Enrollment Trends at Austin Peay State

The student population at Austin Peay State University is 9,326 (8,120 undergraduate and 1,206 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,271 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Austin Peay State is 87.07% which is decreased by 1,615 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 344 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.52 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,353 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 34.84% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 10,293 where 9,326 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.07% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.93% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,615 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 344 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.52 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Austin Peay State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,597	9,735	3,909	5,826	862	221	641
2013-14	10,399 -198	9,550 -185	3,847 -62	5,703 -123	849 -13	226 5	623 -18
2014-15	10,111 -288	9,246 -304	3,769 -78	5,477 -226	865 16	232 6	633 10
2015-16	10,099 -12	9,184 -62	3,812 43	5,372 -105	915 50	244 12	671 38
2016-17	10,344 245	9,513 329	4,000 188	5,513 141	831 -84	242 -2	589 -82
2017-18	10,463 119	9,591 78	3,977 -23	5,614 101	872 41	278 36	594 5
2018-19	10,954 491	9,871 280	4,077 100	5,794 180	1,083 211	358 80	725 131
2019-20	11,048 94	9,971 100	4,145 68	5,826 32	1,077 -6	358 0	719 -6
2020-21	10,272 -776	9,087 -884	3,536 -609	5,551 -275	1,185 108	389 31	796 77
2021-22	9,609 -663	8,418 -669	3,292 -244	5,126 -425	1,191 6	407 18	784 -12
2022-23	9,326 -283	8,120 -298	3,306 14	4,814 -312	1,206 15	400 -7	806 22
Average	10,293	9,299	3,788	5,511	994	305	689

Austin Peay State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 9,299 where 8,120 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 Austin Peay State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,735	6,994	2,771	4,223	2,741	1,138	1,603
2013-14	9,550	6,866	2,769	4,097	2,684	1,078	1,606
2014-15	9,246	6,798	2,752	4,046	2,448	1,017	1,431
2015-16	9,184	6,751	2,702	4,049	2,433	1,110	1,323
2016-17	9,513	6,956	2,834	4,122	2,557	1,166	1,391
2017-18	9,591	7,065	2,862	4,203	2,526	1,115	1,411
2018-19	9,871	6,993	2,816	4,177	2,878	1,261	1,617
2019-20	9,971	6,773	2,718	4,055	3,198	1,427	1,771
2020-21	9,087	6,161	2,336	3,825	2,926	1,200	1,726
2021-22	8,418	5,531	2,108	3,423	2,887	1,184	1,703
2022-23	8,120	5,326	2,111	3,215	2,794	1,195	1,599
Average	9,299	9,299	2,616	3,949	9,299	1,172	1,562

Austin Peay State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 994 where 1,206 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 Austin Peay State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	862	302	83	219	560	138	422
2013-14	849	284	75	209	565	151	414
2014-15	865	299	69	230	566	163	403
2015-16	915	255	71	184	660	173	487
2016-17	831	248	85	163	583	157	426
2017-18	872	275	100	175	597	178	419
2018-19	1,083	332	126	206	751	232	519
2019-20	1,077	315	131	184	762	227	535
2020-21	1,185	369	125	244	816	264	552
2021-22	1,191	394	140	254	797	267	530
2022-23	1,206	446	153	293	760	247	513
Average	994	994	105	215	994	200	475

Austin Peay State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.46%. The percentage was 66.71% 10 years ago and Austin Peay State still has a high percentage of white students. 2.25% of enrolled students is Asian and 19.32% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Austin Peay State 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	53	176	1,977	550	31	7,069	449
2013-14	40	151	1,894	557	24	6,964	471
2014-15	40	157	1,902	575	19	6,637	514
2015-16	37	164	1,926	610	22	6,473	559
2016-17	34	156	2,103	645	27	6,467	597
2017-18	33	166	2,182	717	24	6,416	604
2018-19	31	160	2,312	796	28	6,570	686
2019-20	29	176	2,261	855	23	6,569	705
2020-21	30	175	2,074	830	24	6,102	658
2021-22	26	200	1,868	792	17	5,590	592
2022-23	33	210	1,802	916	20	5,172	559
Average	35	172	2,027	713	24	6,366	581

Austin Peay State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,353 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has increased 34.84% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Austin Peay State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	10,111	1,745	3,398	4,968
2015-16	10,099	1,775	3,448	4,876
2016-17	10,344	1,783	3,133	5,428
2017-18	10,463	1,656	3,168	5,639
2018-19	10,954	1,937	4,081	4,936
2019-20	11,048	1,989	2,800	6,259
2020-21	10,272	2,766	5,306	2,200
2021-22	9,609	2,415	3,473	3,721
2022-23	9,326	2,353	3,463	3,510
Average	10,247	2,047	3,586	4,615

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