Enrollment Trends at ATU

The student population at Arkansas Tech University is 8,746 (8,145 undergraduate and 601 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,308 (27.44%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at ATU is 93.13% which is decreased by 3,046 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 262 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 73 male students for every 100 female students, down from 80 in 2015.
2,239 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 27.94% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,786 where 8,746 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 12,101 students in 2019 and was lowest at 8,746 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 12,054 to 8,746 students, a net loss of 3,308 (27.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,054	11,191	5,074	6,117	863	299	564
2016-17	11,894 -160	11,053 -138	4,971 -103	6,082 -35	841 -22	288 -11	553 -11
2017-18	11,830 -64	10,781 -272	4,945 -26	5,836 -246	1,049 208	328 40	721 168
2018-19	12,101 271	11,151 370	5,082 137	6,069 233	950 -99	278 -50	672 -49
2019-20	11,829 -272	11,015 -136	4,953 -129	6,062 -7	814 -136	257 -21	557 -115
2020-21	10,829 -1,000	10,110 -905	4,409 -544	5,701 -361	719 -95	237 -20	482 -75
2021-22	9,640 -1,189	8,901 -1,209	3,901 -508	5,000 -701	739 20	268 31	471 -11
2022-23	9,445 -195	8,722 -179	3,732 -169	4,990 -10	723 -16	253 -15	470 -1
2023-24	9,487 42	8,808 86	3,744 12	5,064 74	679 -44	253	426 -44
2024-25	8,746 -741	8,145 -663	3,459 -285	4,686 -378	601 -78	233 -20	368 -58
Average	10,786	9,988	4,427	5,561	798	269	528

Arkansas Tech University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,988 where 8,145 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 Arkansas Tech University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,191	7,065	3,361	3,704	4,126	1,713	2,413
2016-17	11,053	6,785	3,197	3,588	4,268	1,774	2,494
2017-18	10,781	6,729	3,220	3,509	4,052	1,725	2,327
2018-19	11,151	6,396	3,039	3,357	4,755	2,043	2,712
2019-20	11,015	6,584	3,119	3,465	4,431	1,834	2,597
2020-21	10,110	6,227	2,821	3,406	3,883	1,588	2,295
2021-22	8,901	5,398	2,469	2,929	3,503	1,432	2,071
2022-23	8,722	5,060	2,252	2,808	3,662	1,480	2,182
2023-24	8,808	4,940	2,175	2,765	3,868	1,569	2,299
2024-25	8,145	4,527	1,993	2,534	3,618	1,466	2,152
Average	9,988	9,988	2,765	3,207	9,988	1,662	2,354

Arkansas Tech University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 798 where 601 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 Arkansas Tech University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	863	225	101	124	638	198	440
2016-17	841	206	94	112	635	194	441
2017-18	1,049	168	90	78	881	238	643
2018-19	950	187	89	98	763	189	574
2019-20	814	149	75	74	665	182	483
2020-21	719	135	66	69	584	171	413
2021-22	739	152	88	64	587	180	407
2022-23	723	149	71	78	574	182	392
2023-24	679	154	85	69	525	168	357
2024-25	601	136	66	70	465	167	298
Average	798	798	83	84	798	187	445

Arkansas Tech University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.70%. The percentage was 76.14% 10 years ago and ATU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.91% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.26% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 76.14% to 72.70%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.29% to 1.91%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.29% to 5.26%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.40% to 12.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4509 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4082 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Arkansas Tech 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	99	155	999	772	6	9,178	361
2016-17	94	154	921	804	5	9,091	373
2017-18	93	167	870	873	2	9,010	394
2018-19	82	179	761	986	8	9,244	468
2019-20	70	174	792	1,035	9	8,915	506
2020-21	73	161	697	992	8	8,184	473
2021-22	72	147	608	939	7	7,229	426
2022-23	67	169	591	986	5	6,995	411
2023-24	81	166	560	1,069	3	6,941	449
2024-25	68	167	460	1,067	4	6,358	439
Average	80	164	726	952	6	8,115	430

Arkansas Tech University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,239 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has increased 27.94% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Arkansas Tech University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	12,054	1,750	2,616	7,688
2016-17	11,894	2,409	2,770	6,715
2017-18	11,830	2,389	2,849	6,592
2018-19	12,101	2,845	2,734	6,522
2019-20	11,829	2,793	3,092	5,944
2020-21	10,829	4,503	4,051	2,275
2021-22	9,640	2,666	3,435	3,539
2022-23	9,445	2,602	2,828	4,015
2023-24	9,487	2,440	3,120	3,927
2024-25	8,746	2,239	2,821	3,686
Average	10,786	2,664	3,032	5,090

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Enrollment Trends at ATU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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