Enrollment Trends for Arizona Colleges

There are 49 active four-years colleges and universities in Arizona - 18 public and 31 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 456,243 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Arizona including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students increased by 105.69% from 221,812 to 456,243. The undergraduate population increased by 101.5% and the graduate population increased by 119.44% in last 10 years at Arizona Colleges.

By gender, there are 291,501 female students and 164,742 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.77 to 1. The female students increased by 123.27% and male students increased by 80.53% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 379,886, and 456,243 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 75.00% are undergraduate students and 25.00% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students increased by 172,884, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 62,485.

The female to male ratio is 1.77 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Arizona Colleges than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	221,812	169,980	71,174	98,806	51,832	20,081	31,751
2013-14	212,129 -9,683	159,453 -10,527	67,205 -3,969	92,248 -6,558	52,676 844	20,457 376	32,219 468
2014-15	424,698 212,569	328,253 168,800	121,374 54,169	206,879 114,631	96,445 43,769	33,503 13,046	62,942 30,723
2015-16	413,180 -11,518	319,154 -9,099	119,608 -1,766	199,546 -7,333	94,026 -2,419	32,518 -985	61,508 -1,434
2016-17	391,297 -21,883	297,795 -21,359	113,906 -5,702	183,889 -15,657	93,502 -524	31,165 -1,353	62,337 829
2017-18	379,226 -12,071	284,207 -13,588	110,678 -3,228	173,529 -10,360	95,019 1,517	31,248 83	63,771 1,434
2018-19	385,575 6,349	287,633 3,426	111,263 585	176,370 2,841	97,942 2,923	31,636 388	66,306 2,535
2019-20	402,614 17,039	300,177 12,544	113,136 1,873	187,041 10,671	102,437 4,495	32,404 768	70,033 3,727
2020-21	444,575 41,961	332,586 32,409	123,124 9,988	209,462 22,421	111,989 9,552	35,320 2,916	76,669 6,636
2021-22	447,402 2,827	335,181 2,595	124,267 1,143	210,914 1,452	112,221 232	35,624 304	76,597 -72
2022-23	456,243 8,841	342,503 7,322	127,858 3,591	214,645 3,731	113,740 1,519	36,884 1,260	76,856 259
Average	379,886	286,993	109,418	177,575	92,894	30,985	61,908

Arizona Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 286,993. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 172,523 from 169,980 to 342,503.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	169,980	120,193	55,141	65,052	49,787	16,033	33,754
2013-14	159,453	110,591	51,804	58,787	48,862	15,401	33,461
2014-15	328,253	273,529	103,848	169,681	54,724	17,526	37,198
2015-16	319,154	260,503	100,326	160,177	58,651	19,282	39,369
2016-17	297,795	232,535	91,818	140,717	65,260	22,088	43,172
2017-18	284,207	212,065	86,605	125,460	72,142	24,073	48,069
2018-19	287,633	211,659	85,639	126,020	75,974	25,624	50,350
2019-20	300,177	217,115	85,863	131,252	83,062	27,273	55,789
2020-21	332,586	238,784	92,401	146,383	93,802	30,723	63,079
2021-22	335,181	238,935	92,498	146,437	96,246	31,769	64,477
2022-23	342,503	246,110	95,820	150,290	96,393	32,038	64,355
Average	286,993	286,993	85,615	129,114	286,993	23,803	48,461

Arizona Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 92,894. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 61,908 from 51,832 to 113,740.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	51,832	22,818	11,256	11,562	29,014	8,825	20,189
2013-14	52,676	21,611	11,260	10,351	31,065	9,197	21,868
2014-15	96,445	60,882	22,621	38,261	35,563	10,882	24,681
2015-16	94,026	55,002	20,567	34,435	39,024	11,951	27,073
2016-17	93,502	50,130	18,541	31,589	43,372	12,624	30,748
2017-18	95,019	46,235	17,318	28,917	48,784	13,930	34,854
2018-19	97,942	46,287	17,086	29,201	51,655	14,550	37,105
2019-20	102,437	47,073	16,885	30,188	55,364	15,519	39,845
2020-21	111,989	49,167	17,475	31,692	62,822	17,845	44,977
2021-22	112,221	49,973	17,936	32,037	62,248	17,688	44,560
2022-23	113,740	53,202	19,804	33,398	60,538	17,080	43,458
Average	92,894	92,894	17,341	28,330	92,894	13,645	33,578

Arizona Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.63% and the percentage of black students is 11.96% at Arizona Colleges. 4.32% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Arizona 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	5,562	9,592	24,521	34,179	683	117,814	7,009
2013-14	4,577	9,423	24,324	33,793	700	110,107	6,993
2014-15	5,703	12,258	57,491	52,176	1,791	175,542	26,966
2015-16	5,505	12,810	56,510	54,938	1,723	169,483	20,468
2016-17	5,241	12,512	42,106	54,792	1,340	152,446	11,800
2017-18	5,649	13,598	51,157	60,425	1,635	165,437	13,524
2018-19	5,892	14,410	51,440	64,845	1,671	168,867	14,235
2019-20	6,084	15,906	53,668	70,591	1,782	177,008	15,385
2020-21	6,558	18,738	56,605	83,910	1,971	192,258	17,427
2021-22	6,391	19,028	51,927	84,295	1,915	188,065	17,596
2022-23	6,682	19,769	54,673	87,892	1,961	190,336	18,692
Average	5,804	14,368	47,675	61,985	1,561	164,306	15,463

Arizona Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

277,106 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 61% of total students. The number of online students has increased 337.23% since 2013.

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

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	221,812	63,377	61,189	97,246
2013-14	212,129	77,649	42,086	92,394
2014-15	424,698	276,098	39,084	109,516
2015-16	413,180	262,152	39,825	111,203
2016-17	391,297	239,824	59,724	91,749
2017-18	379,226	227,099	55,152	96,975
2018-19	385,575	230,883	58,489	96,203
2019-20	402,614	246,637	59,278	96,699
2020-21	444,575	281,687	100,590	62,298
2021-22	447,402	271,384	83,550	92,468
2022-23	456,243	277,106	91,309	87,828
Average	379,886	223,081	62,752	94,053

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