Enrollment Trends at Gordon

The student population at Gordon College is 1,595 (1,314 undergraduate and 281 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 450 (22.00%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Gordon is 82.38% which is decreased by 380 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 70 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 63 male students for every 100 female students, up from 52 in 2015.
162 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 458.62% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,828 where 1,595 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 2,045 to 1,595 students, a loss of 450 (22%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,045	1,694	640	1,054	351	64	287
2016-17	2,004 -41	1,657 -37	611 -29	1,046 -8	347 -4	83 19	264 -23
2017-18	1,963 -41	1,591 -66	592 -19	999 -47	372 25	77 -6	295 31
2018-19	1,955 -8	1,618 27	592	1,026 27	337 -35	82 5	255 -40
2019-20	1,857 -98	1,507 -111	575 -17	932 -94	350 13	82	268 13
2020-21	1,816 -41	1,451 -56	563 -12	888 -44	365 15	81 -1	284 16
2021-22	1,804 -12	1,368 -83	540 -23	828 -60	436 71	115 34	321 37
2022-23	1,628 -176	1,294 -74	518 -22	776 -52	334 -102	94 -21	240 -81
2023-24	1,610 -18	1,293 -1	539 21	754 -22	317 -17	74 -20	243 3
2024-25	1,595 -15	1,314 21	557 18	757 3	281 -36	60 -14	221 -22
Average	1,828	1,479	573	906	349	81	268

Gordon College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,479 where 1,314 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 Gordon College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,694	1,644	613	1,031	50	27	23
2016-17	1,657	1,574	580	994	83	31	52
2017-18	1,591	1,528	565	963	63	27	36
2018-19	1,618	1,555	564	991	63	28	35
2019-20	1,507	1,440	547	893	67	28	39
2020-21	1,451	1,390	536	854	61	27	34
2021-22	1,368	1,300	512	788	68	28	40
2022-23	1,294	1,238	488	750	56	30	26
2023-24	1,293	1,221	504	717	72	35	37
2024-25	1,314	1,255	531	724	59	26	33
Average	1,479	1,479	544	871	1,479	29	36

Gordon College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 349 where 281 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 Gordon College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	351	92	24	68	259	40	219
2016-17	347	111	32	79	236	51	185
2017-18	372	129	36	93	243	41	202
2018-19	337	133	37	96	204	45	159
2019-20	350	134	28	106	216	54	162
2020-21	365	142	29	113	223	52	171
2021-22	436	164	35	129	272	80	192
2022-23	334	97	20	77	237	74	163
2023-24	317	77	15	62	240	59	181
2024-25	281	62	10	52	219	50	169
Average	349	349	27	88	349	55	180

Gordon College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.26%. The percentage was 73.89% 10 years ago and Gordon still has a high percentage of white students. 2.82% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.20% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.03% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 73.89% to 63.26%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.72% to 2.82%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.96% to 4.20%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.31% to 10.03%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5862 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4461 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Gordon 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	4	76	81	129	3	1,511	66
2016-17	5	97	88	137	1	1,415	67
2017-18	2	94	96	147	4	1,377	52
2018-19	2	93	80	159	1	1,368	50
2019-20	0	73	69	162	5	1,310	44
2020-21	1	81	83	177	3	1,267	36
2021-22	1	61	82	196	2	1,236	37
2022-23	0	52	85	170	3	1,040	40
2023-24	0	45	76	177	2	1,026	45
2024-25	2	45	67	160	3	1,009	49
Average	2	72	81	161	3	1,256	49

Gordon College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

162 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 458.62% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Gordon College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,045	29	42	1,974
2016-17	2,004	32	64	1,908
2017-18	1,963	45	133	1,785
2018-19	1,955	24	205	1,726
2019-20	1,857	20	160	1,677
2020-21	1,816	302	799	715
2021-22	1,804	334	356	1,114
2022-23	1,628	207	336	1,085
2023-24	1,610	207	350	1,053
2024-25	1,595	162	294	1,139
Average	1,828	136	274	1,418

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Enrollment Trends at Gordon

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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