Enrollment Trends at Golden Gate

The student population at Golden Gate University is 3,098 (271 undergraduate and 2,827 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 363 (13.27%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Golden Gate is 8.75% which is decreased by 187 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 550 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 115 male students for every 100 female students, up from 82 in 2015.
1,533 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 70.33% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,585 where 3,098 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 3,098 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,262 in 2024. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,735 to 3,098 students, a net gain of 363 (13.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,735	458	219	239	2,277	1,014	1,263
2016-17	2,656 -79	445 -13	225 6	220 -19	2,211 -66	981 -33	1,230 -33
2017-18	2,592 -64	429 -16	246 21	183 -37	2,163 -48	991 10	1,172 -58
2018-19	2,515 -77	415 -14	269 23	146 -37	2,100 -63	1,002 11	1,098 -74
2019-20	2,432 -83	511 96	340 71	171 25	1,921 -179	915 -87	1,006 -92
2020-21	2,472 40	595 84	407 67	188 17	1,877 -44	894 -21	983 -23
2021-22	2,425 -47	691 96	501 94	190 2	1,734 -143	850 -44	884 -99
2022-23	2,661 236	601 -90	418 -83	183 -7	2,060 326	1,063 213	997 113
2023-24	2,262 -399	575 -26	353 -65	222 39	1,687 -373	1,068 5	619 -378
2024-25	3,098 836	271 -304	173 -180	98 -124	2,827 1,140	1,481 413	1,346 727
Average	2,585	499	315	184	2,086	1,026	1,060

Golden Gate University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 499 where 271 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 Golden Gate University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	458	145	91	54	313	128	185
2016-17	445	149	106	43	296	119	177
2017-18	429	212	145	67	217	101	116
2018-19	415	211	163	48	204	106	98
2019-20	511	266	209	57	245	131	114
2020-21	595	429	316	113	166	91	75
2021-22	691	503	386	117	188	115	73
2022-23	601	416	324	92	185	94	91
2023-24	575	284	204	80	291	149	142
2024-25	271	141	105	36	130	68	62
Average	499	499	205	71	499	110	113

Golden Gate University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,086 where 2,827 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 Golden Gate University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,277	834	363	471	1,443	651	792
2016-17	2,211	854	351	503	1,357	630	727
2017-18	2,163	823	354	469	1,340	637	703
2018-19	2,100	869	407	462	1,231	595	636
2019-20	1,921	775	384	391	1,146	531	615
2020-21	1,877	774	388	386	1,103	506	597
2021-22	1,734	757	382	375	977	468	509
2022-23	2,060	1,293	727	566	767	336	431
2023-24	1,687	1,202	808	394	485	260	225
2024-25	2,827	2,420	1,272	1,148	407	209	198
Average	2,086	2,086	544	517	2,086	482	543

Golden Gate University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 12.49% and the percentage of black students is 7.55% at Golden Gate University. 46.61% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 5.42% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 28.12% to 12.49%. Asian enrollment grew from 13.56% to 46.61%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.56% to 7.55%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 10.02% to 5.42%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7584 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.8887 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Golden Gate 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	9	371	152	274	46	769	59
2016-17	9	363	160	298	37	693	64
2017-18	32	399	174	294	22	717	58
2018-19	21	368	196	331	26	709	47
2019-20	25	353	218	375	35	739	30
2020-21	27	433	282	419	31	789	15
2021-22	32	417	308	424	40	785	27
2022-23	23	787	329	380	40	690	15
2023-24	22	647	223	230	22	444	2
2024-25	12	1,444	234	168	23	387	2
Average	21	558	228	319	32	672	32

Golden Gate University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,533 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 50% of total students. The number of online students has increased 70.33% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Golden Gate University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,735	900	588	1,247
2016-17	2,656	868	689	1,099
2017-18	2,592	918	507	1,167
2018-19	2,515	784	476	1,255
2019-20	2,432	813	818	801
2020-21	2,472	514	1,145	813
2021-22	2,425	325	1,027	1,073
2022-23	2,661	769	958	934
2023-24	2,262	1,760	473	29
2024-25	3,098	1,533	429	1,136
Average	2,585	918	711	955

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Enrollment Trends at Golden Gate

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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