Enrollment Trends at Hood

The student population at Hood College is 2,101 (1,198 undergraduate and 903 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 187 (8.17%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Hood is 57.02% which is decreased by 79 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 108 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 51 male students for every 100 female students, down from 56 in 2015.
376 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 4,077.78% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,092 where 2,101 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 2,288 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,002 in 2020. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,288 to 2,101 students, a net loss of 187 (8.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,288	1,277	478	799	1,011	347	664
2016-17	2,144 -144	1,174 -103	453 -25	721 -78	970 -41	342 -5	628 -36
2017-18	2,112 -32	1,128 -46	434 -19	694 -27	984 14	332 -10	652 24
2018-19	2,005 -107	1,092 -36	403 -31	689 -5	913 -71	310 -22	603 -49
2019-20	2,002 -3	1,126 34	414 11	712 23	876 -37	304 -6	572 -31
2020-21	2,042 40	1,187 61	433 19	754 42	855 -21	281 -23	574 2
2021-22	2,095 53	1,217 30	435 2	782 28	878 23	271 -10	607 33
2022-23	2,056 -39	1,202 -15	452 17	750 -32	854 -24	270 -1	584 -23
2023-24	2,078 22	1,209 7	441 -11	768 18	869 15	280 10	589 5
2024-25	2,101 23	1,198 -11	414 -27	784 16	903 34	296 16	607 18
Average	2,092	1,181	436	745	911	303	608

Hood College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,181 where 1,198 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 Hood College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,277	1,180	447	733	97	31	66
2016-17	1,174	1,090	417	673	84	36	48
2017-18	1,128	1,048	399	649	80	35	45
2018-19	1,092	1,013	376	637	79	27	52
2019-20	1,126	1,057	384	673	69	30	39
2020-21	1,187	1,132	411	721	55	22	33
2021-22	1,217	1,162	414	748	55	21	34
2022-23	1,202	1,152	433	719	50	19	31
2023-24	1,209	1,174	426	748	35	15	20
2024-25	1,198	1,172	399	773	26	15	11
Average	1,181	1,181	411	707	1,181	25	38

Hood College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 911 where 903 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 Hood College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,011	164	81	83	847	266	581
2016-17	970	176	88	88	794	254	540
2017-18	984	187	85	102	797	247	550
2018-19	913	161	80	81	752	230	522
2019-20	876	150	64	86	726	240	486
2020-21	855	147	68	79	708	213	495
2021-22	878	154	60	94	724	211	513
2022-23	854	234	104	130	620	166	454
2023-24	869	260	118	142	609	162	447
2024-25	903	271	112	159	632	184	448
Average	911	911	86	104	911	217	504

Hood College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.93%. The percentage was 64.64% 10 years ago and Hood still has a high percentage of white students. 3.43% of enrolled students is Asian and 15.09% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 64.64% to 52.93%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.10% to 3.43%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.27% to 15.09%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.82% to 11.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6796 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5647 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Hood College 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	1	71	235	156	2	1,479	81
2016-17	0	71	237	138	2	1,359	80
2017-18	3	59	270	156	1	1,304	88
2018-19	3	61	270	170	3	1,222	81
2019-20	2	71	283	191	3	1,226	86
2020-21	0	71	327	191	3	1,235	92
2021-22	1	78	328	194	0	1,252	108
2022-23	0	72	294	193	1	1,179	109
2023-24	2	66	302	224	0	1,131	102
2024-25	5	72	317	246	1	1,112	108
Average	2	69	286	186	2	1,250	94

Hood College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

376 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 4,077.78% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Hood College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,288	9	41	2,238
2016-17	2,144	8	10	2,126
2017-18	2,112	11	43	2,058
2018-19	2,005	3	3	1,999
2019-20	2,002	14	18	1,970
2020-21	2,042	222	896	924
2021-22	2,095	348	187	1,560
2022-23	2,056	355	257	1,444
2023-24	2,078	360	269	1,449
2024-25	2,101	376	234	1,491
Average	2,092	171	196	1,726

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Enrollment Trends at Hood

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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