Enrollment Trends at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

The student population at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is 4,732 (3,084 undergraduate and 1,648 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 637 (15.56%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is 65.17% which is decreased by 39 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 676 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, down from 93 in 2015.
1,483 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 175.65% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,628 where 4,732 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 5,127 students in 2024 and was lowest at 4,095 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 4,095 to 4,732 students, a net gain of 637 (15.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,095	3,123	1,363	1,760	972	611	361
2016-17	4,771 676	3,287 164	1,485 122	1,802 42	1,484 512	989 378	495 134
2017-18	4,643 -128	3,475 188	1,566 81	1,909 107	1,168 -316	589 -400	579 84
2018-19	4,472 -171	3,543 68	1,581 15	1,962 53	929 -239	342 -247	587 8
2019-20	4,475 3	3,586 43	1,568 -13	2,018 56	889 -40	299 -43	590 3
2020-21	4,432 -43	3,447 -139	1,521 -47	1,926 -92	985 96	322 23	663 73
2021-22	4,434 2	3,160 -287	1,372 -149	1,788 -138	1,274 289	449 127	825 162
2022-23	5,094 660	3,148 -12	1,349 -23	1,799 11	1,946 672	947 498	999 174
2023-24	5,127 33	3,224 76	1,340 -9	1,884 85	1,903 -43	849 -98	1,054 55
2024-25	4,732 -395	3,084 -140	1,271 -69	1,813 -71	1,648 -255	674 -175	974 -80
Average	4,628	3,308	1,442	1,866	1,320	607	713

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,308 where 3,084 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 Southern Arkansas University Main Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,123	2,691	1,207	1,484	432	156	276
2016-17	3,287	2,834	1,302	1,532	453	183	270
2017-18	3,475	2,924	1,378	1,546	551	188	363
2018-19	3,543	3,019	1,368	1,651	524	213	311
2019-20	3,586	3,003	1,353	1,650	583	215	368
2020-21	3,447	2,950	1,325	1,625	497	196	301
2021-22	3,160	2,637	1,174	1,463	523	198	325
2022-23	3,148	2,648	1,170	1,478	500	179	321
2023-24	3,224	2,706	1,145	1,561	518	195	323
2024-25	3,084	2,593	1,078	1,515	491	193	298
Average	3,308	3,308	1,250	1,551	3,308	192	316

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,320 where 1,648 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 Southern Arkansas University Main Campus since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	972	336	267	69	636	344	292
2016-17	1,484	605	462	143	879	527	352
2017-18	1,168	947	528	419	221	61	160
2018-19	929	721	286	435	208	56	152
2019-20	889	136	55	81	753	244	509
2020-21	985	157	62	95	828	260	568
2021-22	1,274	276	137	139	998	312	686
2022-23	1,946	707	437	270	1,239	510	729
2023-24	1,903	541	280	261	1,362	569	793
2024-25	1,648	363	163	200	1,285	511	774
Average	1,320	1,320	268	211	1,320	339	502

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.20%. The percentage was 55.34% 10 years ago and Southern Arkansas University Main Campus still has a high percentage of white students. 0.72% of enrolled students is Asian and 19.55% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.14% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 55.34% to 55.20%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.61% to 0.72%. Black student enrollment decreased from 23.49% to 19.55%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.34% to 4.14%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6537 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6379 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus 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	23	25	962	96	30	2,266	3
2016-17	27	31	976	106	23	2,434	10
2017-18	34	46	1,061	128	12	2,693	7
2018-19	32	50	1,033	151	8	2,857	9
2019-20	20	41	978	179	3	2,928	90
2020-21	22	39	956	192	0	2,931	98
2021-22	15	41	833	189	1	2,573	269
2022-23	14	38	893	223	2	2,665	239
2023-24	29	32	972	194	2	2,675	236
2024-25	26	34	925	196	1	2,612	190
Average	24	38	959	165	8	2,663	115

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,483 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 31% of total students. The number of online students has increased 175.65% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,095	538	1,500	2,057
2016-17	4,771	574	2,176	2,021
2017-18	4,643	722	1,707	2,214
2018-19	4,472	869	1,482	2,121
2019-20	4,475	1,005	1,493	1,977
2020-21	4,432	1,223	2,575	634
2021-22	4,434	1,384	2,101	949
2022-23	5,094	1,513	2,777	804
2023-24	5,127	1,520	2,612	995
2024-25	4,732	1,483	2,438	811
Average	4,628	1,083	2,086	1,458

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Enrollment Trends at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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