Enrollment Trends at Avila

The student population at Avila University is 2,768 (1,331 undergraduate and 1,437 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 883 (46.84%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Avila is 48.09% which is decreased by 92 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 975 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 86 male students for every 100 female students, up from 59 in 2015.
598 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 448.62% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,712 where 2,768 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,768 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,306 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,885 to 2,768 students, a net gain of 883 (46.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,885	1,423	565	858	462	137	325
2016-17	1,758 -127	1,333 -90	540 -25	793 -65	425 -37	125 -12	300 -25
2017-18	1,703 -55	1,272 -61	511 -29	761 -32	431 6	129 4	302 2
2018-19	1,649 -54	1,246 -26	497 -14	749 -12	403 -28	94 -35	309 7
2019-20	1,526 -123	1,153 -93	427 -70	726 -23	373 -30	95 1	278 -31
2020-21	1,414 -112	1,058 -95	412 -15	646 -80	356 -17	88 -7	268 -10
2021-22	1,376 -38	1,024 -34	398 -14	626 -20	352 -4	79 -9	273 5
2022-23	1,306 -70	978 -46	394 -4	584 -42	328 -24	82 3	246 -27
2023-24	1,733 427	1,196 218	452 58	744 160	537 209	219 137	318 72
2024-25	2,768 1,035	1,331 135	474 22	857 113	1,437 900	803 584	634 316
Average	1,712	1,201	467	734	510	185	325

Avila University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,201 where 1,331 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 Avila University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,423	1,193	508	685	230	57	173
2016-17	1,333	1,122	493	629	211	47	164
2017-18	1,272	1,077	470	607	195	41	154
2018-19	1,246	1,042	460	582	204	37	167
2019-20	1,153	990	392	598	163	35	128
2020-21	1,058	915	370	545	143	42	101
2021-22	1,024	916	368	548	108	30	78
2022-23	978	872	366	506	106	28	78
2023-24	1,196	1,086	422	664	110	30	80
2024-25	1,331	1,180	447	733	151	27	124
Average	1,201	1,201	430	610	1,201	37	125

Avila University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 510 where 1,437 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 Avila University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	462	333	106	227	129	31	98
2016-17	425	308	98	210	117	27	90
2017-18	431	320	88	232	111	41	70
2018-19	403	299	72	227	104	22	82
2019-20	373	282	75	207	91	20	71
2020-21	356	294	76	218	62	12	50
2021-22	352	280	60	220	72	19	53
2022-23	328	250	60	190	78	22	56
2023-24	537	104	28	76	433	191	242
2024-25	1,437	305	155	150	1,132	648	484
Average	510	510	82	196	510	103	130

Avila University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 31.47% and the percentage of black students is 14.99% at Avila University. 1.37% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 58.14% to 31.47%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.59% to 1.37%. Black student enrollment decreased from 19.20% to 14.99%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.16% to 8.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8706 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.6188 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Avila 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	12	30	362	135	0	1,096	55
2016-17	10	48	340	137	2	993	54
2017-18	6	29	343	113	3	969	59
2018-19	8	27	354	150	7	893	49
2019-20	9	24	333	166	6	844	42
2020-21	9	26	334	179	4	773	36
2021-22	8	32	292	216	8	751	43
2022-23	13	25	334	197	7	658	43
2023-24	15	35	412	252	5	747	32
2024-25	17	38	415	241	9	871	32
Average	11	31	352	179	5	860	45

Avila University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

598 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 448.62% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Avila University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,885	109	205	1,571
2016-17	1,758	109	221	1,428
2017-18	1,703	110	220	1,373
2018-19	1,649	128	287	1,234
2019-20	1,526	109	298	1,119
2020-21	1,414	1,414	0	0
2021-22	1,376	184	602	590
2022-23	1,306	220	458	628
2023-24	1,733	399	592	742
2024-25	2,768	598	1,709	461
Average	1,712	338	459	915

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Enrollment Trends at Avila

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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