Enrollment Trends at Grove City

The student population at Grove City College is 2,383 (2,341 undergraduate and 42 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 61 (2.50%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Grove City is 98.24% which is decreased by 103 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 42 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 111 male students for every 100 female students, up from 98 in 2015.
125 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 331.03% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,345 where 2,383 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,444 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,272 in 2020. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,444 to 2,383 students, a net loss of 61 (2.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,444	2,444	1,212	1,232	0	0	0
2016-17	2,336 -108	2,336 -108	1,175 -37	1,161 -71	0	0	0
2017-18	2,373 37	2,373 37	1,216 41	1,157 -4	0	0	0
2018-19	2,338 -35	2,338 -35	1,226 10	1,112 -45	0	0	0
2019-20	2,272 -66	2,272 -66	1,204 -22	1,068 -44	0	0	0
2020-21	2,277 5	2,277 5	1,201 -3	1,076 8	0	0	0
2021-22	2,317 40	2,306 29	1,189 -12	1,117 41	11 11	7 7	4 4
2022-23	2,316 -1	2,289 -17	1,180 -9	1,109 -8	27 16	18 11	9 5
2023-24	2,394 78	2,365 76	1,227 47	1,138 29	29 2	22 4	7 -2
2024-25	2,383 -11	2,341 -24	1,220 -7	1,121 -17	42 13	35 13	7
Average	2,345	2,334	1,205	1,129	11	8	3

Grove City College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,334 where 2,341 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 Grove City College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,444	2,396	1,190	1,206	48	22	26
2016-17	2,336	2,283	1,145	1,138	53	30	23
2017-18	2,373	2,315	1,180	1,135	58	36	22
2018-19	2,338	2,280	1,197	1,083	58	29	29
2019-20	2,272	2,172	1,155	1,017	100	49	51
2020-21	2,277	2,117	1,122	995	160	79	81
2021-22	2,306	2,157	1,109	1,048	149	80	69
2022-23	2,289	2,147	1,111	1,036	142	69	73
2023-24	2,365	2,206	1,143	1,063	159	84	75
2024-25	2,341	2,198	1,150	1,048	143	70	73
Average	2,334	2,334	1,150	1,077	2,334	55	52

Grove City College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 11 where 42 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 Grove City College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	11	2	2	0	9	5	4
2022-23	27	0	0	0	27	18	9
2023-24	29	1	0	1	28	22	6
2024-25	42	8	7	1	34	28	6
Average	11	11	1	0	11	7	3

Grove City College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 88.92%. The percentage was 92.51% 10 years ago and Grove City still has a high percentage of white students. 2.14% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.50% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 0.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 92.51% to 88.92%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.92% to 2.14%. Black student enrollment decreased from 0.57% to 0.50%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 1.27% to 0.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2057 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.1429 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Grove City 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	3	47	14	31	0	2,261	64
2016-17	1	40	10	36	0	2,162	65
2017-18	1	40	18	29	0	2,182	80
2018-19	2	47	17	34	1	2,135	69
2019-20	2	44	15	27	1	2,089	70
2020-21	3	52	15	17	1	2,083	79
2021-22	2	57	16	22	1	2,109	82
2022-23	1	50	10	19	0	2,097	106
2023-24	1	47	10	17	0	2,156	120
2024-25	2	51	12	17	1	2,119	131
Average	2	48	14	25	1	2,139	87

Grove City College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

125 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 331.03% since 2019. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Grove City College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,444	0	24	2,420
2016-17	2,336	0	0	2,336
2017-18	2,373	0	0	2,373
2018-19	2,338	0	0	2,338
2019-20	2,272	29	283	1,960
2020-21	2,277	130	801	1,346
2021-22	2,317	111	465	1,741
2022-23	2,316	139	467	1,710
2023-24	2,394	143	563	1,688
2024-25	2,383	125	635	1,623
Average	2,345	68	324	1,954

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