Enrollment Trends at Palo Alto

The student population at Palo Alto University is 1,065 (14 undergraduate and 1,051 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 66 (5.84%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Palo Alto is 1.31% which is decreased by 154 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 88 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 20 male students for every 100 female students, down from 28 in 2015.
343 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 104.17% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,121 where 1,065 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,223 students in 2024 and was lowest at 1,065 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,131 to 1,065 students, a net loss of 66 (5.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,131	168	49	119	963	196	767
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
2023-24	1,223 94	19 -13	1 -2	18 -11	1,204 107	194 32	1,010 75
2024-25	1,065 -158	14 -5	2 1	12 -6	1,051 -153	176 -18	875 -135
Average	1,121	83	25	57	1,039	187	852

Palo Alto University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 83 where 14 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 Palo Alto University since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	19	18	1	17	1	0	1
2024-25	14	14	2	12	0	0	0
Average	83	83	24	54	83	2	4

Palo Alto University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,039 where 1,051 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 Palo Alto University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,204	935	137	798	269	57	212
2024-25	1,051	872	151	721	179	25	154
Average	1,039	1,039	144	653	1,039	42	199

Palo Alto University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.57% and the percentage of black students is 4.60% at Palo Alto University. 14.27% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 17.65% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 44.39% to 43.57%. Asian enrollment declined from 14.32% to 14.27%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.33% to 4.60%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 13.26% to 17.65%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7535 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7620 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Palo Alto 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	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
2023-24	0	151	53	229	4	559	68
2024-25	0	152	49	188	3	464	59
Average	2	111	49	157	4	517	130

Palo Alto University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

343 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 32% of total students. The number of online students has increased 104.17% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Palo Alto University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	1,223	559	1	663
2024-25	1,065	343	241	481
Average	1,121	421	107	593

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Enrollment Trends at Palo Alto

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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