Enrollment Trends at PBA

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,816 where 4,147 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

79.86% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.14% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 273 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 44 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 2015.

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,989 where 3,312 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 Palm Beach Atlantic University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 827 where 835 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 Palm Beach Atlantic University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 52.52%. The percentage was 59.14% 10 years ago and PBA still has a high percentage of white students. 2.12% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.60% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 19.27% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 59.14% to 52.52%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.76% to 2.12%. Black student enrollment decreased from 12.58% to 9.60%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 17.25% to 19.27%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6763 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6030 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Palm Beach Atlantic University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

304 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 213.40% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Palm Beach Atlantic University from 2015 to 2025.