Enrollment Trends at Soka

The student population at Soka University of America is 495 (484 undergraduate and 11 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 51 (11.49%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Soka is 97.78% which is increased by 52 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 64 male students for every 100 female students, up from 61 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Soka University of America does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 444 where 495 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 495 students in 2025 and was lowest at 403 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 444 to 495 students, a net gain of 51 (11.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	444	432	163	269	12	5	7
2016-17	430 -14	417 -15	160 -3	257 -12	13 1	5	8 1
2017-18	427 -3	412 -5	156 -4	256 -1	15 2	4 -1	11 3
2018-19	442 15	428 16	147 -9	281 25	14 -1	4	10 -1
2019-20	419 -23	406 -22	142 -5	264 -17	13 -1	4	9 -1
2020-21	403 -16	392 -14	133 -9	259 -5	11 -2	3 -1	8 -1
2021-22	445 42	435 43	151 18	284 25	10 -1	6 3	4 -4
2022-23	455 10	445 10	156 5	289 5	10	7 1	3 -1
2023-24	476 21	464 19	182 26	282 -7	12 2	9 2	3
2024-25	495 19	484 20	185 3	299 17	11 -1	8 -1	3
Average	444	432	158	274	12	6	7

Soka University of America Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 432 where 484 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 Soka University of America since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	432	432	163	269	0
2016-17	417	417	160	257	0
2017-18	412	412	156	256	0
2018-19	428	428	147	281	0
2019-20	406	406	142	264	0
2020-21	392	392	133	259	0
2021-22	435	435	151	284	0
2022-23	445	445	156	289	0
2023-24	464	464	182	282	0
2024-25	484	484	185	299	0
Average	432	432	158	274	432

Soka University of America Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 12 where 11 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 Soka University of America since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12	12	5	7	0
2016-17	13	13	5	8	0
2017-18	15	15	4	11	0
2018-19	14	14	4	10	0
2019-20	13	13	4	9	0
2020-21	11	11	3	8	0
2021-22	10	10	6	4	0
2022-23	10	10	7	3	0
2023-24	12	12	9	3	0
2024-25	11	11	8	3	0
Average	12	12	6	7	12

Soka University of America Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 11.72% and the percentage of black students is 1.41% at Soka University of America. 9.70% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 13.94% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 20.27% to 11.72%. Asian enrollment declined from 16.67% to 9.70%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.05% to 1.41%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.68% to 13.94%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.9536 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.9183 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Soka University of America 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	74	18	43	1	90	19
2016-17	2	63	16	41	2	82	22
2017-18	0	57	16	44	2	86	29
2018-19	0	59	15	52	2	84	28
2019-20	0	59	12	47	3	71	25
2020-21	0	50	10	54	2	65	19
2021-22	0	59	8	62	2	71	18
2022-23	0	54	9	56	0	67	23
2023-24	0	47	10	61	1	67	25
2024-25	0	48	7	69	1	58	30
Average	0	57	12	53	2	74	24

Soka University of America Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Soka

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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