Enrollment Trends at Elon

The student population at Elon University is 7,123 (6,337 undergraduate and 786 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,094 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Elon is 88.97% which is increased by 980 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 114 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.50 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students. All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Elon University does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 6,766 where 7,123 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

88.97% of total students is undergraduate students and 11.03% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 980 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 114 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.50 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Elon than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Elon University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,029	5,357	2,179	3,178	672	320	352
2013-14	6,305 276	5,599 242	2,285 106	3,314 136	706 34	303 -17	403 51
2014-15	6,483 178	5,782 183	2,342 57	3,440 126	701 -5	285 -18	416 13
2015-16	6,631 148	5,903 121	2,422 80	3,481 41	728 27	292 7	436 20
2016-17	6,739 108	6,008 105	2,463 41	3,545 64	731 3	287 -5	444 8
2017-18	6,791 52	6,045 37	2,441 -22	3,604 59	746 15	284 -3	462 18
2018-19	6,991 200	6,196 151	2,491 50	3,705 101	795 49	296 12	499 37
2019-20	7,088 97	6,277 81	2,491 0	3,786 81	811 16	289 -7	522 23
2020-21	7,117 29	6,291 14	2,535 44	3,756 -30	826 15	310 21	516 -6
2021-22	7,127 10	6,302 11	2,535 0	3,767 11	825 -1	301 -9	524 8
2022-23	7,123 -4	6,337 35	2,567 32	3,770 3	786 -39	283 -18	503 -21
Average	6,766	6,009	2,432	3,577	757	295	462

Elon University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 6,009 where 6,337 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Elon University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,357	5,209	2,115	3,094	148	64	84
2013-14	5,599	5,464	2,224	3,240	135	61	74
2014-15	5,782	5,638	2,277	3,361	144	65	79
2015-16	5,903	5,735	2,356	3,379	168	66	102
2016-17	6,008	5,854	2,398	3,456	154	65	89
2017-18	6,045	5,885	2,371	3,514	160	70	90
2018-19	6,196	6,029	2,419	3,610	167	72	95
2019-20	6,277	6,079	2,394	3,685	198	97	101
2020-21	6,291	6,073	2,418	3,655	218	117	101
2021-22	6,302	6,125	2,461	3,664	177	74	103
2022-23	6,337	6,144	2,476	3,668	193	91	102
Average	6,009	6,009	2,355	3,484	6,009	77	93

Elon University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 757 where 786 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Elon University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	672	538	265	273	134	55	79
2013-14	706	588	249	339	118	54	64
2014-15	701	589	236	353	112	49	63
2015-16	728	615	235	380	113	57	56
2016-17	731	643	241	402	88	46	42
2017-18	746	654	244	410	92	40	52
2018-19	795	674	250	424	121	46	75
2019-20	811	705	249	456	106	40	66
2020-21	826	745	272	473	81	38	43
2021-22	825	751	263	488	74	38	36
2022-23	786	747	260	487	39	23	16
Average	757	757	251	408	757	44	54

Elon University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.96%. The percentage was 81.69% 10 years ago and Elon still has a high percentage of white students. 2.33% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.40% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Elon University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	29	115	391	213	6	4,925	63
2013-14	31	135	412	280	5	5,093	96
2014-15	29	146	391	316	3	5,289	110
2015-16	23	149	416	338	2	5,360	144
2016-17	14	166	401	388	2	5,398	174
2017-18	13	168	421	418	1	5,364	207
2018-19	13	165	449	442	3	5,489	220
2019-20	13	164	472	458	1	5,568	217
2020-21	12	155	483	462	0	5,584	193
2021-22	11	156	475	446	1	5,606	187
2022-23	13	166	456	457	1	5,553	207
Average	18	153	433	383	2	5,384	165

Elon University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Elon

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes