Enrollment Trends at AU Santa Barbara

The student population at Antioch University-Santa Barbara is 263 (55 undergraduate and 208 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 160 (37.83%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at AU Santa Barbara is 20.91% which is decreased by 116 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 44 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 34 male students for every 100 female students, down from 44 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Antioch University-Santa Barbara does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 309 where 263 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 423 students in 2016 and was lowest at 249 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 423 to 263 students, a net loss of 160 (37.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Antioch University-Santa Barbara since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	423	171	62	109	252	68	184
2016-17	324 -99	127 -44	45 -17	82 -27	197 -55	56 -12	141 -43
2017-18	321 -3	103 -24	35 -10	68 -14	218 21	60 4	158 17
2018-19	344 23	87 -16	26 -9	61 -7	257 39	68 8	189 31
2019-20	325 -19	78 -9	24 -2	54 -7	247 -10	62 -6	185 -4
2020-21	276 -49	66 -12	24	42 -12	210 -37	56 -6	154 -31
2021-22	249 -27	48 -18	13 -11	35 -7	201 -9	39 -17	162 8
2022-23	279 30	60 12	21 8	39 4	219 18	44 5	175 13
2023-24	284 5	52 -8	23 2	29 -10	232 13	49 5	183 8
2024-25	263 -21	55 3	20 -3	35 6	208 -24	47 -2	161 -22
Average	309	85	29	55	224	55	169

Antioch University-Santa Barbara Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 85 where 55 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 Antioch University-Santa Barbara since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	171	114	43	71	57	19	38
2016-17	127	84	31	53	43	14	29
2017-18	103	58	20	38	45	15	30
2018-19	87	36	14	22	51	12	39
2019-20	78	37	11	26	41	13	28
2020-21	66	38	17	21	28	7	21
2021-22	48	17	6	11	31	7	24
2022-23	60	25	8	17	35	13	22
2023-24	52	14	6	8	38	17	21
2024-25	55	13	4	9	42	16	26
Average	85	85	16	28	85	13	28

Antioch University-Santa Barbara Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 224 where 208 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 Antioch University-Santa Barbara since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	252	207	55	152	45	13	32
2016-17	197	158	44	114	39	12	27
2017-18	218	181	50	131	37	10	27
2018-19	257	216	56	160	41	12	29
2019-20	247	211	48	163	36	14	22
2020-21	210	201	55	146	9	1	8
2021-22	201	186	37	149	15	2	13
2022-23	219	207	40	167	12	4	8
2023-24	232	214	46	168	18	3	15
2024-25	208	196	44	152	12	3	9
Average	224	224	48	150	224	7	19

Antioch University-Santa Barbara Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.81% and the percentage of black students is 1.14% at Antioch University-Santa Barbara. 2.28% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 25.48% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 47.99% to 49.81%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.84% to 2.28%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.84% to 1.14%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 26.00% to 25.48%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6843 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6995 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Antioch University-Santa Barbara 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	0	12	12	110	3	203	13
2016-17	0	7	13	106	2	141	6
2017-18	1	7	11	98	1	151	10
2018-19	2	4	8	95	1	166	9
2019-20	1	3	6	79	0	143	20
2020-21	0	6	6	70	0	134	9
2021-22	1	4	3	70	1	119	8
2022-23	1	5	1	80	1	139	5
2023-24	2	7	2	77	1	149	6
2024-25	1	6	3	67	0	131	12
Average	1	6	7	85	1	148	10

Antioch University-Santa Barbara Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at AU Santa Barbara

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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