Enrollment Trends at Excelsior

The student population at Excelsior University is 15,833 (13,983 undergraduate and 1,850 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 23,895 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Excelsior is 88.32% which is decreased by 23,724 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 171 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.94 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

15,833 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -61.87% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 31,835 where 15,833 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

88.32% of total students is undergraduate students and 11.68% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 23,724 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 171 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.94 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Excelsior.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	39,728	37,707	15,604	22,103	2,021	810	1,211
2013-14	39,897 169	37,440 -267	16,214 610	21,226 -877	2,457 436	1,160 350	1,297 86
2014-15	41,527 1,630	38,426 986	17,275 1,061	21,151 -75	3,101 644	1,545 385	1,556 259
2015-16	43,123 1,596	39,735 1,309	17,948 673	21,787 636	3,388 287	1,772 227	1,616 60
2016-17	41,658 -1,465	38,297 -1,438	17,924 -24	20,373 -1,414	3,361 -27	1,824 52	1,537 -79
2017-18	34,022 -7,636	31,039 -7,258	15,349 -2,575	15,690 -4,683	2,983 -378	1,653 -171	1,330 -207
2018-19	30,008 -4,014	27,207 -3,832	14,095 -1,254	13,112 -2,578	2,801 -182	1,583 -70	1,218 -112
2019-20	25,245 -4,763	22,674 -4,533	11,493 -2,602	11,181 -1,931	2,571 -230	1,392 -191	1,179 -39
2020-21	21,974 -3,271	19,624 -3,050	10,168 -1,325	9,456 -1,725	2,350 -221	1,299 -93	1,051 -128
2021-22	17,166 -4,808	15,260 -4,364	8,002 -2,166	7,258 -2,198	1,906 -444	1,052 -247	854 -197
2022-23	15,833 -1,333	13,983 -1,277	7,151 -851	6,832 -426	1,850 -56	1,011 -41	839 -15
Average	31,835	29,217	13,748	15,470	2,617	1,373	1,244

Excelsior University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 29,217 where 13,983 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 Excelsior University since 2012.

Year	Total	Men
2012-13	37,707	0	37,707	15,604	22,103
2013-14	37,440	0	37,440	16,214	21,226
2014-15	38,426	0	38,426	17,275	21,151
2015-16	39,735	0	39,735	17,948	21,787
2016-17	38,297	0	38,297	17,924	20,373
2017-18	31,039	0	31,039	15,349	15,690
2018-19	27,207	0	27,207	14,095	13,112
2019-20	22,674	0	22,674	11,493	11,181
2020-21	19,624	0	19,624	10,168	9,456
2021-22	15,260	0	15,260	8,002	7,258
2022-23	13,983	0	13,983	7,151	6,832
Average	29,217	29,217	29,217	13,748	15,470

Excelsior University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,617 where 1,850 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 Excelsior University since 2012.

Year	Total	Men
2012-13	2,021	0	2,021	810	1,211
2013-14	2,457	0	2,457	1,160	1,297
2014-15	3,101	0	3,101	1,545	1,556
2015-16	3,388	0	3,388	1,772	1,616
2016-17	3,361	0	3,361	1,824	1,537
2017-18	2,983	0	2,983	1,653	1,330
2018-19	2,801	0	2,801	1,583	1,218
2019-20	2,571	0	2,571	1,392	1,179
2020-21	2,350	0	2,350	1,299	1,051
2021-22	1,906	0	1,906	1,052	854
2022-23	1,850	0	1,850	1,011	839
Average	2,617	2,617	2,617	1,373	1,244

Excelsior University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.88%. The percentage was 59.80% 10 years ago and Excelsior still has a high percentage of white students. 2.91% of enrolled students is Asian and 19.03% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Excelsior 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	273	1,250	8,957	3,240	201	23,756	808
2013-14	250	1,257	8,757	3,409	232	23,658	921
2014-15	250	1,287	8,954	3,837	240	24,624	1,080
2015-16	271	1,297	9,430	4,190	231	25,168	1,219
2016-17	254	1,247	8,831	4,195	230	24,464	1,253
2017-18	213	1,006	6,706	3,578	203	20,396	1,142
2018-19	179	880	5,614	3,321	179	18,098	1,079
2019-20	142	734	4,533	2,905	155	15,370	963
2020-21	115	667	3,853	2,681	121	13,321	822
2021-22	93	528	3,033	2,261	88	10,182	700
2022-23	84	460	3,013	2,075	88	9,164	660
Average	193	965	6,516	3,245	179	18,927	968

Excelsior University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

15,833 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 100% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -61.87% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Excelsior University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely
2014-15	41,527	41,527
2015-16	43,123	43,123
2016-17	41,658	41,658
2017-18	34,022	34,022
2018-19	30,008	30,008
2019-20	25,245	25,245
2020-21	21,974	21,974
2021-22	17,166	17,166
2022-23	15,833	15,833
Average	30,062	30,062

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