Enrollment Trends for Georgia Colleges

Georgia Colleges Enrollment Trends Summary (2015-2025)

Overall Population Change:
- Total Enrollment: 458,310 students were enrolled in Georgia colleges.
- 10-Year Change: The total student population increased by 31% compared to a decade ago.
Student Level Trends:
- Undergraduate Growth: Undergraduate enrollment saw a increase of 23.51% compared to a decade ago.
- Graduate Growth: Graduate enrollment saw a increase of 64.35% compared to a decade ago.
Gender Dynamics:
- Current Ratio: There are more women students than men, with a ratio of 1.39 women to 1 man.
- Women Enrollment: Women students total 266,833 and have increased by 30.79% compared to a decade ago.
- Men Enrollment: Men students total 191,477 and have increased by 31.61% compared to a decade ago.
Online Education Growth:
- Online Exclusively: 126,207 students (27.54%) are enrolled exclusively in online programs.
- Online Growth: The number of students enrolled completely online has seen a dramatic increase of 239% since 2015.

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 414,498, and 458,310 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2024-2025.

Of the total students, 76.66% are undergraduate students and 23.34% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students increased by 66,888, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 41,706.

The women to men ratio is 1.39 to 1, meaning that there are more women students enrolled in Georgia Colleges than men students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	349,505	284,293	118,124	166,169	65,212	27,360	37,852
2015-16	387,613 38,108	315,988 31,695	134,009 15,885	181,979 15,810	71,625 6,413	29,673 2,313	41,952 4,100
2016-17	396,154 8,541	322,423 6,435	136,157 2,148	186,266 4,287	73,731 2,106	30,951 1,278	42,780 828
2017-18	404,763 8,609	328,364 5,941	137,293 1,136	191,071 4,805	76,399 2,668	32,707 1,756	43,692 912
2018-19	418,697 13,934	338,490 10,126	139,629 2,336	198,861 7,790	80,207 3,808	34,771 2,064	45,436 1,744
2019-20	424,410 5,713	340,557 2,067	138,987 -642	201,570 2,709	83,853 3,646	37,210 2,439	46,643 1,207
2020-21	427,976 3,566	339,706 -851	136,456 -2,531	203,250 1,680	88,270 4,417	39,110 1,900	49,160 2,517
2021-22	428,658 682	335,212 -4,494	134,834 -1,622	200,378 -2,872	93,446 5,176	41,747 2,637	51,699 2,539
2022-23	424,810 -3,848	331,073 -4,139	134,670 -164	196,403 -3,975	93,737 291	41,463 -284	52,274 575
2023-24	438,583 13,773	339,960 8,887	138,328 3,658	201,632 5,229	98,623 4,886	43,207 1,744	55,416 3,142
2024-25	458,310 19,727	351,135 11,175	143,651 5,323	207,484 5,852	107,175 8,552	47,826 4,619	59,349 3,933
Average	414,498	329,746	135,649	194,097	84,753	36,911	47,841

Georgia Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 329,746. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 66,842 from 284,293 to 351,135.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	284,293	222,751	94,173	128,578	61,542	23,951	37,591
2015-16	315,988	244,552	105,240	139,312	71,436	28,769	42,667
2016-17	322,423	247,086	106,147	140,939	75,337	30,010	45,327
2017-18	328,364	246,426	105,791	140,635	81,938	31,502	50,436
2018-19	338,490	252,774	106,469	146,305	85,716	33,160	52,556
2019-20	340,557	253,668	106,119	147,549	86,889	32,868	54,021
2020-21	339,706	249,327	102,211	147,116	90,379	34,245	56,134
2021-22	335,212	245,879	101,248	144,631	89,333	33,586	55,747
2022-23	331,073	245,472	101,920	143,552	85,601	32,750	52,851
2023-24	339,960	252,332	104,847	147,485	87,628	33,481	54,147
2024-25	351,135	258,870	108,216	150,654	92,265	35,435	56,830
Average	329,746	329,746	103,853	143,341	329,746	31,796	50,755

Georgia Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 84,753. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 41,963 from 65,212 to 107,175.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	65,212	42,696	18,366	24,330	22,516	8,994	13,522
2015-16	71,625	45,237	18,800	26,437	26,388	10,873	15,515
2016-17	73,731	45,401	19,031	26,370	28,330	11,920	16,410
2017-18	76,399	44,106	18,774	25,332	32,293	13,933	18,360
2018-19	80,207	44,632	18,625	26,007	35,575	16,146	19,429
2019-20	83,853	44,256	18,197	26,059	39,597	19,013	20,584
2020-21	88,270	46,263	18,279	27,984	42,007	20,831	21,176
2021-22	93,446	48,382	19,300	29,082	45,064	22,447	22,617
2022-23	93,737	48,995	19,397	29,598	44,742	22,066	22,676
2023-24	98,623	51,268	20,093	31,175	47,355	23,114	24,241
2024-25	107,175	54,378	21,322	33,056	52,797	26,504	26,293
Average	84,753	84,753	19,108	27,766	84,753	17,804	20,075

Georgia Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.18% and the percentage of black students is 25.87% at Georgia Colleges. 8.60% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Georgia 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	1,006	18,208	99,453	20,389	480	172,510	8,198
2015-16	1,074	20,634	108,317	25,033	507	191,591	10,163
2016-17	1,230	22,579	109,137	27,214	463	193,807	11,255
2017-18	1,242	23,662	110,227	29,529	518	194,912	11,904
2018-19	1,287	25,653	112,896	32,690	528	199,181	13,170
2019-20	1,259	27,509	113,316	35,241	531	198,143	13,663
2020-21	1,165	29,438	115,707	37,540	524	196,126	14,504
2021-22	1,076	31,374	112,987	39,447	519	192,867	14,505
2022-23	981	33,096	109,123	40,982	476	186,435	14,715
2023-24	1,056	35,834	112,730	44,380	440	187,371	15,523
2024-25	1,142	39,389	118,518	47,901	494	188,648	16,631
Average	1,138	27,943	111,128	34,577	498	191,054	13,112

Georgia Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

126,207 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 28% of total students. The number of online students has increased 333.75% since 2013.

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

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	303,736	29,097	35,254	239,385
2013-14	340,037	32,074	37,272	270,691
2014-15	349,505	37,255	43,902	268,348
2015-16	387,613	42,876	56,969	287,768
2016-17	396,154	49,033	58,139	288,982
2017-18	404,763	56,281	69,560	278,922
2018-19	418,697	62,954	79,014	276,729
2019-20	424,410	71,498	80,338	272,574
2020-21	427,975	146,027	167,093	114,855
2021-22	428,658	99,714	135,398	193,546
2022-23	424,810	103,316	129,817	191,677
2023-24	438,583	113,203	136,059	189,321
2024-25	458,310	126,207	143,726	188,377
Average	400,250	74,580	90,195	235,475