Enrollment Trends at AU

The student population at Anderson University is 4,121 (3,237 undergraduate and 884 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,199 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at AU is 78.55% which is increased by 610 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 589 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.87 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

872 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 376.50% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,462 where 4,121 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

78.55% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.45% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 610 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 589 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.87 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in AU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Anderson University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,922	2,627	915	1,712	295	153	142
2013-14	2,966 44	2,652 25	882 -33	1,770 58	314 19	153 0	161 19
2014-15	3,112 146	2,780 128	897 15	1,883 113	332 18	153 0	179 18
2015-16	3,212 100	2,826 46	917 20	1,909 26	386 54	178 25	208 29
2016-17	3,432 220	2,944 118	919 2	2,025 116	488 102	221 43	267 59
2017-18	3,494 62	2,983 39	913 -6	2,070 45	511 23	239 18	272 5
2018-19	3,429 -65	2,881 -102	883 -30	1,998 -72	548 37	257 18	291 19
2019-20	3,543 114	2,893 12	896 13	1,997 -1	650 102	267 10	383 92
2020-21	3,848 305	3,083 190	977 81	2,106 109	765 115	337 70	428 45
2021-22	4,008 160	3,157 74	999 22	2,158 52	851 86	388 51	463 35
2022-23	4,121 113	3,237 80	1,068 69	2,169 11	884 33	368 -20	516 53
Average	3,462	2,915	933	1,982	548	247	301

Anderson University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,915 where 3,237 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Anderson University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,627	2,151	763	1,388	476	152	324
2013-14	2,652	2,131	732	1,399	521	150	371
2014-15	2,780	2,286	765	1,521	494	132	362
2015-16	2,826	2,398	784	1,614	428	133	295
2016-17	2,944	2,480	802	1,678	464	117	347
2017-18	2,983	2,550	794	1,756	433	119	314
2018-19	2,881	2,525	785	1,740	356	98	258
2019-20	2,893	2,544	805	1,739	349	91	258
2020-21	3,083	2,673	866	1,807	410	111	299
2021-22	3,157	2,750	884	1,866	407	115	292
2022-23	3,237	2,857	947	1,910	380	121	259
Average	2,915	2,915	812	1,674	2,915	122	307

Anderson University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 548 where 884 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Anderson University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	295	26	9	17	269	144	125
2013-14	314	25	5	20	289	148	141
2014-15	332	26	4	22	306	149	157
2015-16	386	157	58	99	229	120	109
2016-17	488	210	88	122	278	133	145
2017-18	511	241	100	141	270	139	131
2018-19	548	250	106	144	298	151	147
2019-20	650	543	211	332	107	56	51
2020-21	765	661	280	381	104	57	47
2021-22	851	721	307	414	130	81	49
2022-23	884	759	294	465	125	74	51
Average	548	548	133	196	548	114	105

Anderson University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.78%. The percentage was 80.80% 10 years ago and AU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.53% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.96% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Anderson University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	22	24	339	77	0	2,361	0
2013-14	18	30	286	87	2	2,291	0
2014-15	22	38	268	100	6	2,424	0
2015-16	8	19	276	105	2	2,535	64
2016-17	6	19	307	118	4	2,750	82
2017-18	6	20	281	125	1	2,871	91
2018-19	4	28	254	118	0	2,679	69
2019-20	7	38	296	147	3	2,870	64
2020-21	9	54	342	169	4	3,083	90
2021-22	6	53	349	191	2	3,186	101
2022-23	5	63	328	0	1	3,329	0
Average	10	35	302	112	2	2,762	51

Anderson University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

872 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 376.50% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Anderson University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,112	183	1,962	967
2015-16	3,212	295	2,184	733
2016-17	3,432	696	756	1,980
2017-18	3,494	637	819	2,038
2018-19	3,429	541	1,036	1,852
2019-20	3,543	519	1,026	1,998
2020-21	3,848	831	1,470	1,547
2021-22	4,008	787	1,672	1,549
2022-23	4,121	872	1,488	1,761
Average	3,578	596	1,379	1,603

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