Enrollment Trends at George Fox

The student population at George Fox University is 4,916 (3,354 undergraduate and 1,562 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 991 (25.25%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at George Fox is 68.23% which is increased by 767 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 224 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 64 male students for every 100 female students, down from 76 in 2015.
882 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1,503.64% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,201 where 4,916 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 4,916 students in 2025 and was lowest at 3,925 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,925 to 4,916 students, a net gain of 991 (25.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,925	2,587	1,137	1,450	1,338	559	779
2016-17	4,139 214	2,707 120	1,201 64	1,506 56	1,432 94	579 20	853 74
2017-18	4,076 -63	2,698 -9	1,172 -29	1,526 20	1,378 -54	533 -46	845 -8
2018-19	3,941 -135	2,671 -27	1,112 -60	1,559 33	1,270 -108	469 -64	801 -44
2019-20	4,063 122	2,629 -42	1,106 -6	1,523 -36	1,434 164	503 34	931 130
2020-21	4,106 43	2,481 -148	989 -117	1,492 -31	1,625 191	535 32	1,090 159
2021-22	4,285 179	2,559 78	998 9	1,561 69	1,726 101	542 7	1,184 94
2022-23	4,028 -257	2,531 -28	1,016 18	1,515 -46	1,497 -229	492 -50	1,005 -179
2023-24	4,531 503	3,004 473	1,242 226	1,762 247	1,527 30	489 -3	1,038 33
2024-25	4,916 385	3,354 350	1,411 169	1,943 181	1,562 35	508 19	1,054 16
Average	4,201	2,722	1,138	1,584	1,479	521	958

George Fox University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,722 where 3,354 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 George Fox University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,587	2,358	1,048	1,310	229	89	140
2016-17	2,707	2,474	1,102	1,372	233	99	134
2017-18	2,698	2,494	1,083	1,411	204	89	115
2018-19	2,671	2,485	1,041	1,444	186	71	115
2019-20	2,629	2,428	1,019	1,409	201	87	114
2020-21	2,481	2,265	905	1,360	216	84	132
2021-22	2,559	2,341	909	1,432	218	89	129
2022-23	2,531	2,336	942	1,394	195	74	121
2023-24	3,004	2,361	973	1,388	643	269	374
2024-25	3,354	2,508	1,056	1,452	846	355	491
Average	2,722	2,722	1,008	1,397	2,722	131	187

George Fox University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,479 where 1,562 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 George Fox University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,338	567	209	358	771	350	421
2016-17	1,432	640	219	421	792	360	432
2017-18	1,378	627	211	416	751	322	429
2018-19	1,270	518	151	367	752	318	434
2019-20	1,434	566	173	393	868	330	538
2020-21	1,625	585	175	410	1,040	360	680
2021-22	1,726	626	172	454	1,100	370	730
2022-23	1,497	642	208	434	855	284	571
2023-24	1,527	731	219	512	796	270	526
2024-25	1,562	746	224	522	816	284	532
Average	1,479	1,479	196	429	1,479	325	529

George Fox University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.88%. The percentage was 69.89% 10 years ago and George Fox still has a high percentage of white students. 5.25% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.89% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.22% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.89% to 67.88%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.66% to 5.25%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.34% to 2.89%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.66% to 13.22%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5143 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4986 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at George Fox 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	26	183	92	340	16	2,743	203
2016-17	27	194	87	412	17	2,901	246
2017-18	22	171	89	421	17	2,894	269
2018-19	21	172	82	469	18	2,772	267
2019-20	20	173	93	481	21	2,868	272
2020-21	14	183	108	468	19	2,930	272
2021-22	13	213	146	553	14	2,978	291
2022-23	17	212	160	567	19	2,677	272
2023-24	26	225	145	575	27	2,882	291
2024-25	28	258	142	650	30	3,337	304
Average	21	198	114	494	20	2,898	269

George Fox University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

882 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1,503.64% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at George Fox University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,925	55	406	3,464
2016-17	4,139	187	495	3,457
2017-18	4,076	190	428	3,458
2018-19	3,941	322	534	3,085
2019-20	4,063	288	168	3,607
2020-21	4,106	1,018	1,786	1,302
2021-22	4,285	953	1,160	2,172
2022-23	4,028	748	1,648	1,632
2023-24	4,531	782	1,613	2,136
2024-25	4,916	882	1,953	2,081
Average	4,201	543	1,019	2,639

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Enrollment Trends at George Fox

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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