Enrollment Trends at Herzing University-Madison

The student population at Herzing University-Madison is 5,274 (2,521 undergraduate and 2,753 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,521 (91.57%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Herzing University-Madison is 47.80% which is increased by 124 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,397 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 15 male students for every 100 female students, down from 29 in 2015.
4,841 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 104.43% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,992 where 5,274 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 5,274 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,140 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,753 to 5,274 students, a net gain of 2,521 (91.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,753	2,397	549	1,848	356	74	282
2016-17	2,380 -373	1,978 -419	424 -125	1,554 -294	402 46	80 6	322 40
2017-18	2,156 -224	1,732 -246	366 -58	1,366 -188	424 22	74 -6	350 28
2018-19	2,140 -16	1,577 -155	309 -57	1,268 -98	563 139	84 10	479 129
2019-20	2,174 34	1,506 -71	261 -48	1,245 -23	668 105	96 12	572 93
2020-21	2,392 218	1,647 141	244 -17	1,403 158	745 77	97 1	648 76
2021-22	2,939 547	1,664 17	246 2	1,418 15	1,275 530	196 99	1,079 431
2022-23	3,473 534	1,803 139	299 53	1,504 86	1,670 395	286 90	1,384 305
2023-24	4,238 765	2,181 378	304 5	1,877 373	2,057 387	323 37	1,734 350
2024-25	5,274 1,036	2,521 340	308 4	2,213 336	2,753 696	375 52	2,378 644
Average	2,992	1,901	331	1,570	1,091	169	923

Herzing University-Madison Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,901 where 2,521 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 Herzing University-Madison since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,397	1,045	282	763	1,352	267	1,085
2016-17	1,978	788	188	600	1,190	236	954
2017-18	1,732	734	186	548	998	180	818
2018-19	1,577	709	144	565	868	165	703
2019-20	1,506	749	138	611	757	123	634
2020-21	1,647	785	144	641	862	100	762
2021-22	1,664	829	147	682	835	99	736
2022-23	1,803	691	119	572	1,112	180	932
2023-24	2,181	837	142	695	1,344	162	1,182
2024-25	2,521	1,036	157	879	1,485	151	1,334
Average	1,901	1,901	165	656	1,901	166	914

Herzing University-Madison Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,091 where 2,753 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 Herzing University-Madison since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	356	206	41	165	150	33	117
2016-17	402	227	51	176	175	29	146
2017-18	424	216	44	172	208	30	178
2018-19	563	230	39	191	333	45	288
2019-20	668	273	47	226	395	49	346
2020-21	745	576	74	502	169	23	146
2021-22	1,275	985	160	825	290	36	254
2022-23	1,670	1,187	213	974	483	73	410
2023-24	2,057	1,510	240	1,270	547	83	464
2024-25	2,753	2,160	296	1,864	593	79	514
Average	1,091	1,091	121	637	1,091	48	286

Herzing University-Madison Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 36.22% and the percentage of black students is 40.52% at Herzing University-Madison. 3.83% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 11.09% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 38.83% to 36.22%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.96% to 3.83%. Black student enrollment increased from 26.01% to 40.52%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.07% to 11.09%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6901 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7788 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Herzing University-Madison 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	18	54	716	112	5	1,069	73
2016-17	28	63	634	114	6	1,047	61
2017-18	28	50	584	112	11	980	43
2018-19	23	50	598	132	9	950	41
2019-20	25	63	704	165	6	1,071	50
2020-21	13	85	723	203	7	1,167	57
2021-22	31	121	884	269	11	1,335	94
2022-23	36	179	1,085	416	17	1,410	111
2023-24	29	204	1,475	510	15	1,667	120
2024-25	36	202	2,137	585	14	1,910	140
Average	27	107	954	262	10	1,261	79

Herzing University-Madison Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,841 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 92% of total students. The number of online students has increased 104.43% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Herzing University-Madison from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,753	2,368	168	217
2016-17	2,380	2,025	256	99
2017-18	2,156	1,987	128	41
2018-19	2,140	1,987	112	41
2019-20	2,174	2,035	94	45
2020-21	2,392	2,250	87	55
2021-22	2,939	2,767	152	20
2022-23	3,473	3,273	157	43
2023-24	4,238	3,885	342	11
2024-25	5,274	4,841	418	15
Average	2,992	2,742	191	59

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Enrollment Trends at Herzing University-Madison

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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