Enrollment Trends at Palo Alto

The student population at Palo Alto University is 1,129 (32 undergraduate and 1,097 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 253 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Palo Alto is 2.83% which is decreased by 138 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 391 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 5.84 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

493 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 224.34% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 1,075 where 1,129 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

2.83% of total students is undergraduate students and 97.17% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 138 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 391 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 5.84 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Palo Alto than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Palo Alto University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	876	170	65	105	706	134	572
2013-14	948 72	191 21	63 -2	128 23	757 51	142 8	615 43
2014-15	1,081 133	194 3	58 -5	136 8	887 130	178 36	709 94
2015-16	1,131 50	168 -26	49 -9	119 -17	963 76	196 18	767 58
2016-17	1,130 -1	157 -11	56 7	101 -18	973 10	191 -5	782 15
2017-18	1,074 -56	125 -32	44 -12	81 -20	949 -24	178 -13	771 -11
2018-19	1,071 -3	102 -23	38 -6	64 -17	969 20	192 14	777 6
2019-20	1,075 4	68 -34	21 -17	47 -17	1,007 38	182 -10	825 48
2020-21	1,163 88	76 8	23 2	53 6	1,087 80	206 24	881 56
2021-22	1,149 -14	64 -12	14 -9	50 -3	1,085 -2	188 -18	897 16
2022-23	1,129 -20	32 -32	3 -11	29 -21	1,097 12	162 -26	935 38
Average	1,075	122	39	83	953	177	776

Palo Alto University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 122 where 32 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 Palo Alto University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	170	170	65	105	0	0	0
2013-14	191	188	62	126	3	1	2
2014-15	194	189	57	132	5	1	4
2015-16	168	162	47	115	6	2	4
2016-17	157	147	54	93	10	2	8
2017-18	125	113	36	77	12	8	4
2018-19	102	98	36	62	4	2	2
2019-20	68	66	21	45	2	0	2
2020-21	76	70	21	49	6	2	4
2021-22	64	55	14	41	9	0	9
2022-23	32	29	3	26	3	0	3
Average	122	122	38	79	122	2	4

Palo Alto University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 953 where 1,097 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 Palo Alto University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	706	641	122	519	65	12	53
2013-14	757	682	132	550	75	10	65
2014-15	887	747	149	598	140	29	111
2015-16	963	747	152	595	216	44	172
2016-17	973	740	151	589	233	40	193
2017-18	949	762	145	617	187	33	154
2018-19	969	766	154	612	203	38	165
2019-20	1,007	767	149	618	240	33	207
2020-21	1,087	805	165	640	282	41	241
2021-22	1,085	720	118	602	365	70	295
2022-23	1,097	861	122	739	236	40	196
Average	953	953	142	607	953	35	168

Palo Alto University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.53% and the percentage of black students is 4.07% at Palo Alto University. 12.67% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Palo Alto 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	7	147	32	93	2	406	2
2013-14	4	156	36	124	2	452	20
2014-15	2	180	47	143	6	479	35
2015-16	2	162	49	150	5	502	35
2016-17	4	131	45	153	5	489	40
2017-18	3	116	44	138	5	498	118
2018-19	2	101	46	129	5	500	170
2019-20	1	78	53	76	4	512	255
2020-21	3	56	51	77	1	578	328
2021-22	1	18	49	210	0	549	161
2022-23	1	143	46	215	3	514	62
Average	3	117	45	137	3	498	111

Palo Alto University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

493 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 44% of total students. The number of online students has increased 224.34% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Palo Alto University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,081	152	248	681
2015-16	1,131	168	193	770
2016-17	1,130	223	202	705
2017-18	1,074	249	143	682
2018-19	1,071	279	133	659
2019-20	1,075	314	35	726
2020-21	1,163	431	122	610
2021-22	1,149	1,149	0	0
2022-23	1,129	493	1	635
Average	1,111	384	120	608

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