Enrollment Trends at SAU

The student population at Spring Arbor University is 2,441 (1,139 undergraduate and 1,302 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 960 (28.23%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at SAU is 46.66% which is decreased by 1,293 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 333 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 33 male students for every 100 female students, down from 41 in 2015.
1,506 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 167.50% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,988 where 2,441 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 3,436 students in 2019 and was lowest at 2,390 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,401 to 2,441 students, a net loss of 960 (28.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,401	2,432	776	1,656	969	218	751
2016-17	3,341 -60	2,203 -229	725 -51	1,478 -178	1,138 169	238 20	900 149
2017-18	3,342 1	1,957 -246	661 -64	1,296 -182	1,385 247	259 21	1,126 226
2018-19	3,436 94	1,807 -150	583 -78	1,224 -72	1,629 244	255 -4	1,374 248
2019-20	3,333 -103	1,614 -193	528 -55	1,086 -138	1,719 90	251 -4	1,468 94
2020-21	3,118 -215	1,350 -264	436 -92	914 -172	1,768 49	225 -26	1,543 75
2021-22	2,685 -433	1,215 -135	403 -33	812 -102	1,470 -298	174 -51	1,296 -247
2022-23	2,396 -289	1,127 -88	391 -12	736 -76	1,269 -201	158 -16	1,111 -185
2023-24	2,390 -6	1,091 -36	414 23	677 -59	1,299 30	159 1	1,140 29
2024-25	2,441 51	1,139 48	418 4	721 44	1,302 3	184 25	1,118 -22
Average	2,988	1,594	534	1,060	1,395	212	1,183

Spring Arbor University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,594 where 1,139 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 Spring Arbor University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,432	1,703	575	1,128	729	201	528
2016-17	2,203	1,559	520	1,039	644	205	439
2017-18	1,957	1,380	482	898	577	179	398
2018-19	1,807	1,181	425	756	626	158	468
2019-20	1,614	1,134	382	752	480	146	334
2020-21	1,350	968	322	646	382	114	268
2021-22	1,215	933	318	615	282	85	197
2022-23	1,127	879	322	557	248	69	179
2023-24	1,091	887	338	549	204	76	128
2024-25	1,139	909	327	582	230	91	139
Average	1,594	1,594	401	752	1,594	132	308

Spring Arbor University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,395 where 1,302 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 Spring Arbor University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	969	587	144	443	382	74	308
2016-17	1,138	896	183	713	242	55	187
2017-18	1,385	1,181	213	968	204	46	158
2018-19	1,629	1,404	216	1,188	225	39	186
2019-20	1,719	1,501	221	1,280	218	30	188
2020-21	1,768	1,503	190	1,313	265	35	230
2021-22	1,470	1,301	149	1,152	169	25	144
2022-23	1,269	1,115	138	977	154	20	134
2023-24	1,299	1,090	141	949	209	18	191
2024-25	1,302	1,109	158	951	193	26	167
Average	1,395	1,395	175	993	1,395	37	189

Spring Arbor University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.01%. The percentage was 74.86% 10 years ago and SAU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.25% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.50% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.79% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 74.86% to 65.01%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.85% to 2.25%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.76% to 9.50%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.09% to 4.79%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5642 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4264 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Spring Arbor 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	14	29	366	105	5	2,546	80
2016-17	16	37	400	120	5	2,407	83
2017-18	14	48	383	146	4	2,322	78
2018-19	22	42	386	147	7	2,392	75
2019-20	24	34	341	152	6	2,339	83
2020-21	18	39	303	144	5	2,225	85
2021-22	11	52	232	122	4	1,900	76
2022-23	10	45	191	96	3	1,697	59
2023-24	10	58	221	113	3	1,635	72
2024-25	12	55	232	117	3	1,587	87
Average	15	44	306	126	5	2,105	78

Spring Arbor University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,506 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 62% of total students. The number of online students has increased 167.50% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Spring Arbor University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,401	563	0	2,838
2016-17	3,341	898	560	1,883
2017-18	3,342	1,163	826	1,353
2018-19	3,436	1,444	756	1,236
2019-20	3,333	1,551	0	1,782
2020-21	3,118	1,540	625	953
2021-22	2,685	1,245	719	721
2022-23	2,396	1,029	643	724
2023-24	2,390	1,498	281	611
2024-25	2,441	1,506	330	605
Average	2,988	1,244	474	1,271

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Enrollment Trends at SAU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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