Enrollment Trends at Emory & Henry

The student population at Emory & Henry University is 1,311 (1,083 undergraduate and 228 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 194 (17.37%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Emory & Henry is 82.61% which is increased by 59 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 135 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, down from 98 in 2015.
31 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -93.82% 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 1,268 where 1,311 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 1,372 students in 2022 and was lowest at 1,117 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,117 to 1,311 students, a net gain of 194 (17.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,117	1,024	528	496	93	25	68
2016-17	1,167 50	1,024	503 -25	521 25	143 50	48 23	95 27
2017-18	1,226 59	1,000 -24	492 -11	508 -13	226 83	71 23	155 60
2018-19	1,246 20	979 -21	463 -29	516 8	267 41	80 9	187 32
2019-20	1,292 46	1,019 40	495 32	524 8	273 6	75 -5	198 11
2020-21	1,230 -62	956 -63	462 -33	494 -30	274 1	75	199 1
2021-22	1,372 142	1,084 128	535 73	549 55	288 14	85 10	203 4
2022-23	1,358 -14	1,082 -2	532 -3	550 1	276 -12	84 -1	192 -11
2023-24	1,364 6	1,107 25	510 -22	597 47	257 -19	70 -14	187 -5
2024-25	1,311 -53	1,083 -24	478 -32	605 8	228 -29	63 -7	165 -22
Average	1,268	1,036	500	536	233	68	165

Emory & Henry University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,036 where 1,083 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 Emory & Henry University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,024	1,007	522	485	17	6	11
2016-17	1,024	1,001	495	506	23	8	15
2017-18	1,000	966	472	494	34	20	14
2018-19	979	956	454	502	23	9	14
2019-20	1,019	988	481	507	31	14	17
2020-21	956	905	436	469	51	26	25
2021-22	1,084	1,048	518	530	36	17	19
2022-23	1,082	1,058	520	538	24	12	12
2023-24	1,107	1,086	497	589	21	13	8
2024-25	1,083	1,043	470	573	40	8	32
Average	1,036	1,036	487	519	1,036	13	17

Emory & Henry University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 233 where 228 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 Emory & Henry University since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	93	42	20	22	51	5	46
2016-17	143	105	44	61	38	4	34
2017-18	226	194	66	128	32	5	27
2018-19	267	263	78	185	4	2	2
2019-20	273	269	73	196	4	2	2
2020-21	274	273	74	199	1	1	0
2021-22	288	286	83	203	2	2	0
2022-23	276	271	81	190	5	3	2
2023-24	257	227	62	165	30	8	22
2024-25	228	228	63	165	0	0	0
Average	233	233	64	151	233	3	14

Emory & Henry University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.53%. The percentage was 74.13% 10 years ago and Emory & Henry still has a high percentage of white students. 1.91% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.53% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.90% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 74.13% to 64.53%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.72% to 1.91%. Black student enrollment decreased from 9.85% to 9.53%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 3.67% to 2.90%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5718 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4389 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Emory & Henry 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	7	8	110	41	1	828	25
2016-17	5	13	96	47	1	876	19
2017-18	5	15	86	37	2	904	22
2018-19	2	13	84	41	0	832	40
2019-20	0	7	88	32	1	849	38
2020-21	0	26	113	48	1	967	36
2021-22	2	31	177	47	6	1,007	54
2022-23	4	40	169	46	5	1,006	46
2023-24	6	30	143	46	4	922	44
2024-25	7	25	125	38	0	846	50
Average	4	21	119	42	2	904	37

Emory & Henry University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

31 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -93.82% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Emory & Henry University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,117	0	20	1,097
2016-17	1,167	0	10	1,157
2017-18	1,226	0	52	1,174
2018-19	1,246	0	21	1,225
2019-20	1,292	0	59	1,233
2020-21	1,230	502	585	143
2021-22	1,372	3	224	1,145
2022-23	1,358	3	238	1,117
2023-24	1,364	4	215	1,145
2024-25	1,311	31	248	1,032
Average	1,268	54	167	1,047

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Enrollment Trends at Emory & Henry

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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