Enrollment Trends at Samford

The student population at Samford University is 5,682 (3,672 undergraduate and 2,010 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 924 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Samford is 64.63% which is increased by 707 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 217 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.12 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

218 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -35.88% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 5,381 where 5,682 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

64.63% of total students is undergraduate students and 35.37% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 707 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 217 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.12 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Samford than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,758	2,965	1,029	1,936	1,793	820	973
2013-14	4,833 75	3,013 48	1,047 18	1,966 30	1,820 27	779 -41	1,041 68
2014-15	4,933 100	3,051 38	1,070 23	1,981 15	1,882 62	781 2	1,101 60
2015-16	5,206 273	3,168 117	1,123 53	2,045 64	2,038 156	823 42	1,215 114
2016-17	5,471 265	3,341 173	1,160 37	2,181 136	2,130 92	820 -3	1,310 95
2017-18	5,509 38	3,373 32	1,144 -16	2,229 48	2,136 6	774 -46	1,362 52
2018-19	5,619 110	3,535 162	1,175 31	2,360 131	2,084 -52	738 -36	1,346 -16
2019-20	5,692 73	3,591 56	1,199 24	2,392 32	2,101 17	723 -15	1,378 32
2020-21	5,729 37	3,576 -15	1,151 -48	2,425 33	2,153 52	736 13	1,417 39
2021-22	5,758 29	3,607 31	1,203 52	2,404 -21	2,151 -2	694 -42	1,457 40
2022-23	5,682 -76	3,672 65	1,185 -18	2,487 83	2,010 -141	639 -55	1,371 -86
Average	5,381	3,354	1,135	2,219	2,027	757	1,270

Samford University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 3,354 where 3,672 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 Samford University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,965	2,769	968	1,801	196	61	135
2013-14	3,013	2,850	998	1,852	163	49	114
2014-15	3,051	2,915	1,026	1,889	136	44	92
2015-16	3,168	3,040	1,088	1,952	128	35	93
2016-17	3,341	3,207	1,114	2,093	134	46	88
2017-18	3,373	3,266	1,103	2,163	107	41	66
2018-19	3,535	3,453	1,145	2,308	82	30	52
2019-20	3,591	3,509	1,168	2,341	82	31	51
2020-21	3,576	3,501	1,121	2,380	75	30	45
2021-22	3,607	3,549	1,185	2,364	58	18	40
2022-23	3,672	3,609	1,162	2,447	63	23	40
Average	3,354	3,354	1,098	2,145	3,354	37	74

Samford University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 2,027 where 2,010 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 Samford University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,793	1,513	732	781	280	88	192
2013-14	1,820	1,511	690	821	309	89	220
2014-15	1,882	1,691	725	966	191	56	135
2015-16	2,038	1,845	761	1,084	193	62	131
2016-17	2,130	1,941	761	1,180	189	59	130
2017-18	2,136	1,924	721	1,203	212	53	159
2018-19	2,084	1,839	671	1,168	245	67	178
2019-20	2,101	1,852	658	1,194	249	65	184
2020-21	2,153	1,949	674	1,275	204	62	142
2021-22	2,151	1,941	634	1,307	210	60	150
2022-23	2,010	1,842	590	1,252	168	49	119
Average	2,027	2,027	692	1,112	2,027	65	158

Samford University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.22%. The percentage was 80.94% 10 years ago and Samford still has a high percentage of white students. 1.90% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.73% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Samford 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	17	76	344	176	5	3,851	48
2013-14	15	75	341	228	2	3,915	43
2014-15	17	80	372	218	1	4,007	50
2015-16	22	95	423	208	1	4,166	77
2016-17	21	94	502	176	1	4,389	92
2017-18	20	80	545	146	2	4,438	112
2018-19	17	83	532	154	3	4,545	118
2019-20	19	87	544	170	2	4,606	114
2020-21	14	80	473	208	1	4,712	124
2021-22	11	87	531	230	2	4,651	129
2022-23	7	108	496	234	6	4,558	109
Average	16	86	464	195	2	4,349	92

Samford University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

218 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -35.88% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Samford University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,933	340	115	4,478
2015-16	5,206	574	656	3,976
2016-17	5,471	698	786	3,987
2017-18	5,509	757	815	3,937
2018-19	5,619	651	1,040	3,928
2019-20	5,692	588	1,138	3,966
2020-21	5,729	535	1,605	3,589
2021-22	5,758	379	1,305	4,074
2022-23	5,682	218	800	4,664
Average	5,511	527	918	4,067

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