Enrollment Trends for Alabama Colleges

Alabama Colleges Enrollment Trends Summary (2015-2025)

Overall Population Change:
- Total Enrollment: 223,318 students were enrolled in Alabama colleges.
- 10-Year Change: The total student population increased by 5% compared to a decade ago.
Student Level Trends:
- Undergraduate Growth: Undergraduate enrollment saw a increase of 0.74% compared to a decade ago.
- Graduate Growth: Graduate enrollment saw a increase of 21.13% compared to a decade ago.
Gender Dynamics:
- Current Ratio: There are more women students than men, with a ratio of 1.35 women to 1 man.
- Women Enrollment: Women students total 128,378 and have increased by 8.71% compared to a decade ago.
- Men Enrollment: Men students total 94,940 and have increased by 0.56% compared to a decade ago.
Online Education Growth:
- Online Exclusively: 66,636 students (29.84%) are enrolled exclusively in online programs.
- Online Growth: The number of students enrolled completely online has seen a dramatic increase of 35% since 2015.

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 218,825, and 223,318 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2024-2025.

Of the total students, 75.51% are undergraduate students and 24.49% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students increased by 1,955, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 9,587.

The women to men ratio is 1.35 to 1, meaning that there are more women students enrolled in Alabama Colleges than men students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	212,507	167,229	76,664	90,565	45,278	17,749	27,529
2015-16	213,524 1,017	168,278 1,049	76,831 167	91,447 882	45,246 -32	17,756 7	27,490 -39
2016-17	217,461 3,937	171,471 3,193	77,972 1,141	93,499 2,052	45,990 744	18,035 279	27,955 465
2017-18	221,008 3,547	173,769 2,298	78,391 419	95,378 1,879	47,239 1,249	18,245 210	28,994 1,039
2018-19	223,578 2,570	174,790 1,021	78,112 -279	96,678 1,300	48,788 1,549	18,481 236	30,307 1,313
2019-20	222,644 -934	172,815 -1,975	76,635 -1,477	96,180 -498	49,829 1,041	18,513 32	31,316 1,009
2020-21	220,550 -2,094	167,754 -5,061	73,614 -3,021	94,140 -2,040	52,796 2,967	19,286 773	33,510 2,194
2021-22	216,811 -3,739	163,435 -4,319	71,055 -2,559	92,380 -1,760	53,376 580	19,520 234	33,856 346
2022-23	214,910 -1,901	162,288 -1,147	70,682 -373	91,606 -774	52,622 -754	19,667 147	32,955 -901
2023-24	220,765 5,855	167,111 4,823	73,520 2,838	93,591 1,985	53,654 1,032	20,723 1,056	32,931 -24
2024-25	223,318 2,553	168,471 1,360	73,607 87	94,864 1,273	54,847 1,193	21,333 610	33,514 583
Average	218,825	168,856	75,189	93,666	49,970	19,028	30,942

Alabama Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 168,856. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 1,242 from 167,229 to 168,471.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	167,229	130,374	58,736	71,638	36,855	17,928	18,927
2015-16	168,278	132,057	59,269	72,788	36,221	17,562	18,659
2016-17	171,471	137,303	61,856	75,447	34,168	16,116	18,052
2017-18	173,769	140,250	62,500	77,750	33,519	15,891	17,628
2018-19	174,790	140,405	62,155	78,250	34,385	15,957	18,428
2019-20	172,815	138,389	60,927	77,462	34,426	15,708	18,718
2020-21	167,754	133,549	58,183	75,366	34,205	15,431	18,774
2021-22	163,435	131,083	56,823	74,260	32,352	14,232	18,120
2022-23	162,288	130,343	56,654	73,689	31,945	14,028	17,917
2023-24	167,111	134,071	58,885	75,186	33,040	14,635	18,405
2024-25	168,471	137,716	60,276	77,440	30,755	13,331	17,424
Average	168,856	168,856	59,660	75,389	168,856	15,529	18,277

Alabama Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 49,970. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 9,569 from 45,278 to 54,847.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	45,278	29,088	11,721	17,367	16,190	6,028	10,162
2015-16	45,246	29,080	11,780	17,300	16,166	5,976	10,190
2016-17	45,990	29,698	11,903	17,795	16,292	6,132	10,160
2017-18	47,239	30,211	11,959	18,252	17,028	6,286	10,742
2018-19	48,788	31,127	11,908	19,219	17,661	6,573	11,088
2019-20	49,829	31,653	11,721	19,932	18,176	6,792	11,384
2020-21	52,796	32,792	11,910	20,882	20,004	7,376	12,628
2021-22	53,376	32,297	11,694	20,603	21,079	7,826	13,253
2022-23	52,622	32,815	12,221	20,594	19,807	7,446	12,361
2023-24	53,654	33,723	13,029	20,694	19,931	7,694	12,237
2024-25	54,847	34,499	13,363	21,136	20,348	7,970	12,378
Average	49,970	49,970	12,110	19,434	49,970	6,918	11,508

Alabama Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.66%. The percentage was 59.91% 10 years ago and Alabama Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 2.71% of enrolled students is Asian and 22.76% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Alabama 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	1,264	4,170	55,872	6,161	199	127,315	3,729
2015-16	1,277	4,447	54,699	6,794	208	128,200	4,360
2016-17	1,250	4,684	53,154	7,163	205	130,114	5,078
2017-18	1,184	4,791	53,243	7,704	260	132,904	5,396
2018-19	1,157	4,746	53,342	7,554	275	131,801	5,740
2019-20	1,087	4,822	51,979	7,768	254	131,024	5,790
2020-21	1,036	5,001	51,409	8,229	278	131,385	6,011
2021-22	970	5,158	50,193	8,429	377	129,613	6,139
2022-23	950	5,267	48,520	8,859	325	127,054	6,214
2023-24	917	5,606	49,731	10,258	298	129,356	7,179
2024-25	924	6,070	50,999	10,687	302	129,192	7,683
Average	1,092	4,978	52,104	8,146	271	129,814	5,756

Alabama Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

66,636 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 30% of total students. The number of online students has increased 60.64% since 2013.

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

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	211,683	41,482	41,111	129,090
2013-14	209,842	49,957	24,631	135,254
2014-15	212,507	49,208	28,124	135,175
2015-16	213,524	49,291	32,660	131,573
2016-17	217,461	52,051	32,091	133,319
2017-18	221,008	53,691	40,675	126,642
2018-19	223,578	57,720	47,821	118,037
2019-20	222,644	59,513	41,139	121,992
2020-21	220,610	74,138	81,126	65,346
2021-22	216,811	63,205	62,395	91,211
2022-23	214,910	61,893	62,358	90,659
2023-24	220,765	65,568	64,263	90,934
2024-25	223,318	66,636	67,890	88,792
Average	217,589	57,258	48,176	112,156