Enrollment Trends at Athens State

The student population at Athens State University is 2,986 (2,535 undergraduate and 451 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 55 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Athens State is 84.90% which is decreased by 506 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 451 and it has been increasing.

The female to male ratio is 2.45 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

2,141 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 28.28% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,970 where 2,986 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

84.90% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.10% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 506 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 451 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.45 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Athens State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,041	3,041	1,063	1,978	0	0	0
2016-17	3,063 22	3,025 -16	1,033 -30	1,992 14	38 38	23 23	15 15
2017-18	3,114 51	2,967 -58	971 -62	1,996 4	147 109	73 50	74 59
2018-19	3,044 -70	2,885 -82	898 -73	1,987 -9	159 12	64 -9	95 21
2019-20	2,941 -103	2,774 -111	878 -20	1,896 -91	167 8	55 -9	112 17
2020-21	2,867 -74	2,688 -86	821 -57	1,867 -29	179 12	76 21	103 -9
2021-22	2,794 -73	2,559 -129	769 -52	1,790 -77	235 56	94 18	141 38
2022-23	2,894 100	2,520 -39	744 -25	1,776 -14	374 139	143 49	231 90
2023-24	2,955 61	2,531 11	751 7	1,780 4	424 50	149 6	275 44
2024-25	2,986 31	2,535 4	706 -45	1,829 49	451 27	159 10	292 17
Average	2,970	2,753	863	1,889	217	84	134

Athens State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,753 where 2,535 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 Athens State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,041	1,226	374	852	1,815	689	1,126
2016-17	3,025	1,212	372	840	1,813	661	1,152
2017-18	2,967	1,210	371	839	1,757	600	1,157
2018-19	2,885	1,205	356	849	1,680	542	1,138
2019-20	2,774	1,194	353	841	1,580	525	1,055
2020-21	2,688	1,202	343	859	1,486	478	1,008
2021-22	2,559	1,136	343	793	1,423	426	997
2022-23	2,520	1,106	307	799	1,414	437	977
2023-24	2,531	1,121	299	822	1,410	452	958
2024-25	2,535	1,117	309	808	1,418	397	1,021
Average	2,753	2,753	343	830	2,753	521	1,059

Athens State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 217 where 451 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 Athens State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	38	5	3	2	33	20	13
2017-18	147	28	9	19	119	64	55
2018-19	159	24	7	17	135	57	78
2019-20	167	37	14	23	130	41	89
2020-21	179	44	19	25	135	57	78
2021-22	235	32	14	18	203	80	123
2022-23	374	46	15	31	328	128	200
2023-24	424	63	19	44	361	130	231
2024-25	451	79	19	60	372	140	232
Average	217	217	12	24	217	72	110

Athens State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.73%. The percentage was 77.74% 10 years ago and Athens State still has a high percentage of white students. 0.97% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.44% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.29% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.74% to 71.73%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.62% to 0.97%. Black student enrollment increased from 12.40% to 16.44%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.94% to 5.29%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4543 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3794 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Athens 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	44	19	377	59	2	2,364	55
2016-17	43	24	401	71	3	2,362	58
2017-18	50	27	432	80	3	2,369	63
2018-19	46	24	435	93	3	2,280	69
2019-20	26	24	420	99	4	2,206	81
2020-21	38	17	416	103	3	2,139	74
2021-22	36	18	407	118	1	2,077	83
2022-23	42	22	432	142	3	2,120	91
2023-24	40	25	435	150	4	2,128	95
2024-25	33	29	491	158	2	2,142	98
Average	40	23	425	107	3	2,219	77

Athens State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,141 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 72% of total students. The number of online students has increased 28.28% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Athens State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,041	1,669	1,026	346
2016-17	3,063	1,724	1,031	308
2017-18	3,114	1,951	849	314
2018-19	3,044	2,049	773	222
2019-20	2,941	1,996	703	242
2020-21	2,867	1,722	938	207
2021-22	2,794	1,673	879	242
2022-23	2,894	1,832	843	219
2023-24	2,955	2,081	651	223
2024-25	2,986	2,141	650	195
Average	2,970	1,884	834	252

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Enrollment Trends at Athens 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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