Enrollment Trends at Heidelberg

The student population at Heidelberg University is 1,091 (969 undergraduate and 122 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 106 (8.86%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Heidelberg is 88.82% which is decreased by 43 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 63 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 110 male students for every 100 female students, up from 91 in 2015.
129 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -29.51% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,184 where 1,091 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 1,314 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,059 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,197 to 1,091 students, a net loss of 106 (8.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,197	1,012	528	484	185	42	143
2016-17	1,314 117	1,123 111	586 58	537 53	191 6	50 8	141 -2
2017-18	1,201 -113	1,051 -72	571 -15	480 -57	150 -41	49 -1	101 -40
2018-19	1,219 18	1,047 -4	536 -35	511 31	172 22	54 5	118 17
2019-20	1,247 28	1,076 29	536	540 29	171 -1	63 9	108 -10
2020-21	1,230 -17	1,045 -31	527 -9	518 -22	185 14	64 1	121 13
2021-22	1,197 -33	1,054 9	539 12	515 -3	143 -42	56 -8	87 -34
2022-23	1,086 -111	933 -121	495 -44	438 -77	153 10	65 9	88 1
2023-24	1,059 -27	905 -28	493 -2	412 -26	154 1	64 -1	90 2
2024-25	1,091 32	969 64	522 29	447 35	122 -32	50 -14	72 -18
Average	1,184	1,022	533	488	163	56	107

Heidelberg University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,022 where 969 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 Heidelberg University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,012	994	522	472	18	6	12
2016-17	1,123	1,105	576	529	18	10	8
2017-18	1,051	1,031	559	472	20	12	8
2018-19	1,047	1,035	530	505	12	6	6
2019-20	1,076	1,043	523	520	33	13	20
2020-21	1,045	1,013	520	493	32	7	25
2021-22	1,054	1,015	517	498	39	22	17
2022-23	933	899	486	413	34	9	25
2023-24	905	880	481	399	25	12	13
2024-25	969	905	495	410	64	27	37
Average	1,022	1,022	521	471	1,022	12	17

Heidelberg University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 163 where 122 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 Heidelberg University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	185	37	11	26	148	31	117
2016-17	191	56	27	29	135	23	112
2017-18	150	61	31	30	89	18	71
2018-19	172	81	38	43	91	16	75
2019-20	171	94	40	54	77	23	54
2020-21	185	80	40	40	105	24	81
2021-22	143	70	27	43	73	29	44
2022-23	153	98	44	54	55	21	34
2023-24	154	91	43	48	63	21	42
2024-25	122	84	40	44	38	10	28
Average	163	163	34	41	163	22	66

Heidelberg University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 83.04%. The percentage was 76.19% 10 years ago and Heidelberg still has a high percentage of white students. 0.73% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.99% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 76.19% to 83.04%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.75% to 0.73%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.10% to 9.99%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.67% to 2.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2993 which indicates that not very diverse. This decreased from 0.4128 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Heidelberg 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	2	21	85	20	0	912	40
2016-17	4	21	111	25	0	1,031	42
2017-18	1	14	114	39	2	948	39
2018-19	1	9	103	34	3	978	44
2019-20	1	6	101	46	2	1,011	41
2020-21	3	5	87	53	1	999	48
2021-22	3	5	108	44	0	955	49
2022-23	3	6	105	30	0	886	32
2023-24	2	5	104	36	0	868	26
2024-25	5	8	109	29	0	906	20
Average	3	10	103	36	1	949	38

Heidelberg University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

129 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -29.51% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Heidelberg University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,197	183	0	1,014
2016-17	1,314	65	27	1,222
2017-18	1,201	72	53	1,076
2018-19	1,219	42	43	1,134
2019-20	1,247	43	77	1,127
2020-21	1,230	184	217	829
2021-22	1,197	72	783	342
2022-23	1,086	30	547	509
2023-24	1,059	34	469	556
2024-25	1,091	129	647	315
Average	1,184	85	286	812

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Enrollment Trends at Heidelberg

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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