Enrollment Trends at HSU

The student population at Hardin-Simmons University is 1,665 (1,291 undergraduate and 374 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 447 (21.16%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at HSU is 77.54% which is decreased by 336 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 111 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 86 male students for every 100 female students, unchanged since 2015.
148 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 32.14% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,039 where 1,665 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 2,344 students in 2019 and was lowest at 1,655 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,112 to 1,665 students, a net loss of 447 (21.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Hardin-Simmons University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,112	1,627	756	871	485	223	262
2016-17	2,205 93	1,708 81	764 8	944 73	497 12	229 6	268 6
2017-18	2,252 47	1,742 34	832 68	910 -34	510 13	247 18	263 -5
2018-19	2,344 92	1,762 20	821 -11	941 31	582 72	277 30	305 42
2019-20	2,324 -20	1,742 -20	811 -10	931 -10	582	251 -26	331 26
2020-21	2,128 -196	1,618 -124	774 -37	844 -87	510 -72	202 -49	308 -23
2021-22	1,937 -191	1,476 -142	695 -79	781 -63	461 -49	157 -45	304 -4
2022-23	1,765 -172	1,347 -129	643 -52	704 -77	418 -43	136 -21	282 -22
2023-24	1,655 -110	1,283 -64	626 -17	657 -47	372 -46	125 -11	247 -35
2024-25	1,665 10	1,291 8	651 25	640 -17	374 2	121 -4	253 6
Average	2,039	1,560	737	822	479	197	282

Hardin-Simmons University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,560 where 1,291 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 Hardin-Simmons University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,627	1,474	692	782	153	64	89
2016-17	1,708	1,520	695	825	188	69	119
2017-18	1,742	1,585	756	829	157	76	81
2018-19	1,762	1,627	763	864	135	58	77
2019-20	1,742	1,615	748	867	127	63	64
2020-21	1,618	1,522	733	789	96	41	55
2021-22	1,476	1,412	667	745	64	28	36
2022-23	1,347	1,263	606	657	84	37	47
2023-24	1,283	1,227	604	623	56	22	34
2024-25	1,291	1,223	624	599	68	27	41
Average	1,560	1,560	689	758	1,560	49	64

Hardin-Simmons University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 479 where 374 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 Hardin-Simmons University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	485	239	112	127	246	111	135
2016-17	497	252	117	135	245	112	133
2017-18	510	253	117	136	257	130	127
2018-19	582	317	154	163	265	123	142
2019-20	582	344	145	199	238	106	132
2020-21	510	328	117	211	182	85	97
2021-22	461	324	106	218	137	51	86
2022-23	418	313	94	219	105	42	63
2023-24	372	290	85	205	82	40	42
2024-25	374	303	87	216	71	34	37
Average	479	479	113	183	479	83	99

Hardin-Simmons University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.64%. The percentage was 69.55% 10 years ago and HSU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.40% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.37% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 23.84% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.55% to 56.64%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.85% to 2.40%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.82% to 9.37%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 14.63% to 23.84%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6116 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4889 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Hardin-Simmons University 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	5	18	144	309	2	1,469	74
2016-17	4	27	154	359	3	1,449	73
2017-18	5	38	181	402	2	1,427	87
2018-19	7	42	209	425	1	1,448	84
2019-20	10	46	237	449	2	1,391	74
2020-21	12	32	244	464	1	1,212	81
2021-22	14	42	219	429	4	1,099	63
2022-23	12	35	193	422	3	1,000	52
2023-24	8	40	165	407	2	929	56
2024-25	7	40	156	397	1	943	62
Average	8	36	190	406	2	1,237	71

Hardin-Simmons University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

148 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 32.14% since 2018. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Hardin-Simmons University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,112	0	154	1,958
2016-17	2,205	0	437	1,768
2017-18	2,252	0	516	1,736
2018-19	2,344	112	424	1,808
2019-20	2,324	133	627	1,564
2020-21	2,128	259	1,135	734
2021-22	1,937	185	986	766
2022-23	1,765	179	1,004	582
2023-24	1,655	146	846	663
2024-25	1,665	148	729	788
Average	2,039	116	686	1,237

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Enrollment Trends at HSU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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