Enrollment Trends at Auburn

The student population at Auburn University is 31,764 (25,379 undergraduate and 6,385 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 6,630 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Auburn is 79.90% which is increased by 5,204 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,426 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.03 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

3,101 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 225.05% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 28,745 where 31,764 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.90% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.10% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 5,204 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,426 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.03 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Auburn.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	25,134	20,175	10,259	9,916	4,959	2,446	2,513
2013-14	24,864 -270	19,799 -376	10,108 -151	9,691 -225	5,065 106	2,520 74	2,545 32
2014-15	25,912 1,048	20,629 830	10,536 428	10,093 402	5,283 218	2,578 58	2,705 160
2015-16	27,287 1,375	21,786 1,157	11,122 586	10,664 571	5,501 218	2,637 59	2,864 159
2016-17	28,290 1,003	22,658 872	11,613 491	11,045 381	5,632 131	2,696 59	2,936 72
2017-18	29,776 1,486	23,964 1,306	12,300 687	11,664 619	5,812 180	2,728 32	3,084 148
2018-19	30,440 664	24,628 664	12,709 409	11,919 255	5,812 0	2,711 -17	3,101 17
2019-20	30,460 20	24,594 -34	12,799 90	11,795 -124	5,866 54	2,739 28	3,127 26
2020-21	30,737 277	24,505 -89	12,611 -188	11,894 99	6,232 366	2,837 98	3,395 268
2021-22	31,526 789	24,931 426	12,602 -9	12,329 435	6,595 363	3,079 242	3,516 121
2022-23	31,764 238	25,379 448	12,684 82	12,695 366	6,385 -210	2,994 -85	3,391 -125
Average	28,745	23,004	11,758	11,246	5,740	2,724	3,016

Auburn University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 23,004 where 25,379 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 Auburn University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	20,175	18,449	9,176	9,273	1,726	1,083	643
2013-14	19,799	18,011	8,973	9,038	1,788	1,135	653
2014-15	20,629	18,853	9,420	9,433	1,776	1,116	660
2015-16	21,786	19,738	9,855	9,883	2,048	1,267	781
2016-17	22,658	20,396	10,129	10,267	2,262	1,484	778
2017-18	23,964	21,762	10,827	10,935	2,202	1,473	729
2018-19	24,628	22,460	11,341	11,119	2,168	1,368	800
2019-20	24,594	22,527	11,495	11,032	2,067	1,304	763
2020-21	24,505	22,458	11,388	11,070	2,047	1,223	824
2021-22	24,931	22,715	11,319	11,396	2,216	1,283	933
2022-23	25,379	22,979	11,374	11,605	2,400	1,310	1,090
Average	23,004	23,004	10,482	10,459	23,004	1,277	787

Auburn University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 5,740 where 6,385 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 Auburn University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,959	2,645	1,140	1,505	2,314	1,306	1,008
2013-14	5,065	3,082	1,406	1,676	1,983	1,114	869
2014-15	5,283	3,182	1,425	1,757	2,101	1,153	948
2015-16	5,501	3,177	1,362	1,815	2,324	1,275	1,049
2016-17	5,632	3,186	1,353	1,833	2,446	1,343	1,103
2017-18	5,812	3,396	1,475	1,921	2,416	1,253	1,163
2018-19	5,812	3,346	1,450	1,896	2,466	1,261	1,205
2019-20	5,866	3,339	1,412	1,927	2,527	1,327	1,200
2020-21	6,232	3,388	1,391	1,997	2,844	1,446	1,398
2021-22	6,595	3,554	1,480	2,074	3,041	1,599	1,442
2022-23	6,385	3,500	1,455	2,045	2,885	1,539	1,346
Average	5,740	5,740	1,395	1,859	5,740	1,329	1,157

Auburn University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.73%. The percentage was 81.48% 10 years ago and Auburn still has a high percentage of white students. 2.82% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.91% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Auburn 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	164	543	1,866	643	0	20,479	0
2013-14	177	559	1,828	575	0	20,199	0
2014-15	183	601	1,886	599	0	20,855	0
2015-16	162	670	1,892	829	7	21,694	189
2016-17	138	702	1,917	907	12	21,863	357
2017-18	117	698	1,893	986	16	22,752	503
2018-19	107	707	1,781	1,029	19	23,113	614
2019-20	83	760	1,664	1,050	19	23,036	708
2020-21	90	752	1,624	1,113	19	23,805	745
2021-22	82	780	1,680	1,211	18	24,624	824
2022-23	78	895	1,560	1,270	19	25,007	873
Average	126	697	1,781	928	12	22,493	438

Auburn University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,101 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 225.05% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Auburn University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	25,912	954	2,982	21,976
2015-16	27,287	1,143	3,297	22,847
2016-17	28,290	1,209	4,245	22,836
2017-18	29,776	1,260	5,010	23,506
2018-19	30,440	1,508	5,589	23,343
2019-20	30,460	1,696	6,610	22,154
2020-21	30,737	2,210	8,320	20,207
2021-22	31,526	2,745	11,718	17,063
2022-23	31,764	3,101	10,493	18,170
Average	29,577	1,758	6,474	21,345

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