The student population at Stephens College is 568 (392 undergraduate and 176 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 333 over the past decade.
The percentage of undergraduate students at Stephens is 69.01% which is decreased by 324 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 9 and it has been decreasing.
44 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -73.49% since 2015.
The average student population over the last 11 years is 703 where 568 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.
69.01% of total students is undergraduate students and 30.99% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 324 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 9 over past 10 years.
The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Stephens College since 2015.
| Year | Total | Undergraduate | Graduate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | ||
| 2015-16 | 901 | 716 | 9 | 707 | 185 | 23 | 162 |
| 2016-17 | 954 53 | 729 13 | 10 1 | 719 12 | 225 40 | 27 4 | 198 36 |
| 2017-18 | 862 -92 | 653 -76 | 7 -3 | 646 -73 | 209 -16 | 40 13 | 169 -29 |
| 2018-19 | 756 -106 | 555 -98 | 3 -4 | 552 -94 | 201 -8 | 41 1 | 160 -9 |
| 2019-20 | 652 -104 | 480 -75 | 3 | 477 -75 | 172 -29 | 41 | 131 -29 |
| 2020-21 | 622 -30 | 443 -37 | 3 | 440 -37 | 179 7 | 31 -10 | 148 17 |
| 2021-22 | 593 -29 | 409 -34 | 0 -3 | 409 -31 | 184 5 | 31 | 153 5 |
| 2022-23 | 590 -3 | 407 -2 | 10 10 | 397 -12 | 183 -1 | 29 -2 | 154 1 |
| 2023-24 | 532 -58 | 354 -53 | 14 4 | 340 -57 | 178 -5 | 27 -2 | 151 -3 |
| 2024-25 | 568 36 | 392 38 | 15 1 | 377 37 | 176 -2 | 28 1 | 148 -3 |
| Average | 703 | 514 | 7 | 506 | 189 | 32 | 157 |
The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 514 where 392 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 Stephens College since 2015.
| Year | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | ||
| 2015-16 | 716 | 595 | 1 | 594 | 121 | 8 | 113 |
| 2016-17 | 729 | 607 | 0 | 607 | 122 | 10 | 112 |
| 2017-18 | 653 | 542 | 3 | 539 | 111 | 4 | 107 |
| 2018-19 | 555 | 457 | 0 | 457 | 98 | 3 | 95 |
| 2019-20 | 480 | 411 | 0 | 411 | 69 | 3 | 66 |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 373 | 0 | 373 | 70 | 3 | 67 |
| 2021-22 | 409 | 366 | 0 | 366 | 43 | 0 | 43 |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 380 | 10 | 370 | 27 | 0 | 27 |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 335 | 14 | 321 | 19 | 0 | 19 |
| 2024-25 | 392 | 379 | 14 | 365 | 13 | 1 | 12 |
| Average | 514 | 514 | 4 | 440 | 514 | 3 | 66 |
The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 189 where 176 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 Stephens College since 2015.
| Year | Total | Full-time | Part-time | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | ||
| 2015-16 | 185 | 41 | 8 | 33 | 144 | 15 | 129 |
| 2016-17 | 225 | 118 | 16 | 102 | 107 | 11 | 96 |
| 2017-18 | 209 | 138 | 29 | 109 | 71 | 11 | 60 |
| 2018-19 | 201 | 144 | 35 | 109 | 57 | 6 | 51 |
| 2019-20 | 172 | 135 | 35 | 100 | 37 | 6 | 31 |
| 2020-21 | 179 | 153 | 29 | 124 | 26 | 2 | 24 |
| 2021-22 | 184 | 147 | 29 | 118 | 37 | 2 | 35 |
| 2022-23 | 183 | 158 | 26 | 132 | 25 | 3 | 22 |
| 2023-24 | 178 | 149 | 24 | 125 | 29 | 3 | 26 |
| 2024-25 | 176 | 146 | 24 | 122 | 30 | 4 | 26 |
| Average | 189 | 189 | 26 | 107 | 189 | 6 | 50 |
The percentage of white students is 52.29%. The percentage was 71.81% 10 years ago and Stephens still has a high percentage of white students. 1.76% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.22% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 1.41% of the student body.
Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 71.81% to 52.29%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.44% to 1.76%. Black student enrollment decreased from 13.32% to 7.22%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 4.33% to 1.41%.
The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7179 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.4601 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.
The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Stephens College 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 8 | 13 | 120 | 39 | 4 | 647 | 59 |
| 2016-17 | 10 | 12 | 110 | 33 | 4 | 689 | 63 |
| 2017-18 | 10 | 7 | 106 | 38 | 1 | 604 | 71 |
| 2018-19 | 6 | 9 | 98 | 37 | 0 | 535 | 47 |
| 2019-20 | 3 | 7 | 76 | 33 | 0 | 465 | 48 |
| 2020-21 | 4 | 10 | 62 | 29 | 0 | 437 | 41 |
| 2021-22 | 3 | 18 | 46 | 17 | 0 | 404 | 42 |
| 2022-23 | 4 | 14 | 57 | 12 | 11 | 407 | 48 |
| 2023-24 | 3 | 11 | 48 | 6 | 0 | 329 | 36 |
| 2024-25 | 2 | 10 | 41 | 8 | 2 | 297 | 31 |
| Average | 5 | 11 | 76 | 25 | 2 | 481 | 49 |
44 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -73.49% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Stephens College from 2015 to 2025.
| Year | Total Enrollment | Online Completely | Enrolled in Some Online Courses | Not Enrolled in Online Courses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | 901 | 166 | 39 | 696 |
| 2016-17 | 954 | 168 | 48 | 738 |
| 2017-18 | 862 | 127 | 58 | 677 |
| 2018-19 | 756 | 132 | 36 | 588 |
| 2019-20 | 652 | 101 | 64 | 487 |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 107 | 25 | 490 |
| 2021-22 | 593 | 73 | 56 | 464 |
| 2022-23 | 590 | 24 | 227 | 339 |
| 2023-24 | 532 | 52 | 2 | 478 |
| 2024-25 | 568 | 44 | 0 | 524 |
| Average | 703 | 99 | 56 | 548 |
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