Enrollment Trends at PBA

The student population at Palm Beach Atlantic University is 3,828 (3,027 undergraduate and 801 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 249 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at PBA is 79.08% which is increased by 276 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 27 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.77 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

280 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 156.88% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,759 where 3,828 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.08% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.92% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 276 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 27 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.77 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in PBA than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Palm Beach Atlantic University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,579	2,751	1,012	1,739	828	269	559
2013-14	3,764 185	2,887 136	1,058 46	1,829 90	877 49	292 23	585 26
2014-15	3,865 101	3,021 134	1,070 12	1,951 122	844 -33	299 7	545 -40
2015-16	3,918 53	3,039 18	1,116 46	1,923 -28	879 35	305 6	574 29
2016-17	3,764 -154	2,926 -113	1,037 -79	1,889 -34	838 -41	266 -39	572 -2
2017-18	3,839 75	3,003 77	1,097 60	1,906 17	836 -2	254 -12	582 10
2018-19	3,705 -134	2,855 -148	1,061 -36	1,794 -112	850 14	252 -2	598 16
2019-20	3,691 -14	2,883 28	1,053 -8	1,830 36	808 -42	249 -3	559 -39
2020-21	3,704 13	2,916 33	1,063 10	1,853 23	788 -20	248 -1	540 -19
2021-22	3,687 -17	2,837 -79	1,049 -14	1,788 -65	850 62	297 49	553 13
2022-23	3,828 141	3,027 190	1,109 60	1,918 130	801 -49	273 -24	528 -25
Average	3,759	2,922	1,066	1,856	836	273	563

Palm Beach Atlantic University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,922 where 3,027 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Palm Beach Atlantic University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,751	2,188	768	1,420	563	244	319
2013-14	2,887	2,358	815	1,543	529	243	286
2014-15	3,021	2,424	811	1,613	597	259	338
2015-16	3,039	2,418	838	1,580	621	278	343
2016-17	2,926	2,300	778	1,522	626	259	367
2017-18	3,003	2,350	824	1,526	653	273	380
2018-19	2,855	2,269	803	1,466	586	258	328
2019-20	2,883	2,264	781	1,483	619	272	347
2020-21	2,916	2,240	769	1,471	676	294	382
2021-22	2,837	2,136	754	1,382	701	295	406
2022-23	3,027	2,287	786	1,501	740	323	417
Average	2,922	2,922	793	1,501	2,922	273	356

Palm Beach Atlantic University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 836 where 801 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Palm Beach Atlantic University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	828	603	182	421	225	87	138
2013-14	877	631	198	433	246	94	152
2014-15	844	775	279	496	69	20	49
2015-16	879	790	278	512	89	27	62
2016-17	838	587	174	413	251	92	159
2017-18	836	589	176	413	247	78	169
2018-19	850	570	164	406	280	88	192
2019-20	808	578	169	409	230	80	150
2020-21	788	572	167	405	216	81	135
2021-22	850	527	163	364	323	134	189
2022-23	801	505	156	349	296	117	179
Average	836	836	191	420	836	82	143

Palm Beach Atlantic University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.47%. The percentage was 56.13% 10 years ago and PBA still has a high percentage of white students. 2.06% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.33% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Palm Beach Atlantic University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	15	104	547	528	7	2,009	41
2013-14	10	102	536	508	10	2,221	81
2014-15	12	105	519	649	12	2,270	104
2015-16	15	108	493	676	11	2,317	114
2016-17	14	114	463	615	9	2,192	114
2017-18	8	119	446	612	10	2,303	136
2018-19	4	98	371	618	7	2,057	113
2019-20	4	86	401	627	7	2,010	111
2020-21	6	106	404	678	7	2,094	83
2021-22	5	88	386	633	5	1,961	90
2022-23	10	79	357	688	4	2,047	88
Average	9	101	448	621	8	2,135	98

Palm Beach Atlantic University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

280 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 156.88% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Palm Beach Atlantic University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,865	109	287	3,469
2015-16	3,918	97	868	2,953
2016-17	3,764	81	508	3,175
2017-18	3,839	79	513	3,247
2018-19	3,705	122	592	2,991
2019-20	3,691	124	775	2,792
2020-21	3,704	193	1,289	2,222
2021-22	3,687	231	1,286	2,170
2022-23	3,828	280	1,331	2,217
Average	3,778	146	828	2,804

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