Enrollment Trends at Faulkner

The student population at Faulkner University is 3,086 (1,758 undergraduate and 1,328 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 176 (5.40%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Faulkner is 56.97% which is decreased by 806 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 630 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 73 male students for every 100 female students, up from 64 in 2015.
1,472 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 120.36% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,082 where 3,086 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 3,350 students in 2018 and was lowest at 2,817 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,262 to 3,086 students, a net loss of 176 (5.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,262	2,564	1,001	1,563	698	278	420
2016-17	3,319 57	2,583 19	1,028 27	1,555 -8	736 38	303 25	433 13
2017-18	3,350 31	2,672 89	1,060 32	1,612 57	678 -58	306 3	372 -61
2018-19	3,178 -172	2,428 -244	979 -81	1,449 -163	750 72	290 -16	460 88
2019-20	3,036 -142	2,192 -236	912 -67	1,280 -169	844 94	316 26	528 68
2020-21	2,961 -75	2,098 -94	861 -51	1,237 -43	863 19	326 10	537 9
2021-22	2,874 -87	1,922 -176	832 -29	1,090 -147	952 89	361 35	591 54
2022-23	2,817 -57	1,792 -130	794 -38	998 -92	1,025 73	359 -2	666 75
2023-24	2,933 116	1,793 1	837 43	956 -42	1,140 115	447 88	693 27
2024-25	3,086 153	1,758 -35	789 -48	969 13	1,328 188	509 62	819 126
Average	3,082	2,180	909	1,271	901	350	552

Faulkner University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,180 where 1,758 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 Faulkner University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,564	1,771	745	1,026	793	256	537
2016-17	2,583	1,779	741	1,038	804	287	517
2017-18	2,672	1,744	697	1,047	928	363	565
2018-19	2,428	1,585	687	898	843	292	551
2019-20	2,192	1,484	647	837	708	265	443
2020-21	2,098	1,361	597	764	737	264	473
2021-22	1,922	1,305	583	722	617	249	368
2022-23	1,792	1,207	569	638	585	225	360
2023-24	1,793	1,228	604	624	565	233	332
2024-25	1,758	1,153	559	594	605	230	375
Average	2,180	2,180	643	819	2,180	266	452

Faulkner University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 901 where 1,328 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 Faulkner University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	698	612	231	381	86	47	39
2016-17	736	598	228	370	138	75	63
2017-18	678	570	241	329	108	65	43
2018-19	750	600	219	381	150	71	79
2019-20	844	644	225	419	200	91	109
2020-21	863	627	227	400	236	99	137
2021-22	952	742	258	484	210	103	107
2022-23	1,025	861	285	576	164	74	90
2023-24	1,140	932	337	595	208	110	98
2024-25	1,328	1,053	368	685	275	141	134
Average	901	901	262	462	901	88	90

Faulkner University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.69%. The percentage was 45.65% 10 years ago and Faulkner still has a high percentage of white students. 1.23% of enrolled students is Asian and 30.56% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.57% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 45.65% to 52.69%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.49% to 1.23%. Black student enrollment decreased from 45.16% to 30.56%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.18% to 4.57%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6262 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5868 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Faulkner 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	31	16	1,473	71	8	1,489	57
2016-17	23	25	1,475	72	6	1,547	59
2017-18	15	18	1,406	71	10	1,640	58
2018-19	17	23	1,274	63	9	1,617	59
2019-20	14	23	1,179	81	8	1,570	58
2020-21	18	37	1,106	89	11	1,509	66
2021-22	13	45	1,035	84	100	1,409	61
2022-23	17	42	954	109	4	1,489	64
2023-24	15	42	931	130	5	1,587	46
2024-25	13	38	943	141	11	1,626	70
Average	18	31	1,178	91	17	1,548	60

Faulkner University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,472 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 48% of total students. The number of online students has increased 120.36% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Faulkner University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,262	668	868	1,726
2016-17	3,319	871	844	1,604
2017-18	3,350	993	709	1,648
2018-19	3,178	1,124	541	1,513
2019-20	3,036	1,147	510	1,379
2020-21	2,961	1,284	426	1,251
2021-22	2,874	1,183	384	1,307
2022-23	2,817	1,137	354	1,326
2023-24	2,933	1,228	455	1,250
2024-25	3,086	1,472	381	1,233
Average	3,082	1,111	547	1,424

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Enrollment Trends at Faulkner

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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