Enrollment Trends at HSU

The student population at Hardin-Simmons University is 1,765 (1,347 undergraduate and 418 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 536 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at HSU is 76.32% which is decreased by 494 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 42 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.27 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

179 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 666.41% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,152 where 1,765 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

76.32% of total students is undergraduate students and 23.68% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 494 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 42 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.27 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in HSU than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Hardin-Simmons University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,301	1,841	895	946	460	227	233
2013-14	2,220 -81	1,772 -69	850 -45	922 -24	448 -12	221 -6	227 -6
2014-15	2,084 -136	1,630 -142	794 -56	836 -86	454 6	223 2	231 4
2015-16	2,112 28	1,627 -3	756 -38	871 35	485 31	223 0	262 31
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 0	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
Average	2,152	1,660	785	875	492	218	274

Hardin-Simmons University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,660 where 1,347 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 Hardin-Simmons University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,841	1,622	777	845	219	118	101
2013-14	1,772	1,556	749	807	216	101	115
2014-15	1,630	1,468	701	767	162	93	69
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
Average	1,660	1,660	717	798	1,660	68	78

Hardin-Simmons University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 492 where 418 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 Hardin-Simmons University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	460	277	125	152	183	102	81
2013-14	448	236	108	128	212	113	99
2014-15	454	243	118	125	211	105	106
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
Average	492	492	119	165	492	98	109

Hardin-Simmons University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.66%. The percentage was 67.62% 10 years ago and HSU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.98% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.93% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Hardin-Simmons 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	17	61	155	311	7	1,556	36
2013-14	5	62	140	318	1	1,546	44
2014-15	4	27	148	295	2	1,461	52
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
Average	9	39	184	380	3	1,369	65

Hardin-Simmons University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

179 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 666.41% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Hardin-Simmons University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,084	0	131	1,953
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
Average	2,128	96	602	1,430

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