Enrollment Trends at Appalachian State

The student population at Appalachian State University is 21,570 (19,560 undergraduate and 2,010 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 3,638 (20.29%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Appalachian State is 90.68% which is increased by 3,270 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 368 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 76 male students for every 100 female students, down from 81 in 2015.
2,551 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 214.16% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 19,735 where 21,570 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 21,570 students in 2025 and was lowest at 17,932 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 17,932 to 21,570 students, a net gain of 3,638 (20.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	17,932	16,290	7,511	8,779	1,642	536	1,106
2016-17	18,295 363	16,595 305	7,446 -65	9,149 370	1,700 58	542 6	1,158 52
2017-18	18,811 516	17,017 422	7,593 147	9,424 275	1,794 94	588 46	1,206 48
2018-19	19,108 297	17,381 364	7,608 15	9,773 349	1,727 -67	533 -55	1,194 -12
2019-20	19,280 172	17,518 137	7,634 26	9,884 111	1,762 35	527 -6	1,235 41
2020-21	20,023 743	18,061 543	7,722 88	10,339 455	1,962 200	570 43	1,392 157
2021-22	20,641 618	18,555 494	8,031 309	10,524 185	2,086 124	617 47	1,469 77
2022-23	20,436 -205	18,558 3	8,097 66	10,461 -63	1,878 -208	553 -64	1,325 -144
2023-24	21,253 817	19,405 847	8,490 393	10,915 454	1,848 -30	543 -10	1,305 -20
2024-25	21,570 317	19,560 155	8,742 252	10,818 -97	2,010 162	587 44	1,423 118
Average	19,735	17,894	7,887	10,007	1,841	560	1,281

Appalachian State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 17,894 where 19,560 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 Appalachian State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16,290	15,351	7,112	8,239	939	399	540
2016-17	16,595	15,542	7,014	8,528	1,053	432	621
2017-18	17,017	16,071	7,201	8,870	946	392	554
2018-19	17,381	16,421	7,236	9,185	960	372	588
2019-20	17,518	16,622	7,263	9,359	896	371	525
2020-21	18,061	16,905	7,226	9,679	1,156	496	660
2021-22	18,555	17,418	7,525	9,893	1,137	506	631
2022-23	18,558	17,365	7,573	9,792	1,193	524	669
2023-24	19,405	18,120	7,939	10,181	1,285	551	734
2024-25	19,560	18,146	8,144	10,002	1,414	598	816
Average	17,894	17,894	7,423	9,373	17,894	464	634

Appalachian State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,841 where 2,010 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 Appalachian State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,642	868	324	544	774	212	562
2016-17	1,700	945	348	597	755	194	561
2017-18	1,794	950	354	596	844	234	610
2018-19	1,727	870	295	575	857	238	619
2019-20	1,762	872	290	582	890	237	653
2020-21	1,962	867	304	563	1,095	266	829
2021-22	2,086	920	336	584	1,166	281	885
2022-23	1,878	858	301	557	1,020	252	768
2023-24	1,848	840	288	552	1,008	255	753
2024-25	2,010	946	311	635	1,064	276	788
Average	1,841	1,841	315	579	1,841	245	703

Appalachian State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.40%. The percentage was 84.45% 10 years ago and Appalachian State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.67% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.52% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.10% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 84.45% to 78.40%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.78% to 1.67%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.60% to 3.52%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.23% to 9.10%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3735 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2826 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Appalachian State 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	48	320	645	759	20	15,144	497
2016-17	56	328	715	843	20	15,334	565
2017-18	55	318	707	1,057	14	15,610	655
2018-19	52	309	696	1,160	14	15,839	683
2019-20	59	305	707	1,332	8	15,796	746
2020-21	37	306	782	1,509	1	16,331	809
2021-22	35	349	781	1,602	2	16,731	878
2022-23	47	334	748	1,604	3	16,536	878
2023-24	43	374	740	1,800	5	17,109	930
2024-25	41	360	760	1,963	7	16,911	974
Average	47	330	728	1,363	9	16,134	762

Appalachian State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,551 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 214.16% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Appalachian State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	17,932	812	1,941	15,179
2016-17	18,295	951	1,715	15,629
2017-18	18,811	978	2,152	15,681
2018-19	19,108	1,056	2,750	15,302
2019-20	19,280	979	3,511	14,790
2020-21	20,023	3,281	15,676	1,066
2021-22	20,641	1,667	10,639	8,335
2022-23	20,436	1,647	9,770	9,019
2023-24	21,253	2,065	9,208	9,980
2024-25	21,570	2,551	9,977	9,042
Average	19,735	1,599	6,734	11,402

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Enrollment Trends at Appalachian State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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