Enrollment Trends at Post

The student population at Post University is 16,178 (14,116 undergraduate and 2,062 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 8,749 (117.77%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Post is 87.25% which is increased by 7,304 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,445 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 38 male students for every 100 female students, down from 65 in 2015.
15,053 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 127.52% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,695 where 16,178 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 21,699 students in 2024 and was lowest at 7,429 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 7,429 to 16,178 students, a net gain of 8,749 (117.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,429	6,812	2,692	4,120	617	222	395
2016-17	7,680 251	7,058 246	2,671 -21	4,387 267	622 5	222	400 5
2017-18	8,540 860	7,844 786	2,712 41	5,132 745	696 74	251 29	445 45
2018-19	9,845 1,305	9,049 1,205	2,804 92	6,245 1,113	796 100	270 19	526 81
2019-20	10,642 797	9,729 680	2,792 -12	6,937 692	913 117	302 32	611 85
2020-21	13,844 3,202	12,848 3,119	3,336 544	9,512 2,575	996 83	348 46	648 37
2021-22	14,055 211	12,997 149	3,642 306	9,355 -157	1,058 62	379 31	679 31
2022-23	17,034 2,979	14,682 1,685	3,891 249	10,791 1,436	2,352 1,294	533 154	1,819 1,140
2023-24	21,699 4,665	19,575 4,893	5,372 1,481	14,203 3,412	2,124 -228	605 72	1,519 -300
2024-25	16,178 -5,521	14,116 -5,459	3,931 -1,441	10,185 -4,018	2,062 -62	553 -52	1,509 -10
Average	12,695	11,471	3,384	8,087	1,224	369	855

Post University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 11,471 where 14,116 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 Post University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,812	2,724	1,062	1,662	4,088	1,630	2,458
2016-17	7,058	2,566	993	1,573	4,492	1,678	2,814
2017-18	7,844	2,617	1,008	1,609	5,227	1,704	3,523
2018-19	9,049	2,564	904	1,660	6,485	1,900	4,585
2019-20	9,729	2,293	812	1,481	7,436	1,980	5,456
2020-21	12,848	3,609	945	2,664	9,239	2,391	6,848
2021-22	12,997	4,987	1,363	3,624	8,010	2,279	5,731
2022-23	14,682	6,048	1,540	4,508	8,634	2,351	6,283
2023-24	19,575	7,117	1,807	5,310	12,458	3,565	8,893
2024-25	14,116	5,418	1,395	4,023	8,698	2,536	6,162
Average	11,471	11,471	1,183	2,811	11,471	2,201	5,275

Post University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,224 where 2,062 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 Post University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	617	324	123	201	293	99	194
2016-17	622	319	115	204	303	107	196
2017-18	696	341	136	205	355	115	240
2018-19	796	675	236	439	121	34	87
2019-20	913	623	217	406	290	85	205
2020-21	996	739	264	475	257	84	173
2021-22	1,058	905	319	586	153	60	93
2022-23	2,352	1,195	163	1,032	1,157	370	787
2023-24	2,124	1,341	426	915	783	179	604
2024-25	2,062	1,530	435	1,095	532	118	414
Average	1,224	1,224	243	556	1,224	125	299

Post University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 38.14% and the percentage of black students is 35.25% at Post University. 2.04% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 13.93% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 40.01% to 38.14%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.17% to 2.04%. Black student enrollment increased from 22.18% to 35.25%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.66% to 13.93%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7057 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7841 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Post 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	32	87	1,648	495	27	2,972	334
2016-17	53	78	1,845	551	26	3,147	414
2017-18	65	84	2,049	631	37	3,485	438
2018-19	79	79	2,518	821	24	3,763	414
2019-20	91	82	2,689	821	33	3,853	1,218
2020-21	130	122	3,761	1,105	53	5,291	2,148
2021-22	138	135	4,107	1,213	50	5,465	2,288
2022-23	141	323	5,088	2,475	75	7,084	1,274
2023-24	265	342	7,680	1,487	96	9,340	2,062
2024-25	149	330	5,702	2,254	73	6,170	1,111
Average	114	166	3,709	1,185	49	5,057	1,170

Post University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

15,053 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 93% of total students. The number of online students has increased 127.52% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Post University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	7,429	6,616	186	627
2016-17	7,680	6,898	239	543
2017-18	8,540	7,648	281	611
2018-19	9,845	8,802	271	772
2019-20	10,642	9,760	261	621
2020-21	13,844	12,709	385	750
2021-22	14,055	13,026	463	566
2022-23	17,034	15,984	304	746
2023-24	21,699	20,487	421	791
2024-25	16,178	15,053	221	904
Average	12,695	11,698	303	693

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Enrollment Trends at Post

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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