Enrollment Trends for Alaska Colleges

Alaska Colleges Enrollment Trends Summary (2015-2025)

Overall Population Change:
- Total Enrollment: 20,273 students were enrolled in Alaska colleges.
- 10-Year Change: The total student population decreased by -32% compared to a decade ago.
Student Level Trends:
- Undergraduate Growth: Undergraduate enrollment saw a decrease of -32.69% compared to a decade ago.
- Graduate Growth: Graduate enrollment saw a decrease of -19.75% compared to a decade ago.
Gender Dynamics:
- Current Ratio: There are more women students than men, with a ratio of 1.59 women to 1 man.
- Women Enrollment: Women students total 12,460 and have decreased by -28.66% compared to a decade ago.
- Men Enrollment: Men students total 7,813 and have decreased by -35.76% compared to a decade ago.
Online Education Growth:
- Online Exclusively: 7,476 students (36.88%) are enrolled exclusively in online programs.
- Online Growth: The number of students enrolled completely online has seen a dramatic increase of 19% since 2015.

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 23,960, and 20,273 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2024-2025.

Of the total students, 90.85% are undergraduate students and 9.15% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 6,693, and the graduate student enrollment decreased by 505.

The women to men ratio is 1.64 to 1, meaning that there are more women students enrolled in Alaska Colleges than men students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Alaska Colleges since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	29,628	27,071	11,235	15,836	2,557	928	1,629
2015-16	28,984 -644	26,439 -632	11,004 -231	15,435 -401	2,545 -12	949 21	1,596 -33
2016-17	27,933 -1,051	25,484 -955	10,573 -431	14,911 -524	2,449 -96	891 -58	1,558 -38
2017-18	26,401 -1,532	24,103 -1,381	9,994 -579	14,109 -802	2,298 -151	807 -84	1,491 -67
2018-19	25,196 -1,205	23,005 -1,098	9,283 -711	13,722 -387	2,191 -107	807	1,384 -107
2019-20	22,897 -2,299	20,805 -2,200	8,185 -1,098	12,620 -1,102	2,092 -99	754 -53	1,338 -46
2020-21	21,601 -1,296	19,562 -1,243	7,468 -717	12,094 -526	2,039 -53	708 -46	1,331 -7
2021-22	20,534 -1,067	18,548 -1,014	7,017 -451	11,531 -563	1,986 -53	678 -30	1,308 -23
2022-23	19,807 -727	17,993 -555	6,887 -130	11,106 -425	1,814 -172	664 -14	1,150 -158
2023-24	20,308 501	18,291 298	7,049 162	11,242 136	2,017 203	637 -27	1,380 230
2024-25	20,273 -35	18,221 -70	7,149 100	11,072 -170	2,052 35	664 27	1,388 8
Average	23,960	21,775	8,713	13,062	2,185	772	1,414

Alaska Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 21,775. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 8,850 from 27,071 to 18,221.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Alaska Colleges since 2015.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	27,071	12,018	5,699	6,319	15,053	5,536	9,517
2015-16	26,439	11,720	5,561	6,159	14,719	5,443	9,276
2016-17	25,484	11,192	5,336	5,856	14,292	5,237	9,055
2017-18	24,103	10,907	5,061	5,846	13,196	4,933	8,263
2018-19	23,005	10,210	4,720	5,490	12,795	4,563	8,232
2019-20	20,805	9,021	4,113	4,908	11,784	4,072	7,712
2020-21	19,562	7,971	3,542	4,429	11,591	3,926	7,665
2021-22	18,548	7,247	3,226	4,021	11,301	3,791	7,510
2022-23	17,993	7,154	3,034	4,120	10,839	3,853	6,986
2023-24	18,291	7,380	3,189	4,191	10,911	3,860	7,051
2024-25	18,221	7,737	3,374	4,363	10,484	3,775	6,709
Average	21,775	21,775	4,260	5,064	21,775	4,454	7,998

Alaska Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 2,185. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students decreased by 505 from 2,557 to 2,052.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Alaska Colleges since 2015.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	2,557	940	395	545	1,617	533	1,084
2015-16	2,545	924	396	528	1,621	553	1,068
2016-17	2,449	863	366	497	1,586	525	1,061
2017-18	2,298	783	332	451	1,515	475	1,040
2018-19	2,191	751	317	434	1,440	490	950
2019-20	2,092	646	278	368	1,446	476	970
2020-21	2,039	644	271	373	1,395	437	958
2021-22	1,986	615	231	384	1,371	447	924
2022-23	1,814	590	236	354	1,224	428	796
2023-24	2,017	640	219	421	1,377	418	959
2024-25	2,052	669	257	412	1,383	407	976
Average	2,185	2,185	300	433	2,185	472	981

Alaska Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.67% and the percentage of black students is 2.57% at Alaska Colleges. 6.12% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Alaska Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2014-15	2,703	1,426	788	1,797	201	15,849	2,061
2015-16	2,667	1,449	774	1,843	199	15,318	2,155
2016-17	2,494	1,453	785	1,926	201	14,727	2,242
2017-18	2,347	1,478	688	1,945	190	14,315	2,418
2018-19	2,378	1,240	694	1,929	363	13,337	2,358
2019-20	2,064	1,072	612	1,794	468	11,855	2,298
2020-21	1,908	1,044	608	1,700	448	11,201	2,125
2021-22	2,036	1,054	544	1,588	388	10,352	2,044
2022-23	1,835	1,028	540	1,704	332	9,880	1,949
2023-24	1,872	1,363	532	1,751	133	9,892	1,954
2024-25	1,878	1,372	576	1,887	141	9,795	2,203
Average	2,198	1,271	649	1,806	279	12,411	2,164

Alaska Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

7,476 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 33% of total students. The number of online students has increased 40.29% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Alaska Colleges from 2012 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	30,783	5,329	5,475	19,979
2013-14	30,493	5,825	6,263	18,405
2014-15	29,628	6,292	6,286	17,050
2015-16	28,984	6,289	6,933	15,762
2016-17	27,933	6,492	7,152	14,289
2017-18	26,401	6,616	7,401	12,384
2018-19	25,196	6,762	7,261	11,173
2019-20	22,897	6,909	6,906	9,082
2020-21	21,601	15,232	4,680	1,689
2021-22	20,534	10,216	6,504	3,814
2022-23	19,807	8,259	6,333	5,215
2023-24	20,308	7,754	6,756	5,798
2024-25	20,273	7,476	6,947	5,850
Average	24,988	7,650	6,531	10,807