Enrollment Trends at Anderson

The student population at Anderson University is 1,228 (1,092 undergraduate and 136 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,097 (47.18%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Anderson is 88.93% which is decreased by 815 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 282 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 108 male students for every 100 female students, up from 72 in 2015.
108 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 17.39% since 2015.

School Home 2024 Student Population

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,625 where 1,228 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 2,325 to 1,228 students, a loss of 1,097 (47.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,325	1,907	740	1,167	418	230	188
2016-17	2,232 -93	1,883 -24	754 14	1,129 -38	349 -69	193 -37	156 -32
2017-18	1,877 -355	1,566 -317	645 -109	921 -208	311 -38	177 -16	134 -22
2018-19	1,722 -155	1,445 -121	576 -69	869 -52	277 -34	160 -17	117 -17
2019-20	1,567 -155	1,311 -134	545 -31	766 -103	256 -21	149 -11	107 -10
2020-21	1,406 -161	1,205 -106	511 -34	694 -72	201 -55	110 -39	91 -16
2021-22	1,345 -61	1,159 -46	534 23	625 -69	186 -15	86 -24	100 9
2022-23	1,290 -55	1,129 -30	549 15	580 -45	161 -25	82 -4	79 -21
2023-24	1,255 -35	1,095 -34	534 -15	561 -19	160 -1	97 15	63 -16
2024-25	1,228 -27	1,092 -3	560 26	532 -29	136 -24	79 -18	57 -6
Average	1,625	1,379	595	784	246	136	109

Anderson University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,379 where 1,092 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 Anderson University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,907	1,610	639	971	297	101	196
2016-17	1,883	1,591	661	930	292	93	199
2017-18	1,566	1,431	591	840	135	54	81
2018-19	1,445	1,331	530	801	114	46	68
2019-20	1,311	1,213	509	704	98	36	62
2020-21	1,205	1,125	486	639	80	25	55
2021-22	1,159	1,063	504	559	96	30	66
2022-23	1,129	1,028	513	515	101	36	65
2023-24	1,095	1,017	500	517	78	34	44
2024-25	1,092	1,025	531	494	67	29	38
Average	1,379	1,379	546	697	1,379	48	87

Anderson University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 246 where 136 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 Anderson University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	418	47	27	20	371	203	168
2016-17	349	34	22	12	315	171	144
2017-18	311	29	19	10	282	158	124
2018-19	277	36	25	11	241	135	106
2019-20	256	34	22	12	222	127	95
2020-21	201	23	16	7	178	94	84
2021-22	186	22	10	12	164	76	88
2022-23	161	10	6	4	151	76	75
2023-24	160	16	13	3	144	84	60
2024-25	136	20	12	8	116	67	49
Average	246	246	17	10	246	119	99

Anderson University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.52%. The percentage was 75.53% 10 years ago and Anderson still has a high percentage of white students. 1.30% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.50% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.03% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.53% to 70.52%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.03% to 1.30%. Black student enrollment increased from 9.12% to 10.50%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.72% to 6.03%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4832 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4203 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Anderson 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	9	24	212	40	6	1,756	52
2016-17	19	37	317	48	7	1,659	6
2017-18	19	34	195	42	5	1,475	6
2018-19	3	12	131	65	4	1,347	71
2019-20	2	9	120	72	1	1,211	72
2020-21	2	12	111	104	2	1,042	63
2021-22	3	16	123	71	2	985	67
2022-23	0	18	145	65	0	931	61
2023-24	0	17	135	81	2	903	70
2024-25	1	16	129	74	0	866	84
Average	6	20	162	66	3	1,218	55

Anderson University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

108 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 17.39% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Anderson University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,325	92	321	1,912
2016-17	2,232	100	308	1,824
2017-18	1,877	90	289	1,498
2018-19	1,722	119	259	1,344
2019-20	1,567	94	341	1,132
2020-21	1,406	113	633	660
2021-22	1,345	124	500	721
2022-23	1,290	118	414	758
2023-24	1,255	136	479	640
2024-25	1,228	108	374	746
Average	1,625	109	392	1,124

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Enrollment Trends at Anderson

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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