Enrollment Trends at Gettysburg

The student population at Gettysburg College is 2,812 (2,104 undergraduate and 708 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 365 (14.92%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Gettysburg is 74.82% which is decreased by 343 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 708 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 101 male students for every 100 female students, up from 90 in 2015.
708 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -56.54% 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 2,553 where 2,812 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,895 students in 2024 and was lowest at 2,370 in 2020. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,447 to 2,812 students, a net gain of 365 (14.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,447	2,447	1,158	1,289	0	0	0
2016-17	2,394 -53	2,394 -53	1,125 -33	1,269 -20	0	0	0
2017-18	2,411 17	2,411 17	1,140 15	1,271 2	0	0	0
2018-19	2,441 30	2,441 30	1,162 22	1,279 8	0	0	0
2019-20	2,370 -71	2,370 -71	1,139 -23	1,231 -48	0	0	0
2020-21	2,507 137	2,507 137	1,193 54	1,314 83	0	0	0
2021-22	2,401 -106	2,401 -106	1,174 -19	1,227 -87	0	0	0
2022-23	2,854 453	2,241 -160	1,089 -85	1,152 -75	613 613	273 273	340 340
2023-24	2,895 41	2,216 -25	1,082 -7	1,134 -18	679 66	312 39	367 27
2024-25	2,812 -83	2,104 -112	1,070 -12	1,034 -100	708 29	341 29	367
Average	2,553	2,353	1,133	1,220	200	93	107

Gettysburg College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,353 where 2,104 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 Gettysburg College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,447	2,431	1,150	1,281	16	8	8
2016-17	2,394	2,378	1,117	1,261	16	8	8
2017-18	2,411	2,404	1,139	1,265	7	1	6
2018-19	2,441	2,433	1,161	1,272	8	1	7
2019-20	2,370	2,367	1,139	1,228	3	0	3
2020-21	2,507	2,496	1,189	1,307	11	4	7
2021-22	2,401	2,399	1,173	1,226	2	1	1
2022-23	2,241	2,235	1,086	1,149	6	3	3
2023-24	2,216	2,210	1,080	1,130	6	2	4
2024-25	2,104	2,095	1,066	1,029	9	4	5
Average	2,353	2,353	1,130	1,215	2,353	3	5

Gettysburg College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 200 where 708 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 Gettysburg College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	613	3	2	1	610	271	339
2023-24	679	3	1	2	676	311	365
2024-25	708	7	4	3	701	337	364
Average	200	200	1	1	200	92	107

Gettysburg College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.50%. The percentage was 78.63% 10 years ago and Gettysburg still has a high percentage of white students. 2.24% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.41% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.24% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.63% to 67.50%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.21% to 2.24%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.19% to 4.41%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.19% to 10.24%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5308 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3770 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Gettysburg College 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	3	54	78	127	0	1,924	59
2016-17	4	57	78	139	0	1,829	73
2017-18	3	53	85	183	0	1,809	64
2018-19	4	54	86	215	0	1,805	72
2019-20	5	56	92	209	0	1,765	61
2020-21	7	73	108	261	0	1,846	51
2021-22	9	89	122	270	1	1,699	33
2022-23	6	89	126	316	2	2,002	65
2023-24	9	73	132	301	2	1,983	75
2024-25	8	63	124	288	2	1,898	72
Average	6	66	103	231	1	1,856	63

Gettysburg College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

708 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -56.54% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Gettysburg College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,447	0	2,447
2016-17	2,394	0	2,394
2017-18	2,411	0	2,411
2018-19	2,441	0	2,441
2019-20	2,370	0	2,370
2020-21	2,507	1,629	878
2021-22	2,401	0	2,401
2022-23	2,854	613	2,241
2023-24	2,895	679	2,216
2024-25	2,812	708	2,104
Average	2,553	363	2,190

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