Enrollment Trends at Strayer University-Alabama

The student population at Strayer University-Alabama is 1,329 (1,196 undergraduate and 133 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 519 (64.07%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Strayer University-Alabama is 89.99% which is increased by 754 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 235 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 23 male students for every 100 female students, down from 31 in 2015.
1,327 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 95.43% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,305 where 1,329 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 1,802 students in 2020 and was lowest at 810 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 810 to 1,329 students, a net gain of 519 (64.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	810	442	107	335	368	86	282
2016-17	854 44	518 76	133 26	385 50	336 -32	69 -17	267 -15
2017-18	957 103	666 148	160 27	506 121	291 -45	66 -3	225 -42
2018-19	1,234 277	957 291	197 37	760 254	277 -14	69 3	208 -17
2019-20	1,802 568	1,511 554	283 86	1,228 468	291 14	56 -13	235 27
2020-21	1,738 -64	1,534 23	316 33	1,218 -10	204 -87	40 -16	164 -71
2021-22	1,345 -393	1,188 -346	215 -101	973 -245	157 -47	28 -12	129 -35
2022-23	1,380 35	1,237 49	237 22	1,000 27	143 -14	28	115 -14
2023-24	1,596 216	1,473 236	251 14	1,222 222	123 -20	17 -11	106 -9
2024-25	1,329 -267	1,196 -277	229 -22	967 -255	133 10	21 4	112 6
Average	1,305	1,072	213	859	232	48	184

Strayer University-Alabama Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,072 where 1,196 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 Strayer University-Alabama since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	442	45	25	20	397	82	315
2016-17	518	80	46	34	438	87	351
2017-18	666	73	44	29	593	116	477
2018-19	957	58	32	26	899	165	734
2019-20	1,511	72	36	36	1,439	247	1,192
2020-21	1,534	102	58	44	1,432	258	1,174
2021-22	1,188	62	27	35	1,126	188	938
2022-23	1,237	85	38	47	1,152	199	953
2023-24	1,473	34	7	27	1,439	244	1,195
2024-25	1,196	35	11	24	1,161	218	943
Average	1,072	1,072	32	32	1,072	180	827

Strayer University-Alabama Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 232 where 133 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 Strayer University-Alabama since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	368	30	6	24	338	80	258
2016-17	336	39	12	27	297	57	240
2017-18	291	36	10	26	255	56	199
2018-19	277	26	9	17	251	60	191
2019-20	291	23	4	19	268	52	216
2020-21	204	22	10	12	182	30	152
2021-22	157	21	6	15	136	22	114
2022-23	143	27	7	20	116	21	95
2023-24	123	24	1	23	99	16	83
2024-25	133	40	6	34	93	15	78
Average	232	232	7	22	232	41	163

Strayer University-Alabama Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 23.78% and the percentage of black students is 70.58% at Strayer University-Alabama. 0.08% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 1.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 12.84% to 23.78%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.37% to 0.08%. Black student enrollment decreased from 80.12% to 70.58%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 1.48% to 1.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4445 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3409 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Strayer University-Alabama 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	3	649	12	1	104	17
2016-17	4	4	655	20	0	131	26
2017-18	4	2	741	22	0	151	19
2018-19	7	2	941	18	0	221	28
2019-20	27	0	1,370	32	0	312	42
2020-21	7	1	1,266	28	0	365	54
2021-22	20	0	922	27	0	330	36
2022-23	10	0	933	33	0	354	40
2023-24	15	1	1,062	27	1	437	37
2024-25	10	1	938	16	4	316	33
Average	11	1	948	24	1	272	33

Strayer University-Alabama Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,327 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 100% of total students. The number of online students has increased 95.43% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Strayer University-Alabama from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	810	679	51	80
2016-17	854	752	80	22
2017-18	957	887	69	1
2018-19	1,234	1,187	47	0
2019-20	1,802	1,761	41	0
2020-21	1,738	1,738	0	0
2021-22	1,345	1,345	0	0
2022-23	1,380	1,380	0	0
2023-24	1,596	1,593	3	0
2024-25	1,329	1,327	2	0
Average	1,305	1,265	29	10

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Enrollment Trends at Strayer University-Alabama

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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