Enrollment Trends at Beaver College

The student population at Arcadia University is 3,026 (1,870 undergraduate and 1,156 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,001 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Beaver College is 61.80% which is decreased by 489 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 512 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.08 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

510 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 30.10% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,633 where 3,026 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

61.80% of total students is undergraduate students and 38.20% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 489 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 512 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.08 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Beaver College than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,027	2,359	742	1,617	1,668	420	1,248
2013-14	3,905 -122	2,453 94	792 50	1,661 44	1,452 -216	356 -64	1,096 -152
2014-15	3,939 34	2,594 141	809 17	1,785 124	1,345 -107	308 -48	1,037 -59
2015-16	3,984 45	2,640 46	824 15	1,816 31	1,344 -1	329 21	1,015 -22
2016-17	3,785 -199	2,473 -167	775 -49	1,698 -118	1,312 -32	320 -9	992 -23
2017-18	3,811 26	2,390 -83	751 -24	1,639 -59	1,421 109	352 32	1,069 77
2018-19	3,662 -149	2,160 -230	689 -62	1,471 -168	1,502 81	382 30	1,120 51
2019-20	3,463 -199	2,149 -11	708 19	1,441 -30	1,314 -188	320 -62	994 -126
2020-21	3,300 -163	2,014 -135	652 -56	1,362 -79	1,286 -28	297 -23	989 -5
2021-22	3,064 -236	1,832 -182	621 -31	1,211 -151	1,232 -54	292 -5	940 -49
2022-23	3,026 -38	1,870 38	671 50	1,199 -12	1,156 -76	310 18	846 -94
Average	3,633	2,267	730	1,536	1,367	335	1,031

Arcadia University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,267 where 1,870 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 Arcadia University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,359	2,154	665	1,489	205	77	128
2013-14	2,453	2,260	707	1,553	193	85	108
2014-15	2,594	2,367	722	1,645	227	87	140
2015-16	2,640	2,380	737	1,643	260	87	173
2016-17	2,473	2,266	692	1,574	207	83	124
2017-18	2,390	2,177	678	1,499	213	73	140
2018-19	2,160	1,951	625	1,326	209	64	145
2019-20	2,149	1,929	634	1,295	220	74	146
2020-21	2,014	1,769	587	1,182	245	65	180
2021-22	1,832	1,646	555	1,091	186	66	120
2022-23	1,870	1,628	562	1,066	242	109	133
Average	2,267	2,267	651	1,397	2,267	79	140

Arcadia University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,367 where 1,156 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 Arcadia University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,668	679	177	502	989	243	746
2013-14	1,452	584	118	466	868	238	630
2014-15	1,345	507	121	386	838	187	651
2015-16	1,344	509	129	380	835	200	635
2016-17	1,312	493	123	370	819	197	622
2017-18	1,421	519	125	394	902	227	675
2018-19	1,502	505	112	393	997	270	727
2019-20	1,314	479	97	382	835	223	612
2020-21	1,286	476	115	361	810	182	628
2021-22	1,232	518	137	381	714	155	559
2022-23	1,156	547	151	396	609	159	450
Average	1,367	1,367	128	401	1,367	207	630

Arcadia University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.11%. The percentage was 67.15% 10 years ago and Beaver College still has a high percentage of white students. 8.66% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.50% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Arcadia 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	10	145	335	156	5	2,704	94
2013-14	10	162	341	164	8	2,713	112
2014-15	7	181	361	206	5	2,639	123
2015-16	4	215	381	237	5	2,678	128
2016-17	10	217	331	242	6	2,443	129
2017-18	10	263	340	245	7	2,412	117
2018-19	11	298	308	232	3	2,111	109
2019-20	9	235	316	232	3	1,899	109
2020-21	9	229	329	236	3	1,726	105
2021-22	13	262	340	214	3	1,685	97
2022-23	12	262	348	219	3	1,698	70
Average	10	224	339	217	5	2,246	108

Arcadia University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

510 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 30.10% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Arcadia University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,939	392	379	3,168
2015-16	3,984	211	389	3,384
2016-17	3,785	372	415	2,998
2017-18	3,811	315	358	3,138
2018-19	3,662	637	508	2,517
2019-20	3,463	578	428	2,457
2020-21	3,300	2,817	65	418
2021-22	3,064	705	781	1,578
2022-23	3,026	510	521	1,995
Average	3,559	726	427	2,406

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