Enrollment Trends at Austin Peay State

The student population at Austin Peay State University is 10,439 (8,926 undergraduate and 1,513 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 340 (3.37%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Austin Peay State is 85.51% which is decreased by 258 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 598 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 66 male students for every 100 female students, down from 67 in 2015.
2,718 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 53.13% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,250 where 10,439 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 11,048 students in 2020 and was lowest at 9,326 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 10,099 to 10,439 students, a net gain of 340 (3.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	10,099	9,184	3,812	5,372	915	244	671
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	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
2023-24	9,945 619	8,587 467	3,488 182	5,099 285	1,358 152	439 39	919 113
2024-25	10,439 494	8,926 339	3,653 165	5,273 174	1,513 155	498 59	1,015 96
Average	10,250	9,127	3,729	5,398	1,123	361	762

Austin Peay State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,127 where 8,926 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 Austin Peay State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	8,587	5,463	2,151	3,312	3,124	1,337	1,787
2024-25	8,926	5,558	2,202	3,356	3,368	1,451	1,917
Average	9,127	9,127	2,484	3,774	9,127	1,245	1,625

Austin Peay State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,123 where 1,513 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 Austin Peay State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,358	522	168	354	836	271	565
2024-25	1,513	255	88	167	1,258	410	848
Average	1,123	1,123	119	222	1,123	243	539

Austin Peay State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.47%. The percentage was 64.10% 10 years ago and Austin Peay State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.84% of enrolled students is Asian and 19.29% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.13% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 64.10% to 53.47%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.62% to 1.84%. Black student enrollment increased from 19.07% to 19.29%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.04% to 11.13%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6604 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5458 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Austin Peay 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	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
2023-24	28	212	1,896	1,050	21	5,441	598
2024-25	28	192	2,014	1,162	21	5,582	637
Average	31	181	2,044	837	23	6,038	620

Austin Peay State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,718 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has increased 53.13% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Austin Peay State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	9,945	2,660	3,493	3,792
2024-25	10,439	2,718	3,403	4,318
Average	10,250	2,205	3,577	4,468

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Enrollment Trends at Austin Peay 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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