Enrollment Trends at Strayer University-Tennessee

The student population at Strayer University-Tennessee is 1,965 (1,784 undergraduate and 181 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 190 (8.82%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Strayer University-Tennessee is 90.79% which is increased by 246 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 436 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 23 male students for every 100 female students, down from 29 in 2015.
1,964 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 33.42% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,896 where 1,965 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 4,121 students in 2020 and was lowest at 1,965 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,155 to 1,965 students, a net loss of 190 (8.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,155	1,538	351	1,187	617	128	489
2016-17	2,247 92	1,694 156	391 40	1,303 116	553 -64	124 -4	429 -60
2017-18	2,575 328	2,052 358	413 22	1,639 336	523 -30	106 -18	417 -12
2018-19	3,081 506	2,584 532	442 29	2,142 503	497 -26	90 -16	407 -10
2019-20	4,121 1,040	3,632 1,048	603 161	3,029 887	489 -8	83 -7	406 -1
2020-21	4,102 -19	3,670 38	615 12	3,055 26	432 -57	72 -11	360 -46
2021-22	2,909 -1,193	2,569 -1,101	449 -166	2,120 -935	340 -92	58 -14	282 -78
2022-23	2,882 -27	2,598 29	504 55	2,094 -26	284 -56	46 -12	238 -44
2023-24	2,920 38	2,670 72	521 17	2,149 55	250 -34	45 -1	205 -33
2024-25	1,965 -955	1,784 -886	346 -175	1,438 -711	181 -69	20 -25	161 -44
Average	2,896	2,479	464	2,016	417	77	339

Strayer University-Tennessee Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,479 where 1,784 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-Tennessee since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,538	110	59	51	1,428	292	1,136
2016-17	1,694	125	76	49	1,569	315	1,254
2017-18	2,052	118	63	55	1,934	350	1,584
2018-19	2,584	118	58	60	2,466	384	2,082
2019-20	3,632	116	38	78	3,516	565	2,951
2020-21	3,670	140	59	81	3,530	556	2,974
2021-22	2,569	126	53	73	2,443	396	2,047
2022-23	2,598	145	64	81	2,453	440	2,013
2023-24	2,670	83	36	47	2,587	485	2,102
2024-25	1,784	68	25	43	1,716	321	1,395
Average	2,479	2,479	53	62	2,479	410	1,954

Strayer University-Tennessee Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 417 where 181 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-Tennessee since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	617	70	23	47	547	105	442
2016-17	553	71	24	47	482	100	382
2017-18	523	60	13	47	463	93	370
2018-19	497	46	13	33	451	77	374
2019-20	489	39	7	32	450	76	374
2020-21	432	48	11	37	384	61	323
2021-22	340	57	14	43	283	44	239
2022-23	284	46	8	38	238	38	200
2023-24	250	46	13	33	204	32	172
2024-25	181	47	5	42	134	15	119
Average	417	417	13	40	417	64	300

Strayer University-Tennessee Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 28.50% and the percentage of black students is 65.65% at Strayer University-Tennessee. 0.05% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 1.27% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 15.31% to 28.50%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.19% to 0.05%. Black student enrollment decreased from 76.84% to 65.65%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 2.09% to 1.27%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4867 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3852 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-Tennessee 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	4	1,656	45	1	330	42
2016-17	10	5	1,761	45	2	326	50
2017-18	12	6	2,036	46	2	346	73
2018-19	12	10	2,492	46	1	381	91
2019-20	8	9	3,176	63	4	680	126
2020-21	12	7	2,971	48	5	889	122
2021-22	9	2	1,986	59	1	743	77
2022-23	11	3	1,861	52	4	845	78
2023-24	10	4	1,853	43	3	908	74
2024-25	10	1	1,290	25	2	560	60
Average	11	5	2,108	47	3	601	79

Strayer University-Tennessee Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,964 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 33.42% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Strayer University-Tennessee from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,155	1,472	240	443
2016-17	2,247	1,729	219	299
2017-18	2,575	2,209	167	199
2018-19	3,081	2,741	167	173
2019-20	4,121	3,858	141	122
2020-21	4,102	4,102	0	0
2021-22	2,909	2,909	0	0
2022-23	2,882	2,882	0	0
2023-24	2,920	2,918	2	0
2024-25	1,965	1,964	1	0
Average	2,896	2,678	94	124

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Enrollment Trends at Strayer University-Tennessee

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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