Enrollment Trends at Harding

The student population at Harding University is 4,805 (3,523 undergraduate and 1,282 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,964 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Harding is 73.32% which is decreased by 837 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,127 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

819 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 123.16% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,538 where 4,805 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

73.32% of total students is undergraduate students and 26.68% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 837 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,127 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Harding than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,769	4,360	2,023	2,337	2,409	678	1,731
2013-14	6,238 -531	4,428 68	2,057 34	2,371 34	1,810 -599	620 -58	1,190 -541
2014-15	6,059 -179	4,485 57	2,013 -44	2,472 101	1,574 -236	574 -46	1,000 -190
2015-16	6,009 -50	4,450 -35	1,994 -19	2,456 -16	1,559 -15	552 -22	1,007 7
2016-17	5,902 -107	4,419 -31	1,963 -31	2,456 0	1,483 -76	499 -53	984 -23
2017-18	5,541 -361	4,184 -235	1,876 -87	2,308 -148	1,357 -126	467 -32	890 -94
2018-19	5,121 -420	3,974 -210	1,833 -43	2,141 -167	1,147 -210	414 -53	733 -157
2019-20	4,879 -242	3,779 -195	1,718 -115	2,061 -80	1,100 -47	413 -1	687 -46
2020-21	4,617 -262	3,572 -207	1,589 -129	1,983 -78	1,045 -55	419 6	626 -61
2021-22	4,973 356	3,684 112	1,612 23	2,072 89	1,289 244	438 19	851 225
2022-23	4,805 -168	3,523 -161	1,551 -61	1,972 -100	1,282 -7	464 26	818 -33
Average	5,538	4,078	1,839	2,239	1,460	503	956

Harding University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 4,078 where 3,523 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 Harding University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,360	4,026	1,851	2,175	334	172	162
2013-14	4,428	4,105	1,873	2,232	323	184	139
2014-15	4,485	4,165	1,859	2,306	320	154	166
2015-16	4,450	4,106	1,837	2,269	344	157	187
2016-17	4,419	4,143	1,834	2,309	276	129	147
2017-18	4,184	3,945	1,749	2,196	239	127	112
2018-19	3,974	3,742	1,718	2,024	232	115	117
2019-20	3,779	3,533	1,593	1,940	246	125	121
2020-21	3,572	3,294	1,465	1,829	278	124	154
2021-22	3,684	3,072	1,334	1,738	612	278	334
2022-23	3,523	3,009	1,313	1,696	514	238	276
Average	4,078	4,078	1,675	2,065	4,078	164	174

Harding University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,460 where 1,282 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 Harding University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,409	690	267	423	1,719	411	1,308
2013-14	1,810	715	257	458	1,095	363	732
2014-15	1,574	682	254	428	892	320	572
2015-16	1,559	667	243	424	892	309	583
2016-17	1,483	674	232	442	809	267	542
2017-18	1,357	660	222	438	697	245	452
2018-19	1,147	638	206	432	509	208	301
2019-20	1,100	600	200	400	500	213	287
2020-21	1,045	580	183	397	465	236	229
2021-22	1,289	611	219	392	678	219	459
2022-23	1,282	559	183	376	723	281	442
Average	1,460	1,460	224	419	1,460	279	537

Harding University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.31%. The percentage was 84.15% 10 years ago and Harding still has a high percentage of white students. 1.66% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.60% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Harding 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	37	87	340	146	2	5,696	72
2013-14	47	82	331	150	3	5,189	71
2014-15	46	86	303	158	1	5,012	87
2015-16	52	82	348	188	0	4,922	100
2016-17	44	84	351	173	0	4,790	121
2017-18	34	74	296	167	1	4,530	138
2018-19	19	71	269	170	1	4,185	145
2019-20	18	75	271	177	6	3,933	138
2020-21	17	75	271	171	5	3,667	141
2021-22	22	81	318	186	3	3,884	144
2022-23	25	80	317	189	3	3,811	148
Average	33	80	310	170	2	4,511	119

Harding University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

819 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 123.16% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Harding University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,059	367	686	5,006
2015-16	6,009	369	777	4,863
2016-17	5,902	312	685	4,905
2017-18	5,541	270	248	5,023
2018-19	5,121	249	263	4,609
2019-20	4,879	290	284	4,305
2020-21	4,617	359	728	3,530
2021-22	4,973	916	577	3,480
2022-23	4,805	819	694	3,292
Average	5,323	439	549	4,335

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