Enrollment Trends at Augie

The student population at Augustana University is 2,086 (1,831 undergraduate and 255 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 247 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Augie is 87.78% which is increased by 38 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 209 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.76 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

149 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 10.37% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 1,969 where 2,086 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.78% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.22% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 38 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 209 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.76 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Augie than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,839	1,793	722	1,071	46	20	26
2013-14	1,765 -74	1,697 -96	688 -34	1,009 -62	68 22	21 1	47 21
2014-15	1,823 58	1,671 -26	680 -8	991 -18	152 84	32 11	120 73
2015-16	1,837 14	1,613 -58	651 -29	962 -29	224 72	51 19	173 53
2016-17	1,937 100	1,665 52	677 26	988 26	272 48	49 -2	223 50
2017-18	2,080 143	1,749 84	677 0	1,072 84	331 59	61 12	270 47
2018-19	2,133 53	1,807 58	674 -3	1,133 61	326 -5	64 3	262 -8
2019-20	2,113 -20	1,818 11	666 -8	1,152 19	295 -31	58 -6	237 -25
2020-21	2,019 -94	1,735 -83	667 1	1,068 -84	284 -11	60 2	224 -13
2021-22	2,022 3	1,715 -20	642 -25	1,073 5	307 23	80 20	227 3
2022-23	2,086 64	1,831 116	696 54	1,135 62	255 -52	59 -21	196 -31
Average	1,969	1,736	676	1,059	233	50	182

Augustana University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,736 where 1,831 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 Augustana University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,793	1,703	679	1,024	90	43	47
2013-14	1,697	1,585	635	950	112	53	59
2014-15	1,671	1,592	644	948	79	36	43
2015-16	1,613	1,516	607	909	97	44	53
2016-17	1,665	1,574	627	947	91	50	41
2017-18	1,749	1,679	635	1,044	70	42	28
2018-19	1,807	1,717	625	1,092	90	49	41
2019-20	1,818	1,727	624	1,103	91	42	49
2020-21	1,735	1,665	629	1,036	70	38	32
2021-22	1,715	1,626	595	1,031	89	47	42
2022-23	1,831	1,742	652	1,090	89	44	45
Average	1,736	1,736	632	1,016	1,736	44	44

Augustana University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 233 where 255 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 Augustana University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	46	0	0	0	46	20	26
2013-14	68	1	1	0	67	20	47
2014-15	152	2	1	1	150	31	119
2015-16	224	0	0	0	224	51	173
2016-17	272	10	1	9	262	48	214
2017-18	331	25	9	16	306	52	254
2018-19	326	37	15	22	289	49	240
2019-20	295	43	13	30	252	45	207
2020-21	284	45	13	32	239	47	192
2021-22	307	75	41	34	232	39	193
2022-23	255	82	28	54	173	31	142
Average	233	233	11	18	233	39	164

Augustana University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.76%. The percentage was 87.60% 10 years ago and Augie still has a high percentage of white students. 1.97% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.92% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Augustana 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	3	17	24	26	2	1,611	25
2013-14	7	18	31	33	0	1,517	26
2014-15	4	16	34	35	1	1,574	23
2015-16	3	14	35	42	1	1,557	37
2016-17	7	18	41	55	0	1,617	37
2017-18	10	26	40	60	1	1,761	29
2018-19	10	27	46	51	2	1,787	35
2019-20	17	33	43	83	1	1,770	32
2020-21	17	36	57	1	2	1,729	49
2021-22	13	40	53	82	0	1,655	43
2022-23	12	41	61	95	1	1,622	47
Average	9	26	42	51	1	1,655	35

Augustana University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

149 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 10.37% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Augustana University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,823	135	0	1,688
2015-16	1,837	203	71	1,563
2016-17	1,937	240	0	1,697
2017-18	2,080	288	0	1,792
2018-19	2,133	274	0	1,859
2019-20	2,113	237	5	1,871
2020-21	2,019	223	3	1,793
2021-22	2,022	211	289	1,522
2022-23	2,086	149	132	1,805
Average	2,006	218	56	1,732

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