Enrollment Trends at Oglethorpe

The student population at Oglethorpe University is 1,425 (1,396 undergraduate and 29 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 270 (23.38%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Oglethorpe is 97.96% which is increased by 241 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 29 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 61 male students for every 100 female students, down from 70 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Oglethorpe University does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,357 where 1,425 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 1,522 students in 2024 and was lowest at 1,155 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,155 to 1,425 students, a net gain of 270 (23.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,155	1,155	477	678	0	0	0
2016-17	1,184 29	1,184 29	512 35	672 -6	0	0	0
2017-18	1,250 66	1,250 66	514 2	736 64	0	0	0
2018-19	1,264 14	1,264 14	541 27	723 -13	0	0	0
2019-20	1,385 121	1,385 121	566 25	819 96	0	0	0
2020-21	1,452 67	1,452 67	565 -1	887 68	0	0	0
2021-22	1,446 -6	1,446 -6	534 -31	912 25	0	0	0
2022-23	1,491 45	1,491 45	557 23	934 22	0	0	0
2023-24	1,522 31	1,499 8	570 13	929 -5	23 23	10 10	13 13
2024-25	1,425 -97	1,396 -103	519 -51	877 -52	29 6	19 9	10 -3
Average	1,357	1,352	536	817	5	3	2

Oglethorpe University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,352 where 1,396 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 Oglethorpe University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,155	1,068	437	631	87	40	47
2016-17	1,184	1,113	483	630	71	29	42
2017-18	1,250	1,166	472	694	84	42	42
2018-19	1,264	1,212	512	700	52	29	23
2019-20	1,385	1,328	545	783	57	21	36
2020-21	1,452	1,371	520	851	81	45	36
2021-22	1,446	1,375	504	871	71	30	41
2022-23	1,491	1,410	526	884	81	31	50
2023-24	1,499	1,409	534	875	90	36	54
2024-25	1,396	1,332	497	835	64	22	42
Average	1,352	1,352	503	775	1,352	33	41

Oglethorpe University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 5 where 29 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 Oglethorpe University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023-24	23	18	9	9	5	1	4
2024-25	29	16	14	2	13	5	8
Average	5	5	2	1	5	1	1

Oglethorpe University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 27.93% and the percentage of black students is 19.72% at Oglethorpe University. 3.51% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 29.96% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 33.16% to 27.93%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.46% to 3.51%. Black student enrollment increased from 18.10% to 19.72%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.61% to 29.96%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7906 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.8460 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Oglethorpe 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	2	40	209	111	1	383	33
2016-17	1	44	244	119	1	409	27
2017-18	10	52	298	132	2	472	22
2018-19	10	66	303	140	1	513	17
2019-20	11	61	326	171	0	614	10
2020-21	15	71	339	214	1	616	9
2021-22	5	59	325	272	0	559	58
2022-23	5	58	330	335	1	573	58
2023-24	6	55	303	412	0	466	60
2024-25	3	50	281	427	0	398	55
Average	7	56	296	233	1	500	35

Oglethorpe University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Oglethorpe

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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