Enrollment Trends at Alma

The student population at Alma College is 1,197 (1,159 undergraduate and 38 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 188 (13.57%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Alma is 96.83% which is decreased by 226 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 38 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 87 male students for every 100 female students, up from 74 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Alma College does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,366 where 1,197 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 5 decreases. It peaked at 1,451 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,197 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,385 to 1,197 students, a net loss of 188 (13.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Alma College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,385	1,385	589	796	0	0	0
2016-17	1,451 66	1,451 66	613 24	838 42	0	0	0
2017-18	1,426 -25	1,426 -25	615 2	811 -27	0	0	0
2018-19	1,433 7	1,433 7	593 -22	840 29	0	0	0
2019-20	1,442 9	1,442 9	604 11	838 -2	0	0	0
2020-21	1,435 -7	1,435 -7	600 -4	835 -3	0	0	0
2021-22	1,353 -82	1,340 -95	568 -32	772 -63	13 13	4 4	9 9
2022-23	1,260 -93	1,245 -95	582 14	663 -109	15 2	6 2	9
2023-24	1,273 13	1,235 -10	591 9	644 -19	38 23	11 5	27 18
2024-25	1,197 -76	1,159 -76	551 -40	608 -36	38	7 -4	31 4
Average	1,366	1,355	591	765	10	3	8

Alma College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,355 where 1,159 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 Alma College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,385	1,335	573	762	50	16	34
2016-17	1,451	1,385	598	787	66	15	51
2017-18	1,426	1,386	598	788	40	17	23
2018-19	1,433	1,397	578	819	36	15	21
2019-20	1,442	1,404	587	817	38	17	21
2020-21	1,435	1,386	572	814	49	28	21
2021-22	1,340	1,308	550	758	32	18	14
2022-23	1,245	1,223	565	658	22	17	5
2023-24	1,235	1,197	564	633	38	27	11
2024-25	1,159	1,129	532	597	30	19	11
Average	1,355	1,355	572	743	1,355	19	21

Alma College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 10 where 38 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 Alma College since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	13	13	4	9	0
2022-23	15	15	6	9	0
2023-24	38	38	11	27	0
2024-25	38	38	7	31	0
Average	10	10	3	8	10

Alma College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.02%. The percentage was 81.59% 10 years ago and Alma still has a high percentage of white students. 0.84% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.76% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.59% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 81.59% to 76.02%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.44% to 0.84%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.68% to 5.76%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 4.40% to 3.59%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4167 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3303 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Alma College 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	3	20	51	61	1	1,130	32
2016-17	4	21	56	71	1	1,118	36
2017-18	6	20	48	72	2	1,098	47
2018-19	8	20	47	73	1	1,115	51
2019-20	7	19	39	71	0	1,131	56
2020-21	7	18	56	68	2	1,156	57
2021-22	5	17	59	59	1	1,107	49
2022-23	4	14	50	54	2	1,008	41
2023-24	3	11	75	43	1	984	39
2024-25	4	10	69	43	1	910	31
Average	5	17	55	62	1	1,076	44

Alma College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Alma

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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