Enrollment Trends at Jacksonville State

The student population at Jacksonville State University is 9,955 (8,663 undergraduate and 1,292 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,641 (19.74%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Jacksonville State is 87.02% which is increased by 1,280 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 361 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 66 male students for every 100 female students, down from 74 in 2015.
2,358 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 68.19% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,093 where 9,955 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 9,955 students in 2025 and was lowest at 8,314 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 8,314 to 9,955 students, a net gain of 1,641 (19.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,314	7,383	3,180	4,203	931	343	588
2016-17	8,514 200	7,561 178	3,255 75	4,306 103	953 22	346 3	607 19
2017-18	8,567 53	7,491 -70	3,199 -56	4,292 -14	1,076 123	370 24	706 99
2018-19	8,479 -88	7,321 -170	3,080 -119	4,241 -51	1,158 82	390 20	768 62
2019-20	9,021 542	7,749 428	3,162 82	4,587 346	1,272 114	427 37	845 77
2020-21	9,238 217	7,747 -2	3,088 -74	4,659 72	1,491 219	496 69	995 150
2021-22	9,540 302	8,067 320	3,190 102	4,877 218	1,473 -18	474 -22	999 4
2022-23	9,632 92	8,310 243	3,368 178	4,942 65	1,322 -151	471 -3	851 -148
2023-24	9,672 40	8,378 68	3,399 31	4,979 37	1,294 -28	448 -23	846 -5
2024-25	9,955 283	8,663 285	3,530 131	5,133 154	1,292 -2	437 -11	855 9
Average	9,093	7,867	3,245	4,622	1,226	420	806

Jacksonville State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,867 where 8,663 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 Jacksonville State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,383	5,461	2,422	3,039	1,922	758	1,164
2016-17	7,561	5,480	2,432	3,048	2,081	823	1,258
2017-18	7,491	5,523	2,404	3,119	1,968	795	1,173
2018-19	7,321	5,459	2,347	3,112	1,862	733	1,129
2019-20	7,749	5,942	2,495	3,447	1,807	667	1,140
2020-21	7,747	6,031	2,457	3,574	1,716	631	1,085
2021-22	8,067	6,273	2,520	3,753	1,794	670	1,124
2022-23	8,310	6,471	2,651	3,820	1,839	717	1,122
2023-24	8,378	6,497	2,679	3,818	1,881	720	1,161
2024-25	8,663	6,559	2,738	3,821	2,104	792	1,312
Average	7,867	7,867	2,515	3,455	7,867	731	1,167

Jacksonville State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,226 where 1,292 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 Jacksonville State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	931	179	56	123	752	287	465
2016-17	953	248	71	177	705	275	430
2017-18	1,076	233	73	160	843	297	546
2018-19	1,158	248	74	174	910	316	594
2019-20	1,272	301	104	197	971	323	648
2020-21	1,491	453	156	297	1,038	340	698
2021-22	1,473	456	149	307	1,017	325	692
2022-23	1,322	479	162	317	843	309	534
2023-24	1,294	463	157	306	831	291	540
2024-25	1,292	497	156	341	795	281	514
Average	1,226	1,226	116	240	1,226	304	566

Jacksonville State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.95%. The percentage was 70.18% 10 years ago and Jacksonville State still has a high percentage of white students. 0.80% of enrolled students is Asian and 21.84% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.97% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.18% to 60.95%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.64% to 0.80%. Black student enrollment increased from 21.75% to 21.84%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.11% to 4.97%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5765 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4599 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Jacksonville 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	63	53	1,808	92	5	5,835	0
2016-17	62	53	1,616	78	6	6,098	0
2017-18	61	57	1,592	77	9	6,113	0
2018-19	45	62	1,573	60	6	6,103	0
2019-20	35	63	1,784	45	4	6,197	0
2020-21	38	75	1,931	38	6	6,227	0
2021-22	45	68	2,200	33	11	6,096	0
2022-23	44	61	2,282	19	12	5,993	0
2023-24	31	79	2,162	455	12	5,941	386
2024-25	37	80	2,174	495	11	6,068	416
Average	46	65	1,912	139	8	6,067	80

Jacksonville State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,358 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has increased 68.19% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Jacksonville State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	8,314	1,402	0	6,912
2016-17	8,514	1,632	0	6,882
2017-18	8,567	1,699	3,862	3,006
2018-19	8,479	1,782	3,981	2,716
2019-20	9,021	1,914	4,415	2,692
2020-21	9,238	2,726	4,854	1,658
2021-22	9,540	2,222	4,335	2,983
2022-23	9,632	2,087	4,484	3,061
2023-24	9,672	2,165	4,855	2,652
2024-25	9,955	2,358	5,026	2,571
Average	9,093	1,999	3,581	3,513

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Enrollment Trends at Jacksonville 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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