Enrollment Trends for Arkansas Colleges

There are 28 active four-years colleges and universities in Arkansas - 12 public and 16 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 113,722 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Arkansas including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students decreased by 0.59% from 114,399 to 113,722. The undergraduate population decreased by 5.58% and the graduate population increased by 24.69% in last 10 years at Arkansas Colleges.

By gender, there are 67,250 female students and 46,472 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.45 to 1. The female students increased by 3.81% and male students decreased by 6.34% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 113,650, and 113,722 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 79.34% are undergraduate students and 20.66% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 5,330, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 4,653.

The female to male ratio is 1.45 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Arkansas Colleges than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	114,399	95,555	42,617	52,938	18,844	7,002	11,842
2013-14	114,272 -127	95,786 231	42,882 265	52,904 -34	18,486 -358	7,036 34	11,450 -392
2014-15	114,584 312	96,178 392	42,906 24	53,272 368	18,406 -80	7,223 187	11,183 -267
2015-16	116,310 1,726	96,547 369	42,951 45	53,596 324	19,763 1,357	7,931 708	11,832 649
2016-17	117,481 1,171	96,123 -424	42,486 -465	53,637 41	21,358 1,595	8,608 677	12,750 918
2017-18	116,058 -1,423	95,031 -1,092	41,803 -683	53,228 -409	21,027 -331	8,093 -515	12,934 184
2018-19	114,692 -1,366	94,190 -841	41,167 -636	53,023 -205	20,502 -525	7,629 -464	12,873 -61
2019-20	112,562 -2,130	92,223 -1,967	39,784 -1,383	52,439 -584	20,339 -163	7,609 -20	12,730 -143
2020-21	108,582 -3,980	87,974 -4,249	37,193 -2,591	50,781 -1,658	20,608 269	7,694 85	12,914 184
2021-22	107,489 -1,093	85,698 -2,276	35,986 -1,207	49,712 -1,069	21,791 1,183	7,827 133	13,964 1,050
2022-23	113,722 6,233	90,225 4,527	37,798 1,812	52,427 2,715	23,497 1,706	8,674 847	14,823 859
Average	113,650	93,230	40,688	52,542	20,420	7,757	12,663

Arkansas Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 93,230. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 5,330 from 95,555 to 90,225.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	95,555	75,348	34,158	41,190	20,207	8,459	11,748
2013-14	95,786	75,498	34,267	41,231	20,288	8,615	11,673
2014-15	96,178	74,757	33,894	40,863	21,421	9,012	12,409
2015-16	96,547	74,887	33,877	41,010	21,660	9,074	12,586
2016-17	96,123	74,610	33,539	41,071	21,513	8,947	12,566
2017-18	95,031	74,063	33,133	40,930	20,968	8,670	12,298
2018-19	94,190	73,136	32,497	40,639	21,054	8,670	12,384
2019-20	92,223	71,070	31,208	39,862	21,153	8,576	12,577
2020-21	87,974	67,946	29,147	38,799	20,028	8,046	11,982
2021-22	85,698	65,844	28,257	37,587	19,854	7,729	12,125
2022-23	90,225	67,239	29,086	38,153	22,986	8,712	14,274
Average	93,230	93,230	32,097	40,121	93,230	8,592	12,420

Arkansas Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 20,420. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 4,653 from 18,844 to 23,497.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	18,844	6,988	3,030	3,958	11,856	3,972	7,884
2013-14	18,486	7,215	3,120	4,095	11,271	3,916	7,355
2014-15	18,406	7,230	3,200	4,030	11,176	4,023	7,153
2015-16	19,763	7,588	3,485	4,103	12,175	4,446	7,729
2016-17	21,358	8,020	3,661	4,359	13,338	4,947	8,391
2017-18	21,027	8,471	3,693	4,778	12,556	4,400	8,156
2018-19	20,502	8,157	3,249	4,908	12,345	4,380	7,965
2019-20	20,339	7,547	3,059	4,488	12,792	4,550	8,242
2020-21	20,608	7,874	3,170	4,704	12,734	4,524	8,210
2021-22	21,791	8,255	3,262	4,993	13,536	4,565	8,971
2022-23	23,497	9,034	3,701	5,333	14,463	4,973	9,490
Average	20,420	20,420	3,330	4,523	20,420	4,427	8,141

Arkansas Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.14%. The percentage was 70.40% 10 years ago and Arkansas Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 2.41% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.13% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Arkansas 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	1,081	2,055	17,645	4,486	85	80,535	2,742
2013-14	1,044	2,071	17,018	5,046	95	79,920	3,205
2014-15	1,016	2,100	16,905	5,619	105	79,587	3,416
2015-16	960	2,167	16,954	6,152	103	79,905	3,721
2016-17	931	2,196	16,926	6,486	99	79,926	3,955
2017-18	886	2,252	16,496	6,529	84	79,076	4,258
2018-19	826	2,311	15,959	6,945	77	78,114	4,666
2019-20	792	2,399	15,412	7,157	103	75,932	4,999
2020-21	769	2,455	14,842	7,469	134	72,314	5,274
2021-22	756	2,545	14,390	7,659	119	70,766	5,357
2022-23	804	2,736	16,073	8,824	146	72,938	5,390
Average	897	2,299	16,238	6,579	105	77,183	4,271

Arkansas Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

28,909 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has increased 220.75% since 2013.

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

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	114,399	9,013	21,678	83,708
2013-14	114,272	11,167	23,873	79,232
2014-15	114,584	11,829	23,408	79,347
2015-16	116,310	13,436	25,075	77,799
2016-17	117,481	15,091	24,507	77,883
2017-18	116,058	16,208	26,984	72,866
2018-19	114,692	16,736	27,223	70,733
2019-20	112,562	18,764	29,121	64,677
2020-21	108,585	34,420	49,664	24,501
2021-22	107,489	23,803	31,569	52,117
2022-23	113,722	28,909	31,948	52,865
Average	113,650	18,125	28,641	66,884

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