Enrollment Trends for Ohio Colleges

There are 126 active four-years colleges and universities in Ohio - 44 public and 82 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 485,661 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Ohio including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students decreased by 2.1% from 496,102 to 485,661. The undergraduate population decreased by 1.88% and the graduate population decreased by 3.1% in last 10 years at Ohio Colleges.

By gender, there are 275,636 female students and 210,025 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.31 to 1. The female students increased by 0.21% and male students decreased by 4.98% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 481,221, and 485,661 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 82.05% are undergraduate students and 17.95% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students decreased by 7,651, and the graduate student enrollment decreased by 2,790.

The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Ohio Colleges than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	496,102	406,128	182,894	223,234	89,974	38,150	51,824
2013-14	496,272 170	406,015 -113	183,636 742	222,379 -855	90,257 283	38,087 -63	52,170 346
2014-15	493,342 -2,930	401,635 -4,380	182,641 -995	218,994 -3,385	91,707 1,450	38,891 804	52,816 646
2015-16	486,466 -6,876	395,422 -6,213	180,479 -2,162	214,943 -4,051	91,044 -663	39,101 210	51,943 -873
2016-17	485,353 -1,113	394,016 -1,406	180,209 -270	213,807 -1,136	91,337 293	38,866 -235	52,471 528
2017-18	477,869 -7,484	388,260 -5,756	177,516 -2,693	210,744 -3,063	89,609 -1,728	37,570 -1,296	52,039 -432
2018-19	472,750 -5,119	383,427 -4,833	174,806 -2,710	208,621 -2,123	89,323 -286	36,561 -1,009	52,762 723
2019-20	471,788 -962	383,976 549	173,186 -1,620	210,790 2,169	87,812 -1,511	35,624 -937	52,188 -574
2020-21	467,604 -4,184	381,385 -2,591	169,103 -4,083	212,282 1,492	86,219 -1,593	34,556 -1,068	51,663 -525
2021-22	460,221 -7,383	371,354 -10,031	163,923 -5,180	207,431 -4,851	88,867 2,648	35,804 1,248	53,063 1,400
2022-23	485,661 25,440	398,477 27,123	174,612 10,689	223,865 16,434	87,184 -1,683	35,413 -391	51,771 -1,292
Average	481,221	391,827	176,637	215,190	89,394	37,148	52,246

Ohio Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 391,827. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students decreased by 7,651 from 406,128 to 398,477.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	406,128	311,755	147,107	164,648	94,373	35,787	58,586
2013-14	406,015	309,868	147,068	162,800	96,147	36,568	59,579
2014-15	401,635	307,002	146,008	160,994	94,633	36,633	58,000
2015-16	395,422	308,233	146,590	161,643	87,189	33,889	53,300
2016-17	394,016	306,989	145,947	161,042	87,027	34,262	52,765
2017-18	388,260	305,472	144,906	160,566	82,788	32,610	50,178
2018-19	383,427	302,778	143,185	159,593	80,649	31,621	49,028
2019-20	383,976	296,642	138,971	157,671	87,334	34,215	53,119
2020-21	381,385	285,783	131,394	154,389	95,602	37,709	57,893
2021-22	371,354	277,958	128,008	149,950	93,396	35,915	57,481
2022-23	398,477	280,675	128,986	151,689	117,802	45,626	72,176
Average	391,827	391,827	140,743	158,635	391,827	35,894	56,555

Ohio Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 89,394. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students decreased by 2,790 from 89,974 to 87,184.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	89,974	52,708	24,315	28,393	37,266	13,835	23,431
2013-14	90,257	52,703	24,322	28,381	37,554	13,765	23,789
2014-15	91,707	52,150	24,188	27,962	39,557	14,703	24,854
2015-16	91,044	52,916	24,599	28,317	38,128	14,502	23,626
2016-17	91,337	52,367	24,077	28,290	38,970	14,789	24,181
2017-18	89,609	51,869	23,272	28,597	37,740	14,298	23,442
2018-19	89,323	52,096	22,804	29,292	37,227	13,757	23,470
2019-20	87,812	51,560	22,105	29,455	36,252	13,519	22,733
2020-21	86,219	50,100	21,130	28,970	36,119	13,426	22,693
2021-22	88,867	52,457	22,357	30,100	36,410	13,447	22,963
2022-23	87,184	52,344	22,515	29,829	34,840	12,898	21,942
Average	89,394	89,394	23,244	28,871	89,394	13,904	23,375

Ohio Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.32%. The percentage was 72.89% 10 years ago and Ohio Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 3.94% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.33% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ohio 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	1,398	11,869	48,557	14,266	370	361,615	9,077
2013-14	1,247	12,269	46,299	14,948	389	359,113	11,373
2014-15	1,045	12,865	44,930	15,989	424	354,474	12,338
2015-16	1,060	13,351	43,664	17,066	438	344,621	13,453
2016-17	988	14,085	42,964	17,688	343	342,983	14,316
2017-18	921	14,551	42,560	18,643	329	336,426	15,368
2018-19	905	15,204	41,709	19,659	325	330,484	15,750
2019-20	840	16,073	40,758	20,586	331	330,935	16,478
2020-21	801	17,045	41,181	21,975	326	327,372	17,088
2021-22	774	17,651	41,398	22,417	334	314,994	16,878
2022-23	1,038	19,121	45,336	24,555	387	326,970	18,539
Average	1,002	14,917	43,578	18,890	363	339,090	14,605

Ohio Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

99,631 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 120.62% since 2013.

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

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	496,102	45,159	60,880	390,063
2013-14	496,272	48,994	67,559	379,719
2014-15	493,342	52,563	73,182	367,597
2015-16	486,466	50,603	83,621	352,242
2016-17	485,353	53,170	94,505	337,678
2017-18	477,869	52,472	101,858	323,539
2018-19	472,750	56,843	109,220	306,687
2019-20	471,788	58,742	122,282	290,764
2020-21	466,714	141,284	193,865	131,565
2021-22	460,221	97,596	181,030	181,595
2022-23	485,661	99,631	169,523	216,507
Average	481,140	68,823	114,320	297,996

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