Enrollment Trends at Edward Waters

The student population at Edward Waters University is 1,177 (1,087 undergraduate and 90 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,077 (47.78%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Edward Waters is 92.35% which is decreased by 1,167 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 90 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 111 male students for every 100 female students, up from 95 in 2015.
90 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 190.32% since 2015. (Note: The high increase/decrease may be due to the pandemic)

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,343 where 1,177 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 3,443 students in 2018 and was lowest at 1,175 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,254 to 1,177 students, a net loss of 1,077 (47.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,254	2,254	1,097	1,157	0	0	0
2016-17	3,062 808	3,062 808	1,397 300	1,665 508	0	0	0
2017-18	3,443 381	3,443 381	1,597 200	1,846 181	0	0	0
2018-19	2,906 -537	2,906 -537	1,427 -170	1,479 -367	0	0	0
2019-20	3,085 179	3,085 179	1,477 50	1,608 129	0	0	0
2020-21	2,273 -812	2,273 -812	1,109 -368	1,164 -444	0	0	0
2021-22	2,871 598	2,840 567	1,409 300	1,431 267	31 31	14 14	17 17
2022-23	1,181 -1,690	1,142 -1,698	607 -802	535 -896	39 8	25 11	14 -3
2023-24	1,175 -6	1,113 -29	587 -20	526 -9	62 23	26 1	36 22
2024-25	1,177 2	1,087 -26	576 -11	511 -15	90 28	42 16	48 12
Average	2,343	2,321	1,128	1,192	22	11	12

Edward Waters University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,321 where 1,087 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 Edward Waters University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,254	894	461	433	1,360	636	724
2016-17	3,062	903	484	419	2,159	913	1,246
2017-18	3,443	853	444	409	2,590	1,153	1,437
2018-19	2,906	925	484	441	1,981	943	1,038
2019-20	3,085	862	449	413	2,223	1,028	1,195
2020-21	2,273	921	482	439	1,352	627	725
2021-22	2,840	1,011	531	480	1,829	878	951
2022-23	1,142	1,054	566	488	88	41	47
2023-24	1,113	1,092	576	516	21	11	10
2024-25	1,087	1,020	546	474	67	30	37
Average	2,321	2,321	502	451	2,321	626	741

Edward Waters University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 22 where 90 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 Edward Waters University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	31	31	14	17	0	0	0
2022-23	39	36	24	12	3	1	2
2023-24	62	60	24	36	2	2	0
2024-25	90	82	37	45	8	5	3
Average	22	22	10	11	22	1	1

Edward Waters University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 5.10% and the percentage of black students is 85.13% at Edward Waters University. 0.42% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 4.25% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 15.97% to 5.10%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.00% to 0.42%. Black student enrollment increased from 65.39% to 85.13%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 5.55% to 4.25%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2708 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.5386 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Edward Waters 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	3	45	1,474	125	9	360	156
2016-17	10	107	1,757	204	10	671	186
2017-18	1	97	1,889	241	27	778	247
2018-19	7	73	1,744	245	11	545	187
2019-20	5	97	1,598	228	10	511	201
2020-21	8	70	1,360	201	3	408	155
2021-22	7	93	1,827	260	3	416	201
2022-23	3	6	1,004	41	3	55	40
2023-24	5	5	989	22	2	57	19
2024-25	3	5	1,002	50	0	60	10
Average	5	60	1,464	162	8	386	140

Edward Waters University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

90 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 190.32% since 2021. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Edward Waters University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,254	0	0	2,254
2016-17	3,062	0	0	3,062
2017-18	3,443	0	71	3,372
2018-19	2,906	0	392	2,514
2019-20	3,085	0	337	2,748
2020-21	2,273	0	593	1,680
2021-22	2,871	31	787	2,053
2022-23	1,181	39	850	292
2023-24	1,175	62	890	223
2024-25	1,177	90	859	228
Average	2,343	22	478	1,843

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Enrollment Trends at Edward Waters

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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