Enrollment Trends at Alvernia

The student population at Alvernia University is 2,796 (2,192 undergraduate and 604 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 60 (2.10%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Alvernia is 78.40% which is decreased by 166 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 106 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 49 male students for every 100 female students, up from 41 in 2015.
566 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 95.17% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,695 where 2,796 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 2,872 students in 2017 and was lowest at 2,484 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,856 to 2,796 students, a net loss of 60 (2.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,856	2,358	660	1,698	498	169	329
2016-17	2,872 16	2,323 -35	607 -53	1,716 18	549 51	178 9	371 42
2017-18	2,838 -34	2,251 -72	612 5	1,639 -77	587 38	189 11	398 27
2018-19	2,792 -46	2,196 -55	651 39	1,545 -94	596 9	177 -12	419 21
2019-20	2,731 -61	2,123 -73	643 -8	1,480 -65	608 12	164 -13	444 25
2020-21	2,560 -171	2,045 -78	653 10	1,392 -88	515 -93	152 -12	363 -81
2021-22	2,536 -24	2,032 -13	691 38	1,341 -51	504 -11	156 4	348 -15
2022-23	2,484 -52	2,018 -14	738 47	1,280 -61	466 -38	142 -14	324 -24
2023-24	2,485 1	2,050 32	758 20	1,292 12	435 -31	127 -15	308 -16
2024-25	2,796 311	2,192 142	776 18	1,416 124	604 169	139 12	465 157
Average	2,695	2,159	679	1,480	536	159	377

Alvernia University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,159 where 2,192 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 Alvernia University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,358	1,765	521	1,244	593	139	454
2016-17	2,323	1,719	483	1,236	604	124	480
2017-18	2,251	1,670	502	1,168	581	110	471
2018-19	2,196	1,690	565	1,125	506	86	420
2019-20	2,123	1,656	566	1,090	467	77	390
2020-21	2,045	1,655	577	1,078	390	76	314
2021-22	2,032	1,641	615	1,026	391	76	315
2022-23	2,018	1,670	659	1,011	348	79	269
2023-24	2,050	1,716	695	1,021	334	63	271
2024-25	2,192	1,735	687	1,048	457	89	368
Average	2,159	2,159	587	1,105	2,159	92	375

Alvernia University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 536 where 604 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 Alvernia University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	498	165	57	108	333	112	221
2016-17	549	204	75	129	345	103	242
2017-18	587	234	77	157	353	112	241
2018-19	596	256	73	183	340	104	236
2019-20	608	275	74	201	333	90	243
2020-21	515	257	75	182	258	77	181
2021-22	504	278	90	188	226	66	160
2022-23	466	263	87	176	203	55	148
2023-24	435	230	77	153	205	50	155
2024-25	604	257	67	190	347	72	275
Average	536	536	75	167	536	84	210

Alvernia University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.63%. The percentage was 68.03% 10 years ago and Alvernia still has a high percentage of white students. 1.75% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.66% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 15.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 68.03% to 63.63%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.19% to 1.75%. Black student enrollment decreased from 11.73% to 9.66%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.21% to 15.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5614 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5179 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Alvernia 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	7	34	335	206	1	1,943	35
2016-17	7	43	302	221	2	2,006	43
2017-18	8	51	272	247	0	1,877	50
2018-19	7	45	319	283	0	1,892	60
2019-20	7	45	312	298	0	1,854	78
2020-21	5	41	295	311	3	1,682	80
2021-22	9	58	266	326	2	1,624	68
2022-23	9	48	255	318	2	1,593	76
2023-24	4	39	254	360	1	1,552	74
2024-25	4	49	270	425	1	1,779	88
Average	7	45	288	300	1	1,780	65

Alvernia University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

566 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 95.17% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Alvernia University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,856	290	154	2,412
2016-17	2,872	268	507	2,097
2017-18	2,838	350	466	2,022
2018-19	2,792	364	368	2,060
2019-20	2,731	339	393	1,999
2020-21	2,560	366	525	1,669
2021-22	2,536	292	583	1,661
2022-23	2,484	286	575	1,623
2023-24	2,485	319	579	1,587
2024-25	2,796	566	671	1,559
Average	2,695	344	482	1,869

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