Enrollment Trends at Ashland

The student population at Ashland University is 4,106 (2,977 undergraduate and 1,129 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,571 (27.67%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Ashland is 72.50% which is decreased by 739 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 832 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 79 male students for every 100 female students, down from 80 in 2015.
877 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -7.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,224 where 4,106 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 6,627 students in 2019 and was lowest at 4,106 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,677 to 4,106 students, a net loss of 1,571 (27.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,677	3,716	1,736	1,980	1,961	795	1,166
2016-17	6,579 902	4,814 1,098	2,492 756	2,322 342	1,765 -196	753 -42	1,012 -154
2017-18	6,471 -108	4,813 -1	2,521 29	2,292 -30	1,658 -107	721 -32	937 -75
2018-19	6,627 156	5,020 207	2,646 125	2,374 82	1,607 -51	675 -46	932 -5
2019-20	5,091 -1,536	3,653 -1,367	1,457 -1,189	2,196 -178	1,438 -169	596 -79	842 -90
2020-21	4,447 -644	3,148 -505	1,165 -292	1,983 -213	1,299 -139	523 -73	776 -66
2021-22	4,929 482	3,731 583	1,731 566	2,000 17	1,198 -101	493 -30	705 -71
2022-23	4,174 -755	3,083 -648	1,281 -450	1,802 -198	1,091 -107	448 -45	643 -62
2023-24	4,143 -31	3,123 40	1,366 85	1,757 -45	1,020 -71	400 -48	620 -23
2024-25	4,106 -37	2,977 -146	1,374 8	1,603 -154	1,129 109	441 41	688 68
Average	5,224	3,808	1,777	2,031	1,417	585	832

Ashland University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,808 where 2,977 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 Ashland University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,716	2,609	988	1,621	1,107	748	359
2016-17	4,814	3,441	1,719	1,722	1,373	773	600
2017-18	4,813	3,380	1,641	1,739	1,433	880	553
2018-19	5,020	3,490	1,678	1,812	1,530	968	562
2019-20	3,653	2,687	1,127	1,560	966	330	636
2020-21	3,148	2,310	876	1,434	838	289	549
2021-22	3,731	2,219	960	1,259	1,512	771	741
2022-23	3,083	1,983	828	1,155	1,100	453	647
2023-24	3,123	1,980	883	1,097	1,143	483	660
2024-25	2,977	1,918	899	1,019	1,059	475	584
Average	3,808	3,808	1,160	1,442	3,808	617	589

Ashland University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,417 where 1,129 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 Ashland University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,961	973	420	553	988	375	613
2016-17	1,765	1,066	448	618	699	305	394
2017-18	1,658	1,066	457	609	592	264	328
2018-19	1,607	1,034	432	602	573	243	330
2019-20	1,438	887	354	533	551	242	309
2020-21	1,299	763	322	441	536	201	335
2021-22	1,198	717	304	413	481	189	292
2022-23	1,091	716	308	408	375	140	235
2023-24	1,020	660	275	385	360	125	235
2024-25	1,129	607	260	347	522	181	341
Average	1,417	1,417	358	491	1,417	227	341

Ashland University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.11%. The percentage was 74.51% 10 years ago and Ashland still has a high percentage of white students. 1.22% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.08% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.58% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 74.51% to 76.11%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.58% to 1.22%. Black student enrollment decreased from 12.95% to 9.08%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.64% to 3.58%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4101 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4271 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ashland 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	21	33	735	150	6	4,230	89
2016-17	39	47	993	176	4	4,762	67
2017-18	42	60	1,023	115	10	4,644	67
2018-19	54	73	1,093	184	8	4,462	63
2019-20	15	49	553	176	8	3,720	98
2020-21	14	52	375	164	5	3,369	94
2021-22	19	100	594	153	7	3,665	115
2022-23	17	55	412	133	5	3,145	111
2023-24	19	63	408	143	2	3,107	128
2024-25	13	50	373	147	0	3,125	127
Average	25	58	656	154	6	3,823	96

Ashland University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

877 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -7.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ashland University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	5,677	943	1,133	3,601
2016-17	6,579	1,345	1,715	3,519
2017-18	6,471	1,310	2,194	2,967
2018-19	6,627	2,415	2,147	2,065
2019-20	5,091	1,322	1,282	2,487
2020-21	4,447	1,489	1,700	1,258
2021-22	4,929	1,358	1,241	2,330
2022-23	4,174	1,087	1,496	1,591
2023-24	4,143	993	1,862	1,288
2024-25	4,106	877	1,484	1,745
Average	5,224	1,314	1,625	2,285

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Enrollment Trends at Ashland

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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