Enrollment Trends at Sullivan

The student population at Sullivan University is 2,498 (2,085 undergraduate and 413 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,299 (34.21%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Sullivan is 83.47% which is decreased by 532 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 767 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 35 male students for every 100 female students, down from 74 in 2015.
1,243 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -11.02% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,101 where 2,498 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 3,797 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,309 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,797 to 2,498 students, a net loss of 1,299 (34.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,797	2,617	1,034	1,583	1,180	587	593
2016-17	3,462 -335	2,419 -198	964 -70	1,455 -128	1,043 -137	498 -89	545 -48
2017-18	3,489 27	2,594 175	1,021 57	1,573 118	895 -148	429 -69	466 -79
2018-19	3,575 86	2,684 90	1,016 -5	1,668 95	891 -4	369 -60	522 56
2019-20	3,318 -257	2,624 -60	942 -74	1,682 14	694 -197	286 -83	408 -114
2020-21	3,165 -153	2,625 1	901 -41	1,724 42	540 -154	206 -80	334 -74
2021-22	2,541 -624	2,085 -540	703 -198	1,382 -342	456 -84	177 -29	279 -55
2022-23	2,309 -232	1,844 -241	604 -99	1,240 -142	465 9	165 -12	300 21
2023-24	2,855 546	2,535 691	755 151	1,780 540	320 -145	99 -66	221 -79
2024-25	2,498 -357	2,085 -450	528 -227	1,557 -223	413 93	121 22	292 71
Average	3,101	2,411	847	1,564	690	294	396

Sullivan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,411 where 2,085 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 Sullivan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,617	1,609	647	962	1,008	387	621
2016-17	2,419	1,624	619	1,005	795	345	450
2017-18	2,594	1,321	521	800	1,273	500	773
2018-19	2,684	1,661	638	1,023	1,023	378	645
2019-20	2,624	1,636	582	1,054	988	360	628
2020-21	2,625	1,639	563	1,076	986	338	648
2021-22	2,085	1,203	402	801	882	301	581
2022-23	1,844	1,200	390	810	644	214	430
2023-24	2,535	1,512	411	1,101	1,023	344	679
2024-25	2,085	1,208	291	917	877	237	640
Average	2,411	2,411	506	955	2,411	340	610

Sullivan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 690 where 413 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 Sullivan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,180	862	457	405	318	130	188
2016-17	1,043	796	393	403	247	105	142
2017-18	895	671	310	361	224	119	105
2018-19	891	706	301	405	185	68	117
2019-20	694	527	213	314	167	73	94
2020-21	540	430	165	265	110	41	69
2021-22	456	365	144	221	91	33	58
2022-23	465	379	126	253	86	39	47
2023-24	320	187	45	142	133	54	79
2024-25	413	354	103	251	59	18	41
Average	690	690	226	302	690	68	94

Sullivan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.88% and the percentage of black students is 25.42% at Sullivan University. 2.00% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 4.32% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 46.14% to 45.88%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.00% to 2.00%. Black student enrollment increased from 15.91% to 25.42%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.42% to 4.32%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7180 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7540 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Sullivan 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	16	114	604	16	9	1,752	314
2016-17	20	125	562	3	7	1,661	289
2017-18	14	264	515	2	5	1,631	267
2018-19	15	250	518	1	9	1,932	275
2019-20	18	169	524	1	8	1,839	251
2020-21	21	105	577	134	6	1,787	192
2021-22	22	74	467	129	5	1,358	143
2022-23	13	70	464	114	10	1,040	139
2023-24	18	56	589	356	7	1,262	112
2024-25	15	50	635	108	3	1,146	169
Average	17	128	546	86	7	1,541	215

Sullivan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,243 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 50% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -11.02% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Sullivan University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,797	1,397	815	1,585
2016-17	3,462	1,281	426	1,755
2017-18	3,489	485	482	2,522
2018-19	3,575	1,402	754	1,419
2019-20	3,318	1,389	730	1,199
2020-21	3,165	1,690	520	955
2021-22	2,541	1,456	461	624
2022-23	2,309	1,288	395	626
2023-24	2,855	1,490	564	801
2024-25	2,498	1,243	385	870
Average	3,101	1,312	553	1,236

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Enrollment Trends at Sullivan

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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