Enrollment Trends at American National

The student population at American National University is 770 (630 undergraduate and 140 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 437 (36.21%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at American National is 81.82% which is decreased by 502 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 65 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 38 male students for every 100 female students, up from 27 in 2015.
557 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 201.08% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 978 where 770 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 1,207 students in 2016 and was lowest at 770 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,207 to 770 students, a net loss of 437 (36.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,207	1,132	215	917	75	41	34
2016-17	1,090 -117	1,012 -120	172 -43	840 -77	78 3	38 -3	40 6
2017-18	980 -110	917 -95	138 -34	779 -61	63 -15	28 -10	35 -5
2018-19	1,072 92	1,020 103	112 -26	908 129	52 -11	20 -8	32 -3
2019-20	799 -273	741 -279	76 -36	665 -243	58 6	32 12	26 -6
2020-21	931 132	810 69	93 17	717 52	121 63	76 44	45 19
2021-22	997 66	868 58	121 28	747 30	129 8	71 -5	58 13
2022-23	1,113 116	950 82	123 2	827 80	163 34	88 17	75 17
2023-24	824 -289	643 -307	120 -3	523 -304	181 18	101 13	80 5
2024-25	770 -54	630 -13	137 17	493 -30	140 -41	77 -24	63 -17
Average	978	872	131	742	106	57	49

American National University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 872 where 630 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 American National University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,132	511	93	418	621	122	499
2016-17	1,012	299	50	249	713	122	591
2017-18	917	439	67	372	478	71	407
2018-19	1,020	462	49	413	558	63	495
2019-20	741	270	29	241	471	47	424
2020-21	810	289	38	251	521	55	466
2021-22	868	243	36	207	625	85	540
2022-23	950	300	50	250	650	73	577
2023-24	643	265	70	195	378	50	328
2024-25	630	306	102	204	324	35	289
Average	872	872	58	280	872	72	462

American National University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 106 where 140 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 American National University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	75	33	20	13	42	21	21
2016-17	78	50	25	25	28	13	15
2017-18	63	51	23	28	12	5	7
2018-19	52	39	16	23	13	4	9
2019-20	58	46	28	18	12	4	8
2020-21	121	101	67	34	20	9	11
2021-22	129	89	53	36	40	18	22
2022-23	163	118	71	47	45	17	28
2023-24	181	151	82	69	30	19	11
2024-25	140	120	69	51	20	8	12
Average	106	106	45	34	106	12	14

American National University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 35.97% and the percentage of black students is 32.99% at American National University. 21.82% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 3.51% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 44.82% to 35.97%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.66% to 21.82%. Black student enrollment increased from 26.26% to 32.99%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.65% to 3.51%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7113 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7291 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at American National 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	1	8	317	32	0	541	21
2016-17	2	8	291	35	0	481	18
2017-18	2	12	295	28	1	449	12
2018-19	1	8	328	44	1	408	26
2019-20	2	26	227	27	0	202	50
2020-21	5	93	252	26	1	211	47
2021-22	12	109	323	17	4	308	36
2022-23	22	109	443	5	6	435	21
2023-24	14	129	287	23	3	317	27
2024-25	8	168	254	27	2	277	30
Average	7	67	302	26	2	363	29

American National University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

557 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 72% of total students. The number of online students has increased 201.08% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at American National University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,207	185	195	827
2016-17	1,090	250	252	588
2017-18	980	211	609	160
2018-19	1,072	340	553	179
2019-20	799	387	412	0
2020-21	931	931	0	0
2021-22	997	995	2	0
2022-23	1,113	962	151	0
2023-24	824	630	194	0
2024-25	770	557	213	0
Average	978	545	258	175

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Enrollment Trends at American National

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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