Enrollment Trends at Golden Gate

The student population at Golden Gate University is 2,661 (601 undergraduate and 2,060 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 832 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Golden Gate is 22.59% which is increased by 80 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 912 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.80 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

769 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -23.18% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,738 where 2,661 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

22.59% of total students is undergraduate students and 77.41% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 80 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 912 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.80 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Golden Gate than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,493	521	248	273	2,972	1,311	1,661
2013-14	3,227 -266	475 -46	220 -28	255 -18	2,752 -220	1,190 -121	1,562 -99
2014-15	2,909 -318	489 14	231 11	258 3	2,420 -332	1,085 -105	1,335 -227
2015-16	2,735 -174	458 -31	219 -12	239 -19	2,277 -143	1,014 -71	1,263 -72
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
Average	2,738	512	302	210	2,226	1,027	1,199

Golden Gate University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 512 where 601 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 Golden Gate University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	521	127	78	49	394	170	224
2013-14	475	104	62	42	371	158	213
2014-15	489	102	69	33	387	162	225
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
Average	512	512	177	65	512	125	145

Golden Gate University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,226 where 2,060 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 Golden Gate University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,972	1,158	524	634	1,814	787	1,027
2013-14	2,752	1,026	416	610	1,726	774	952
2014-15	2,420	869	394	475	1,551	691	860
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
Average	2,226	2,226	426	486	2,226	601	714

Golden Gate University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.93% and the percentage of black students is 12.36% at Golden Gate University. 29.58% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Golden Gate 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	12	529	196	313	50	1,200	60
2013-14	10	589	194	319	43	988	53
2014-15	11	496	191	280	46	873	53
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
Average	19	464	218	337	38	814	44

Golden Gate University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

769 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 29% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -23.18% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Golden Gate University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,909	1,001	392	1,516
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
Average	2,600	766	733	1,101

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