Enrollment Trends at Strayer University-Pennsylvania

The student population at Strayer University-Pennsylvania is 1,384 (1,226 undergraduate and 158 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 782 (36.10%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Strayer University-Pennsylvania is 88.58% which is decreased by 439 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 343 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 31 male students for every 100 female students, down from 56 in 2015.
1,362 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -9.56% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,914 where 1,384 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,389 students in 2020 and was lowest at 1,374 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,166 to 1,384 students, a net loss of 782 (36.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,166	1,665	581	1,084	501	194	307
2016-17	2,177 11	1,753 88	586 5	1,167 83	424 -77	148 -46	276 -31
2017-18	2,177	1,789 36	520 -66	1,269 102	388 -36	128 -20	260 -16
2018-19	2,261 84	1,928 139	447 -73	1,481 212	333 -55	114 -14	219 -41
2019-20	2,389 128	2,103 175	442 -5	1,661 180	286 -47	105 -9	181 -38
2020-21	2,190 -199	1,973 -130	366 -76	1,607 -54	217 -69	71 -34	146 -35
2021-22	1,520 -670	1,347 -626	299 -67	1,048 -559	173 -44	53 -18	120 -26
2022-23	1,374 -146	1,222 -125	289 -10	933 -115	152 -21	45 -8	107 -13
2023-24	1,503 129	1,334 112	325 36	1,009 76	169 17	43 -2	126 19
2024-25	1,384 -119	1,226 -108	288 -37	938 -71	158 -11	38 -5	120 -6
Average	1,914	1,634	414	1,220	280	94	186

Strayer University-Pennsylvania Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,634 where 1,226 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-Pennsylvania since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,665	166	92	74	1,499	489	1,010
2016-17	1,753	176	94	82	1,577	492	1,085
2017-18	1,789	174	84	90	1,615	436	1,179
2018-19	1,928	165	59	106	1,763	388	1,375
2019-20	2,103	119	45	74	1,984	397	1,587
2020-21	1,973	105	33	72	1,868	333	1,535
2021-22	1,347	73	27	46	1,274	272	1,002
2022-23	1,222	67	29	38	1,155	260	895
2023-24	1,334	61	26	35	1,273	299	974
2024-25	1,226	51	18	33	1,175	270	905
Average	1,634	1,634	51	65	1,634	364	1,155

Strayer University-Pennsylvania Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 280 where 158 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-Pennsylvania since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	501	80	32	48	421	162	259
2016-17	424	69	25	44	355	123	232
2017-18	388	53	14	39	335	114	221
2018-19	333	61	19	42	272	95	177
2019-20	286	55	19	36	231	86	145
2020-21	217	45	13	32	172	58	114
2021-22	173	47	13	34	126	40	86
2022-23	152	38	14	24	114	31	83
2023-24	169	48	16	32	121	27	94
2024-25	158	58	18	40	100	20	80
Average	280	280	18	37	280	76	149

Strayer University-Pennsylvania Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 31.79% and the percentage of black students is 47.18% at Strayer University-Pennsylvania. 0.79% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 12.86% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 32.59% to 31.79%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.85% to 0.79%. Black student enrollment decreased from 49.49% to 47.18%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.46% to 12.86%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6577 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6391 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-Pennsylvania 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	11	40	1,072	205	4	706	45
2016-17	16	36	1,107	228	2	668	63
2017-18	17	35	1,122	218	7	666	60
2018-19	16	43	1,179	234	2	660	74
2019-20	15	33	1,260	268	3	681	86
2020-21	9	22	1,131	243	1	669	89
2021-22	5	16	782	199	2	437	59
2022-23	3	16	688	195	3	394	61
2023-24	6	15	765	220	6	402	52
2024-25	7	11	653	178	1	440	61
Average	11	27	976	219	3	572	65

Strayer University-Pennsylvania Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,362 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 99% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -9.56% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Strayer University-Pennsylvania from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,166	1,506	288	372
2016-17	2,177	1,611	302	264
2017-18	2,177	1,769	264	144
2018-19	2,261	1,971	253	37
2019-20	2,389	2,191	181	17
2020-21	2,190	2,190	0	0
2021-22	1,520	1,520	0	0
2022-23	1,374	1,374	0	0
2023-24	1,503	1,492	11	0
2024-25	1,384	1,362	21	1
Average	1,914	1,699	132	84

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