Enrollment Trends at Elizabethtown

The student population at Elizabethtown College is 2,283 (1,903 undergraduate and 380 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 463 (25.44%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Elizabethtown is 83.36% which is increased by 129 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 334 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 61 male students for every 100 female students, up from 59 in 2015.
316 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 4,414.29% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,914 where 2,283 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 2,283 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,687 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,820 to 2,283 students, a net gain of 463 (25.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,820	1,774	672	1,102	46	1	45
2016-17	1,784 -36	1,737 -37	673 1	1,064 -38	47 1	2 1	45
2017-18	1,735 -49	1,671 -66	636 -37	1,035 -29	64 17	3 1	61 16
2018-19	1,687 -48	1,633 -38	630 -6	1,003 -32	54 -10	6 3	48 -13
2019-20	1,844 157	1,729 96	671 41	1,058 55	115 61	23 17	92 44
2020-21	1,881 37	1,688 -41	657 -14	1,031 -27	193 78	41 18	152 60
2021-22	1,933 52	1,691 3	692 35	999 -32	242 49	56 15	186 34
2022-23	2,021 88	1,737 46	725 33	1,012 13	284 42	68 12	216 30
2023-24	2,152 131	1,857 120	763 38	1,094 82	295 11	65 -3	230 14
2024-25	2,283 131	1,903 46	792 29	1,111 17	380 85	76 11	304 74
Average	1,914	1,742	691	1,051	172	34	138

Elizabethtown College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,742 where 1,903 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 Elizabethtown College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,774	1,755	663	1,092	19	9	10
2016-17	1,737	1,707	655	1,052	30	18	12
2017-18	1,671	1,636	617	1,019	35	19	16
2018-19	1,633	1,595	609	986	38	21	17
2019-20	1,729	1,503	587	916	226	84	142
2020-21	1,688	1,486	592	894	202	65	137
2021-22	1,691	1,537	631	906	154	61	93
2022-23	1,737	1,607	673	934	130	52	78
2023-24	1,857	1,719	707	1,012	138	56	82
2024-25	1,903	1,782	743	1,039	121	49	72
Average	1,742	1,742	648	985	1,742	43	66

Elizabethtown College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 172 where 380 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 Elizabethtown College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	46	46	1	45	0	0	0
2016-17	47	40	2	38	7	0	7
2017-18	64	57	3	54	7	0	7
2018-19	54	46	6	40	8	0	8
2019-20	115	61	4	57	54	19	35
2020-21	193	74	7	67	119	34	85
2021-22	242	71	2	69	171	54	117
2022-23	284	149	24	125	135	44	91
2023-24	295	153	29	124	142	36	106
2024-25	380	164	29	135	216	47	169
Average	172	172	11	75	172	23	63

Elizabethtown College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 83.62%. The percentage was 86.04% 10 years ago and Elizabethtown still has a high percentage of white students. 2.19% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.85% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.48% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 86.04% to 83.62%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.98% to 2.19%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.86% to 2.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.46% to 6.48%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2949 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.2569 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Elizabethtown College 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	6	36	52	63	2	1,566	34
2016-17	5	46	59	66	2	1,511	39
2017-18	2	55	50	61	1	1,477	36
2018-19	3	50	48	57	1	1,454	34
2019-20	1	59	64	71	1	1,586	28
2020-21	0	52	50	95	1	1,611	24
2021-22	1	42	46	117	0	1,622	36
2022-23	2	49	53	130	0	1,688	43
2023-24	0	47	74	130	2	1,786	45
2024-25	1	50	65	148	2	1,909	48
Average	2	49	56	94	1	1,621	37

Elizabethtown College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

316 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 4,414.29% since 2016. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Elizabethtown College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,820	0	0	1,820
2016-17	1,784	7	1,777	0
2017-18	1,735	13	8	1,714
2018-19	1,687	8	80	1,599
2019-20	1,844	217	28	1,599
2020-21	1,881	251	1,089	541
2021-22	1,933	250	311	1,372
2022-23	2,021	245	251	1,525
2023-24	2,152	229	321	1,602
2024-25	2,283	316	460	1,507
Average	1,914	154	433	1,328

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