Enrollment Trends at Augustana

The student population at Augustana College is 2,570 (2,522 undergraduate and 48 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 92 (3.71%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Augustana is 98.13% which is increased by 44 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 48 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 87 male students for every 100 female students, up from 73 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Augustana College does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,491 where 2,570 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,647 students in 2018 and was lowest at 2,349 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,478 to 2,570 students, a net gain of 92 (3.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,478	2,478	1,047	1,431	0	0	0
2016-17	2,537 59	2,537 59	1,087 40	1,450 19	0	0	0
2017-18	2,647 110	2,647 110	1,120 33	1,527 77	0	0	0
2018-19	2,543 -104	2,543 -104	1,104 -16	1,439 -88	0	0	0
2019-20	2,546 3	2,546 3	1,114 10	1,432 -7	0	0	0
2020-21	2,389 -157	2,377 -169	1,072 -42	1,305 -127	12 12	0	12 12
2021-22	2,367 -22	2,338 -39	1,075 3	1,263 -42	29 17	0	29 17
2022-23	2,349 -18	2,318 -20	1,059 -16	1,259 -4	31 2	0	31 2
2023-24	2,484 135	2,446 128	1,141 82	1,305 46	38 7	2 2	36 5
2024-25	2,570 86	2,522 76	1,195 54	1,327 22	48 10	3 1	45 9
Average	2,491	2,475	1,101	1,374	16	1	15

Augustana College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,475 where 2,522 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 Augustana College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,478	2,460	1,037	1,423	18	10	8
2016-17	2,537	2,523	1,080	1,443	14	7	7
2017-18	2,647	2,637	1,114	1,523	10	6	4
2018-19	2,543	2,534	1,099	1,435	9	5	4
2019-20	2,546	2,534	1,108	1,426	12	6	6
2020-21	2,377	2,358	1,056	1,302	19	16	3
2021-22	2,338	2,317	1,062	1,255	21	13	8
2022-23	2,318	2,293	1,047	1,246	25	12	13
2023-24	2,446	2,424	1,126	1,298	22	15	7
2024-25	2,522	2,501	1,181	1,320	21	14	7
Average	2,475	2,475	1,091	1,367	2,475	10	7

Augustana College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 16 where 48 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 Augustana College since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	12	12	0	12	0
2021-22	29	29	0	29	0
2022-23	31	31	0	31	0
2023-24	38	38	2	36	0
2024-25	48	48	3	45	0
Average	16	16	1	15	16

Augustana College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.93%. The percentage was 75.18% 10 years ago and Augustana still has a high percentage of white students. 2.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.82% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.92% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.18% to 53.93%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.10% to 2.61%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.67% to 4.82%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.93% to 12.92%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6879 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4218 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Augustana College 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	2	52	91	246	1	1,863	90
2016-17	1	55	95	250	3	1,894	85
2017-18	1	65	106	256	5	1,910	87
2018-19	0	59	104	255	4	1,766	83
2019-20	2	75	90	279	3	1,675	90
2020-21	3	65	89	280	1	1,583	88
2021-22	2	73	95	294	0	1,481	92
2022-23	2	67	92	300	0	1,426	83
2023-24	1	61	109	317	1	1,449	89
2024-25	3	67	124	332	1	1,386	100
Average	2	64	100	281	2	1,643	89

Augustana College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Augustana

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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