Enrollment Trends at Goucher

The student population at Goucher College is 1,459 (981 undergraduate and 478 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 682 (31.85%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Goucher is 67.24% which is decreased by 491 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 191 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 48 male students for every 100 female students, up from 39 in 2015.
409 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 142.01% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,960 where 1,459 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 2,267 students in 2019 and was lowest at 1,459 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,141 to 1,459 students, a net loss of 682 (31.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,141	1,472	469	1,003	669	136	533
2016-17	2,172 31	1,473 1	474 5	999 -4	699 30	132 -4	567 34
2017-18	2,236 64	1,538 65	502 28	1,036 37	698 -1	144 12	554 -13
2018-19	2,267 31	1,525 -13	492 -10	1,033 -3	742 44	166 22	576 22
2019-20	2,168 -99	1,449 -76	481 -11	968 -65	719 -23	168 2	551 -25
2020-21	2,015 -153	1,114 -335	356 -125	758 -210	901 182	192 24	709 158
2021-22	1,917 -98	1,057 -57	366 10	691 -67	860 -41	178 -14	682 -27
2022-23	1,727 -190	1,001 -56	330 -36	671 -20	726 -134	134 -44	592 -90
2023-24	1,500 -227	964 -37	328 -2	636 -35	536 -190	116 -18	420 -172
2024-25	1,459 -41	981 17	352 24	629 -7	478 -58	122 6	356 -64
Average	1,960	1,257	415	842	703	149	554

Goucher College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,257 where 981 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 Goucher College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,472	1,452	465	987	20	4	16
2016-17	1,473	1,444	460	984	29	14	15
2017-18	1,538	1,447	462	985	91	40	51
2018-19	1,525	1,414	442	972	111	50	61
2019-20	1,449	1,325	425	900	124	56	68
2020-21	1,114	1,086	346	740	28	10	18
2021-22	1,057	1,033	357	676	24	9	15
2022-23	1,001	975	323	652	26	7	19
2023-24	964	932	317	615	32	11	21
2024-25	981	943	331	612	38	21	17
Average	1,257	1,257	393	812	1,257	22	30

Goucher College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 703 where 478 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 Goucher College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	669	131	36	95	538	100	438
2016-17	699	136	32	104	563	100	463
2017-18	698	118	32	86	580	112	468
2018-19	742	122	33	89	620	133	487
2019-20	719	71	22	49	648	146	502
2020-21	901	93	34	59	808	158	650
2021-22	860	67	20	47	793	158	635
2022-23	726	51	24	27	675	110	565
2023-24	536	57	22	35	479	94	385
2024-25	478	59	21	38	419	101	318
Average	703	703	28	63	703	121	491

Goucher College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 39.89% and the percentage of black students is 22.96% at Goucher College. 3.56% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 1.99% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 52.13% to 39.89%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.66% to 3.56%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.18% to 22.96%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 6.59% to 1.99%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7865 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7120 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Goucher 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	2	57	218	141	3	1,116	65
2016-17	1	67	238	143	4	1,102	59
2017-18	1	72	283	147	5	1,087	73
2018-19	3	72	354	185	3	1,174	72
2019-20	4	76	376	177	2	1,107	64
2020-21	4	67	348	168	1	940	59
2021-22	4	63	335	103	1	923	26
2022-23	9	54	327	57	0	803	4
2023-24	6	54	308	77	1	652	3
2024-25	7	52	335	29	2	582	0
Average	4	63	312	123	2	949	43

Goucher College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

409 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 28% of total students. The number of online students has increased 142.01% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Goucher College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,141	169	88	1,884
2016-17	2,172	80	131	1,961
2017-18	2,236	92	131	2,013
2018-19	2,267	216	146	1,905
2019-20	2,168	348	96	1,724
2020-21	2,015	870	15	1,130
2021-22	1,917	682	69	1,166
2022-23	1,727	624	43	1,060
2023-24	1,500	387	49	1,064
2024-25	1,459	409	14	1,036
Average	1,960	388	78	1,494

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Enrollment Trends at Goucher

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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