Enrollment Trends at Sul Ross

The student population at Sul Ross State University is 2,384 (1,890 undergraduate and 494 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 583 (19.65%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Sul Ross is 79.28% which is decreased by 257 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 326 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 68 male students for every 100 female students, down from 73 in 2015.
1,140 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,135.29% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,476 where 2,384 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,967 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,942 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,967 to 2,384 students, a net loss of 583 (19.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Sul Ross State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,967	2,147	924	1,223	820	326	494
2016-17	2,944 -23	2,256 109	941 17	1,315 92	688 -132	255 -71	433 -61
2017-18	2,946 2	2,294 38	965 24	1,329 14	652 -36	253 -2	399 -34
2018-19	2,739 -207	2,137 -157	892 -73	1,245 -84	602 -50	229 -24	373 -26
2019-20	2,406 -333	1,849 -288	747 -145	1,102 -143	557 -45	193 -36	364 -9
2020-21	2,345 -61	1,789 -60	681 -66	1,108 6	556 -1	175 -18	381 17
2021-22	2,100 -245	1,608 -181	630 -51	978 -130	492 -64	156 -19	336 -45
2022-23	1,987 -113	1,550 -58	650 20	900 -78	437 -55	144 -12	293 -43
2023-24	1,942 -45	1,441 -109	637 -13	804 -96	501 64	152 8	349 56
2024-25	2,384 442	1,890 449	802 165	1,088 284	494 -7	165 13	329 -20
Average	2,476	1,896	787	1,109	580	205	375

Sul Ross State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,896 where 1,890 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Sul Ross State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,147	1,258	617	641	889	307	582
2016-17	2,256	1,378	675	703	878	266	612
2017-18	2,294	1,378	691	687	916	274	642
2018-19	2,137	1,328	643	685	809	249	560
2019-20	1,849	1,179	545	634	670	202	468
2020-21	1,789	1,154	520	634	635	161	474
2021-22	1,608	984	470	514	624	160	464
2022-23	1,550	918	479	439	632	171	461
2023-24	1,441	876	471	405	565	166	399
2024-25	1,890	869	438	431	1,021	364	657
Average	1,896	1,896	555	577	1,896	232	532

Sul Ross State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 580 where 494 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Sul Ross State University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	820	149	71	78	671	255	416
2016-17	688	160	69	91	528	186	342
2017-18	652	147	54	93	505	199	306
2018-19	602	111	40	71	491	189	302
2019-20	557	97	35	62	460	158	302
2020-21	556	100	31	69	456	144	312
2021-22	492	96	37	59	396	119	277
2022-23	437	97	47	50	340	97	243
2023-24	501	75	34	41	426	118	308
2024-25	494	109	49	60	385	116	269
Average	580	580	47	67	580	158	308

Sul Ross State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 18.88% and the percentage of black students is 5.49% at Sul Ross State University. 0.21% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 68.20% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 27.37% to 18.88%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.34% to 0.21%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.90% to 5.49%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 62.99% to 68.20%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4959 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5245 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Sul Ross State University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	12	10	175	1,869	2	812	46
2016-17	35	14	194	1,834	4	825	0
2017-18	0	5	166	1,817	4	765	81
2018-19	14	13	138	1,695	4	711	80
2019-20	11	11	123	1,548	2	620	67
2020-21	11	12	100	1,546	1	579	59
2021-22	9	8	95	1,381	2	522	59
2022-23	12	6	121	1,327	2	474	28
2023-24	8	10	107	1,297	2	462	27
2024-25	7	5	131	1,626	4	450	35
Average	12	9	135	1,594	3	622	48

Sul Ross State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,140 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 48% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,135.29% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Sul Ross State University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,967	51	42	2,874
2016-17	2,944	993	751	1,200
2017-18	2,946	1,010	760	1,176
2018-19	2,739	920	790	1,029
2019-20	2,406	483	867	1,056
2020-21	2,345	707	1,023	615
2021-22	2,100	737	794	569
2022-23	1,987	854	654	479
2023-24	1,942	894	510	538
2024-25	2,384	1,140	676	568
Average	2,476	779	687	1,010

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Enrollment Trends at Sul Ross

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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