Enrollment Trends for Alabama Colleges

There are 42 active four-years colleges and universities in Alabama - 18 public and 24 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 214,910 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Alabama including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students increased by 1.52% from 211,683 to 214,910. The undergraduate population decreased by 3.12% and the graduate population increased by 19.12% in last 10 years at Alabama Colleges.

By gender, there are 124,561 female students and 90,349 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.38 to 1. The female students increased by 5.52% and male students decreased by 3.51% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 216,774, and 214,910 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 75.51% are undergraduate students and 24.49% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 5,220, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 8,447.

The female to male ratio is 1.38 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Alabama Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Alabama Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	211,683	167,508	76,492	91,016	44,175	17,144	27,031
2013-14	209,842 -1,841	165,484 -2,024	75,377 -1,115	90,107 -909	44,358 183	17,166 22	27,192 161
2014-15	212,507 2,665	167,229 1,745	76,664 1,287	90,565 458	45,278 920	17,749 583	27,529 337
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
Average	216,774	168,620	75,620	93,000	48,154	18,324	29,830

Alabama Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 168,620. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 5,220 from 167,508 to 162,288.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Alabama Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	167,508	128,060	57,689	70,371	39,448	18,803	20,645
2013-14	165,484	128,094	57,620	70,474	37,390	17,757	19,633
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
Average	168,620	168,620	59,310	74,318	168,620	16,310	18,682

Alabama Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 48,154. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 8,447 from 44,175 to 52,622.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Alabama Colleges since 2013.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	44,175	26,414	10,761	15,653	17,761	6,383	11,378
2013-14	44,358	26,924	10,842	16,082	17,434	6,324	11,110
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
Average	48,154	48,154	11,675	18,516	48,154	6,649	11,314

Alabama Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.12%. The percentage was 59.25% 10 years ago and Alabama Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 2.45% of enrolled students is Asian and 22.58% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Alabama Colleges over the past 11 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	1,324	3,938	58,593	5,584	194	125,426	2,510
2013-14	1,298	4,037	56,633	5,840	208	125,354	3,109
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
Average	1,163	4,642	53,422	7,280	253	129,108	4,916

Alabama Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

61,893 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 29% of total students. The number of online students has increased 49.20% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Alabama Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

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
Average	216,780	55,650	44,921	116,209

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