Enrollment Trends at Henderson State

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.

71.09% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.91% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,638 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 166 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.43 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Henderson State than male students.

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

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.

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.

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).

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.