Enrollment Trends at Goldey-Beacom

The student population at Goldey-Beacom College is 1,001 (697 undergraduate and 304 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 996 (49.87%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Goldey-Beacom is 69.63% which is increased by 69 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,065 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 89 male students for every 100 female students, down from 100 in 2015.
179 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -57.68% 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 1,409 where 1,001 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,063 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,001 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,997 to 1,001 students, a net loss of 996 (49.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,997	628	264	364	1,369	733	636
2016-17	2,063 66	698 70	301 37	397 33	1,365 -4	650 -83	715 79
2017-18	1,823 -240	777 79	344 43	433 36	1,046 -319	462 -188	584 -131
2018-19	1,493 -330	739 -38	327 -17	412 -21	754 -292	326 -136	428 -156
2019-20	1,327 -166	731 -8	341 14	390 -22	596 -158	245 -81	351 -77
2020-21	1,184 -143	676 -55	319 -22	357 -33	508 -88	209 -36	299 -52
2021-22	1,116 -68	671 -5	316 -3	355 -2	445 -63	180 -29	265 -34
2022-23	1,012 -104	620 -51	308 -8	312 -43	392 -53	166 -14	226 -39
2023-24	1,074 62	702 82	349 41	353 41	372 -20	155 -11	217 -9
2024-25	1,001 -73	697 -5	340 -9	357 4	304 -68	130 -25	174 -43
Average	1,409	694	321	373	715	326	390

Goldey-Beacom College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 694 where 697 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 Goldey-Beacom College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	628	514	218	296	114	46	68
2016-17	698	575	259	316	123	42	81
2017-18	777	667	306	361	110	38	72
2018-19	739	655	297	358	84	30	54
2019-20	731	667	311	356	64	30	34
2020-21	676	615	292	323	61	27	34
2021-22	671	592	285	307	79	31	48
2022-23	620	534	274	260	86	34	52
2023-24	702	553	289	264	149	60	89
2024-25	697	634	312	322	63	28	35
Average	694	694	284	316	694	37	57

Goldey-Beacom College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 715 where 304 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 Goldey-Beacom College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,369	34	18	16	1,335	715	620
2016-17	1,365	37	21	16	1,328	629	699
2017-18	1,046	39	18	21	1,007	444	563
2018-19	754	25	12	13	729	314	415
2019-20	596	34	15	19	562	230	332
2020-21	508	84	35	49	424	174	250
2021-22	445	92	29	63	353	151	202
2022-23	392	85	23	62	307	143	164
2023-24	372	86	40	46	286	115	171
2024-25	304	64	23	41	240	107	133
Average	715	715	23	35	715	302	355

Goldey-Beacom College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 33.17% and the percentage of black students is 17.78% at Goldey-Beacom College. 2.20% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 15.58% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 21.58% to 33.17%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.30% to 2.20%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.12% to 17.78%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.00% to 15.58%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8324 which indicates that highly diverse. This decreased from 0.9423 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Goldey-Beacom 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	1	6	202	40	0	431	42
2016-17	2	64	226	50	0	413	44
2017-18	3	41	229	48	0	448	41
2018-19	5	31	222	62	0	430	48
2019-20	3	34	220	116	4	407	38
2020-21	4	43	220	101	0	349	34
2021-22	2	32	220	115	2	317	41
2022-23	1	21	181	112	1	315	42
2023-24	1	22	181	121	1	355	38
2024-25	2	22	178	156	2	332	34
Average	2	32	208	92	1	380	40

Goldey-Beacom College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

179 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 decreased -57.68% since 2021. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Goldey-Beacom College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,997	0	0	1,997
2016-17	2,063	0	0	2,063
2017-18	1,823	0	0	1,823
2018-19	1,493	0	0	1,493
2019-20	1,327	0	0	1,327
2020-21	1,184	0	0	1,184
2021-22	1,116	423	499	194
2022-23	1,012	269	460	283
2023-24	1,074	206	610	258
2024-25	1,001	179	610	212
Average	1,409	108	218	1,083

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Enrollment Trends at Goldey-Beacom

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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