Enrollment Trends at Henderson State

The student population at Henderson State University is 2,055 (1,461 undergraduate and 594 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,472 (41.74%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Henderson State is 71.09% which is decreased by 1,638 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 166 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, down from 71 in 2015.
690 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 181.63% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,120 where 2,055 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 4,037 students in 2020 and was lowest at 2,055 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,527 to 2,055 students, a net loss of 1,472 (41.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,527	3,099	1,332	1,767	428	129	299
2016-17	3,551 24	3,052 -47	1,311 -21	1,741 -26	499 71	151 22	348 49
2017-18	3,334 -217	2,832 -220	1,244 -67	1,588 -153	502 3	148 -3	354 6
2018-19	3,961 627	3,404 572	1,452 208	1,952 364	557 55	158 10	399 45
2019-20	4,037 76	3,430 26	1,447 -5	1,983 31	607 50	159 1	448 49
2020-21	3,163 -874	2,626 -804	1,154 -293	1,472 -511	537 -70	142 -17	395 -53
2021-22	2,919 -244	2,228 -398	1,055 -99	1,173 -299	691 154	154 12	537 142
2022-23	2,519 -400	1,807 -421	860 -195	947 -226	712 21	149 -5	563 26
2023-24	2,136 -383	1,493 -314	707 -153	786 -161	643 -69	161 12	482 -81
2024-25	2,055 -81	1,461 -32	701 -6	760 -26	594 -49	146 -15	448 -34
Average	3,120	2,543	1,126	1,417	577	150	427

Henderson State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,543 where 1,461 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 Henderson State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,099	2,747	1,181	1,566	352	151	201
2016-17	3,052	2,791	1,202	1,589	261	109	152
2017-18	2,832	2,565	1,120	1,445	267	124	143
2018-19	3,404	2,742	1,194	1,548	662	258	404
2019-20	3,430	2,718	1,178	1,540	712	269	443
2020-21	2,626	2,334	1,031	1,303	292	123	169
2021-22	2,228	1,992	952	1,040	236	103	133
2022-23	1,807	1,612	765	847	195	95	100
2023-24	1,493	1,320	623	697	173	84	89
2024-25	1,461	1,329	646	683	132	55	77
Average	2,543	2,543	989	1,226	2,543	137	191

Henderson State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 577 where 594 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 Henderson State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	428	75	22	53	353	107	246
2016-17	499	77	27	50	422	124	298
2017-18	502	62	20	42	440	128	312
2018-19	557	83	19	64	474	139	335
2019-20	607	103	24	79	504	135	369
2020-21	537	121	42	79	416	100	316
2021-22	691	164	37	127	527	117	410
2022-23	712	118	12	106	594	137	457
2023-24	643	91	20	71	552	141	411
2024-25	594	94	26	68	500	120	380
Average	577	577	25	74	577	125	353

Henderson State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.62%. The percentage was 66.49% 10 years ago and Henderson State still has a high percentage of white students. 0.88% of enrolled students is Asian and 32.60% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.70% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 66.49% to 55.62%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.82% to 0.88%. Black student enrollment increased from 23.42% to 32.60%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 3.86% to 3.70%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5812 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5003 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Henderson State 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	16	29	826	136	0	2,345	123
2016-17	15	26	824	146	2	2,364	114
2017-18	12	22	715	161	1	2,226	106
2018-19	18	32	774	190	4	2,684	149
2019-20	18	51	723	211	24	2,737	198
2020-21	14	47	595	193	27	2,034	196
2021-22	11	46	523	162	21	1,937	158
2022-23	31	39	553	167	6	1,594	0
2023-24	21	17	581	133	4	1,273	41
2024-25	10	18	670	76	1	1,143	83
Average	17	33	678	158	9	2,034	117

Henderson State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

690 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 34% of total students. The number of online students has increased 181.63% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Henderson State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,527	245	1,200	2,082
2016-17	3,551	367	1,430	1,754
2017-18	3,334	355	1,424	1,555
2018-19	3,961	427	1,427	2,107
2019-20	4,037	514	1,514	2,009
2020-21	3,163	650	2,183	330
2021-22	2,919	674	1,446	799
2022-23	2,519	790	1,429	300
2023-24	2,136	724	1,173	239
2024-25	2,055	690	1,169	196
Average	3,120	544	1,440	1,137

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Enrollment Trends at Henderson State

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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