Enrollment Trends at Simpson

The student population at Simpson University is 992 (820 undergraduate and 172 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 170 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Simpson is 82.66% which is decreased by 143 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 27 and it has been decreasing.

The female to male ratio is 0.94 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

151 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 45.19% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 939 where 992 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

82.66% of total students is undergraduate students and 17.34% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 143 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 27 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.94 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Simpson.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,162	963	347	616	199	70	129
2016-17	1,012 -150	790 -173	268 -79	522 -94	222 23	75 5	147 18
2017-18	903 -109	777 -13	272 4	505 -17	126 -96	55 -20	71 -76
2018-19	834 -69	720 -57	278 6	442 -63	114 -12	58 3	56 -15
2019-20	854 20	702 -18	282 4	420 -22	152 38	68 10	84 28
2020-21	855 1	696 -6	265 -17	431 11	159 7	53 -15	106 22
2021-22	993 138	806 110	345 80	461 30	187 28	70 17	117 11
2022-23	874 -119	729 -77	294 -51	435 -26	145 -42	47 -23	98 -19
2023-24	907 33	755 26	334 40	421 -14	152 7	68 21	84 -14
2024-25	992 85	820 65	425 91	395 -26	172 20	86 18	86 2
Average	939	776	311	465	163	65	98

Simpson University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 776 where 820 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 Simpson University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	963	927	335	592	36	12	24
2016-17	790	741	251	490	49	17	32
2017-18	777	619	231	388	158	41	117
2018-19	720	621	245	376	99	33	66
2019-20	702	530	224	306	172	58	114
2020-21	696	549	228	321	147	37	110
2021-22	806	737	311	426	69	34	35
2022-23	729	643	255	388	86	39	47
2023-24	755	659	302	357	96	32	64
2024-25	820	731	394	337	89	31	58
Average	776	776	278	398	776	33	67

Simpson University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 163 where 172 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 Simpson University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	199	84	29	55	115	41	74
2016-17	222	84	24	60	138	51	87
2017-18	126	40	16	24	86	39	47
2018-19	114	26	5	21	88	53	35
2019-20	152	39	17	22	113	51	62
2020-21	159	15	4	11	144	49	95
2021-22	187	94	27	67	93	43	50
2022-23	145	56	14	42	89	33	56
2023-24	152	67	14	53	85	54	31
2024-25	172	83	32	51	89	54	35
Average	163	163	18	41	163	47	57

Simpson University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.55% and the percentage of black students is 4.23% at Simpson University. 5.65% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 26.81% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 60.33% to 43.55%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.22% to 5.65%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.36% to 4.23%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 11.19% to 26.81%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7271 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6186 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Simpson 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	36	49	39	130	4	701	38
2016-17	28	44	33	146	4	614	27
2017-18	27	47	34	130	2	529	14
2018-19	18	43	31	137	2	470	31
2019-20	10	52	29	175	7	462	41
2020-21	13	40	32	208	4	417	63
2021-22	16	45	38	181	4	441	110
2022-23	16	53	22	194	5	433	48
2023-24	12	51	29	228	7	431	75
2024-25	15	56	42	266	3	432	78
Average	19	48	33	180	4	493	53

Simpson University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

151 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 45.19% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Simpson University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,162	104	237	821
2016-17	1,012	119	237	656
2017-18	903	115	256	532
2018-19	834	93	422	319
2019-20	854	69	358	427
2020-21	855	161	575	119
2021-22	993	129	623	241
2022-23	874	161	415	298
2023-24	907	159	293	455
2024-25	992	151	443	398
Average	939	126	386	427

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Enrollment Trends at Simpson

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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