Enrollment Trends at GSU

The student population at Grambling State University is 5,058 (4,201 undergraduate and 857 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 219 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at GSU is 83.06% which is decreased by 234 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 15 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.90 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,132 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 263.99% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,059 where 5,058 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

83.06% of total students is undergraduate students and 16.94% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 234 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 15 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.90 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in GSU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,277	4,435	1,770	2,665	842	240	602
2013-14	5,071 -206	4,155 -280	1,659 -111	2,496 -169	916 74	237 -3	679 77
2014-15	4,504 -567	3,524 -631	1,424 -235	2,100 -396	980 64	278 41	702 23
2015-16	4,541 37	3,571 47	1,525 101	2,046 -54	970 -10	278 0	692 -10
2016-17	4,863 322	3,883 312	1,652 127	2,231 185	980 10	264 -14	716 24
2017-18	5,191 328	4,079 196	1,705 53	2,374 143	1,112 132	314 50	798 82
2018-19	5,205 14	4,110 31	1,629 -76	2,481 107	1,095 -17	300 -14	795 -3
2019-20	5,232 27	4,153 43	1,562 -67	2,591 110	1,079 -16	280 -20	799 4
2020-21	5,438 206	4,511 358	1,599 37	2,912 321	927 -152	239 -41	688 -111
2021-22	5,270 -168	4,405 -106	1,592 -7	2,813 -99	865 -62	224 -15	641 -47
2022-23	5,058 -212	4,201 -204	1,523 -69	2,678 -135	857 -8	222 -2	635 -6
Average	5,059	4,093	1,604	2,490	966	261	704

Grambling State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,093 where 4,201 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 Grambling State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,435	4,087	1,657	2,430	348	113	235
2013-14	4,155	3,860	1,544	2,316	295	115	180
2014-15	3,524	3,264	1,318	1,946	260	106	154
2015-16	3,571	3,308	1,437	1,871	263	88	175
2016-17	3,883	3,598	1,529	2,069	285	123	162
2017-18	4,079	3,734	1,562	2,172	345	143	202
2018-19	4,110	3,805	1,516	2,289	305	113	192
2019-20	4,153	3,813	1,423	2,390	340	139	201
2020-21	4,511	4,041	1,440	2,601	470	159	311
2021-22	4,405	3,836	1,407	2,429	569	185	384
2022-23	4,201	3,689	1,359	2,330	512	164	348
Average	4,093	4,093	1,472	2,258	4,093	132	231

Grambling State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 966 where 857 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 Grambling State University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	842	480	166	314	362	74	288
2013-14	916	465	140	325	451	97	354
2014-15	980	387	138	249	593	140	453
2015-16	970	337	109	228	633	169	464
2016-17	980	286	94	192	694	170	524
2017-18	1,112	317	111	206	795	203	592
2018-19	1,095	293	94	199	802	206	596
2019-20	1,079	283	77	206	796	203	593
2020-21	927	228	70	158	699	169	530
2021-22	865	194	56	138	671	168	503
2022-23	857	206	71	135	651	151	500
Average	966	966	102	214	966	159	491

Grambling State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 0.53% and the percentage of black students is 91.68% at Grambling State University. 0.08% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Grambling State 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	9	15	4,553	58	3	137	47
2013-14	11	13	4,592	49	2	112	50
2014-15	13	10	4,088	41	2	100	56
2015-16	12	7	4,144	51	1	71	61
2016-17	11	5	4,435	53	2	52	69
2017-18	7	6	4,692	67	2	76	73
2018-19	6	14	4,738	71	1	68	91
2019-20	9	7	4,874	39	0	52	0
2020-21	8	7	4,921	70	0	41	107
2021-22	6	6	4,795	64	0	39	103
2022-23	8	4	4,637	66	1	27	103
Average	9	9	4,588	57	1	70	69

Grambling State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,132 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 263.99% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Grambling State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,504	311	1,600	2,593
2015-16	4,541	561	1,912	2,068
2016-17	4,863	561	1,924	2,378
2017-18	5,191	777	2,215	2,199
2018-19	5,205	741	2,176	2,288
2019-20	5,232	682	1,809	2,741
2020-21	5,438	702	3,980	756
2021-22	5,270	1,169	3,500	601
2022-23	5,058	1,132	3,575	351
Average	5,034	737	2,521	1,775

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