant International University-San Diego is 8.63% which is decreased by 553 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,574 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 36 male students for every 100 female students, down from 46 in 2015.
2,811 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 889.79% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,798 where 4,530 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 4,530 students in 2025 and was lowest at 3,429 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,509 to 4,530 students, a net gain of 1,021 (29.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Alliant International University-San Diego since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,509	944	390	554	2,565	719	1,846
2016-17	4,003 494	1,471 527	647 257	824 270	2,532 -33	700 -19	1,832 -14
2017-18	3,780 -223	1,194 -277	602 -45	592 -232	2,586 54	764 64	1,822 -10
2018-19	3,780	988 -206	456 -146	532 -60	2,792 206	737 -27	2,055 233
2019-20	3,536 -244	631 -357	271 -185	360 -172	2,905 113	770 33	2,135 80
2020-21	3,429 -107	431 -200	178 -93	253 -107	2,998 93	732 -38	2,266 131
2021-22	3,662 233	378 -53	139 -39	239 -14	3,284 286	741 9	2,543 277
2022-23	3,599 -63	274 -104	93 -46	181 -58	3,325 41	740 -1	2,585 42
2023-24	4,147 548	355 81	137 44	218 37	3,792 467	893 153	2,899 314
2024-25	4,530 383	391 36	160 23	231 13	4,139 347	1,047 154	3,092 193
Average	3,798	706	307	398	3,092	784	2,308

Alliant International University-San Diego Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 706 where 391 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 Alliant International University-San Diego since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	944	192	73	119	752	317	435
2016-17	1,471	0	0	0	1,471	647	824
2017-18	1,194	122	87	35	1,072	515	557
2018-19	988	2	1	1	986	455	531
2019-20	631	2	2	0	629	269	360
2020-21	431	1	1	0	430	177	253
2021-22	378	0	0	0	378	139	239
2022-23	274	0	0	0	274	93	181
2023-24	355	0	0	0	355	137	218
2024-25	391	8	1	7	383	159	224
Average	706	706	17	16	706	291	382

Alliant International University-San Diego Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,092 where 4,139 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 Alliant International University-San Diego since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,565	1,952	516	1,436	613	203	410
2016-17	2,532	1,781	440	1,341	751	260	491
2017-18	2,586	1,620	447	1,173	966	317	649
2018-19	2,792	1,453	366	1,087	1,339	371	968
2019-20	2,905	1,435	342	1,093	1,470	428	1,042
2020-21	2,998	1,611	370	1,241	1,387	362	1,025
2021-22	3,284	1,337	246	1,091	1,947	495	1,452
2022-23	3,325	1,687	338	1,349	1,638	402	1,236
2023-24	3,792	1,915	353	1,562	1,877	540	1,337
2024-25	4,139	1,771	353	1,418	2,368	694	1,674
Average	3,092	3,092	377	1,279	3,092	407	1,028

Alliant International University-San Diego Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 34.48% and the percentage of black students is 8.72% at Alliant International University-San Diego. 8.61% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 33.51% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 37.16% to 34.48%. Asian enrollment grew from 6.87% to 8.61%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.36% to 8.72%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 23.57% to 33.51%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7536 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7942 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Alliant International University-San Diego 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	7	241	223	827	5	1,304	204
2016-17	9	271	227	1,121	13	1,326	181
2017-18	20	280	237	1,027	16	1,270	186
2018-19	15	281	258	931	11	1,275	203
2019-20	14	272	263	897	10	1,300	179
2020-21	17	309	317	903	11	1,319	177
2021-22	16	283	264	1,035	10	1,039	133
2022-23	20	283	283	1,039	19	1,378	123
2023-24	29	331	337	1,294	19	1,479	78
2024-25	27	390	395	1,518	34	1,562	50
Average	17	294	280	1,059	15	1,325	151

Alliant International University-San Diego Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,811 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 62% of total students. The number of online students has increased 889.79% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Alliant International University-San Diego from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,509	284	386	2,839
2016-17	4,003	533	156	3,314
2017-18	3,780	808	130	2,842
2018-19	3,780	1,158	226	2,396
2019-20	3,536	1,364	143	2,029
2020-21	3,429	3,224	0	205
2021-22	3,662	3,627	35	0
2022-23	3,599	2,104	584	911
2023-24	4,147	2,735	691	721
2024-25	4,530	2,811	102	1,617
Average	3,798	1,865	245	1,687

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Enrollment Trends at Alliant International University-San Diego

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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