Enrollment Trends at Edgewood

The student population at Edgewood University is 2,459 (1,236 undergraduate and 1,223 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 219 (8.18%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Edgewood is 50.26% which is decreased by 577 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 358 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 59 male students for every 100 female students, up from 40 in 2015.
417 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 95.77% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,192 where 2,459 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 2,678 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,876 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,678 to 2,459 students, a net loss of 219 (8.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,678	1,813	537	1,276	865	226	639
2016-17	2,552 -126	1,661 -152	466 -71	1,195 -81	891 26	222 -4	669 30
2017-18	2,221 -331	1,564 -97	430 -36	1,134 -61	657 -234	188 -34	469 -200
2018-19	2,190 -31	1,488 -76	398 -32	1,090 -44	702 45	188	514 45
2019-20	2,038 -152	1,407 -81	383 -15	1,024 -66	631 -71	191 3	440 -74
2020-21	2,007 -31	1,377 -30	384 1	993 -31	630 -1	190 -1	440
2021-22	1,894 -113	1,233 -144	392 8	841 -152	661 31	162 -28	499 59
2022-23	1,876 -18	1,220 -13	416 24	804 -37	656 -5	151 -11	505 6
2023-24	2,001 125	1,214 -6	414 -2	800 -4	787 131	192 41	595 90
2024-25	2,459 458	1,236 22	466 52	770 -30	1,223 436	446 254	777 182
Average	2,192	1,421	429	993	770	216	555

Edgewood University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,421 where 1,236 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 Edgewood University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,813	1,550	441	1,109	263	96	167
2016-17	1,661	1,450	394	1,056	211	72	139
2017-18	1,564	1,361	369	992	203	61	142
2018-19	1,488	1,281	336	945	207	62	145
2019-20	1,407	1,191	313	878	216	70	146
2020-21	1,377	1,225	333	892	152	51	101
2021-22	1,233	1,050	312	738	183	80	103
2022-23	1,220	1,054	343	711	166	73	93
2023-24	1,214	1,053	349	704	161	65	96
2024-25	1,236	1,042	373	669	194	93	101
Average	1,421	1,421	356	869	1,421	72	123

Edgewood University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 770 where 1,223 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 Edgewood University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	865	106	27	79	759	199	560
2016-17	891	115	28	87	776	194	582
2017-18	657	140	31	109	517	157	360
2018-19	702	136	31	105	566	157	409
2019-20	631	125	35	90	506	156	350
2020-21	630	119	24	95	511	166	345
2021-22	661	423	107	316	238	55	183
2022-23	656	435	90	345	221	61	160
2023-24	787	549	133	416	238	59	179
2024-25	1,223	645	214	431	578	232	346
Average	770	770	72	207	770	144	347

Edgewood University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.07%. The percentage was 78.27% 10 years ago and Edgewood still has a high percentage of white students. 4.31% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.02% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.43% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.27% to 63.07%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.65% to 4.31%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.99% to 6.02%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.89% to 9.43%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5868 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3829 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Edgewood 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	9	71	80	131	4	2,096	59
2016-17	7	56	75	127	4	1,895	54
2017-18	5	65	83	137	3	1,718	54
2018-19	6	60	96	163	4	1,654	61
2019-20	8	48	87	168	3	1,501	67
2020-21	12	44	91	194	5	1,471	64
2021-22	6	62	89	183	4	1,432	58
2022-23	3	44	93	187	3	1,420	64
2023-24	8	57	105	185	3	1,466	64
2024-25	9	106	148	232	7	1,551	75
Average	7	61	95	171	4	1,620	62

Edgewood University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

417 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 95.77% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Edgewood University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,678	213	338	2,127
2016-17	2,552	132	299	2,121
2017-18	2,221	133	374	1,714
2018-19	2,190	172	450	1,568
2019-20	2,038	219	346	1,473
2020-21	2,014	210	576	1,228
2021-22	1,894	270	270	1,354
2022-23	1,876	213	301	1,362
2023-24	2,001	332	387	1,282
2024-25	2,459	417	756	1,286
Average	2,192	231	410	1,552

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Enrollment Trends at Edgewood

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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