Enrollment Trends at Sullivan

The student population at Sullivan University is 2,309 (1,844 undergraduate and 465 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,169 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Sullivan is 79.86% which is decreased by 2,155 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,014 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.00 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,288 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -17.22% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,686 where 2,309 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.86% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.14% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,155 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,014 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.00 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Sullivan than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Sullivan University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,478	3,999	1,536	2,463	1,479	692	787
2013-14	5,017 -461	3,687 -312	1,399 -137	2,288 -175	1,330 -149	620 -72	710 -77
2014-15	4,394 -623	3,027 -660	1,171 -228	1,856 -432	1,367 37	672 52	695 -15
2015-16	3,797 -597	2,617 -410	1,034 -137	1,583 -273	1,180 -187	587 -85	593 -102
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
Average	3,686	2,746	1,026	1,719	940	427	513

Sullivan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,746 where 1,844 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Sullivan University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,999	2,218	832	1,386	1,781	704	1,077
2013-14	3,687	2,226	836	1,390	1,461	563	898
2014-15	3,027	1,759	677	1,082	1,268	494	774
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
Average	2,746	2,746	610	1,035	2,746	417	684

Sullivan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 940 where 465 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Sullivan University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,479	960	458	502	519	234	285
2013-14	1,330	988	494	494	342	126	216
2014-15	1,367	1,033	550	483	334	122	212
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
Average	940	940	328	373	940	99	139

Sullivan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.04% and the percentage of black students is 20.10% at Sullivan University. 3.03% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Sullivan University over the past 12 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	22	398	1,032	10	7	2,985	479
2013-14	21	247	932	6	9	2,604	403
2014-15	18	169	728	4	8	2,088	349
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
Average	18	180	629	38	8	1,880	282

Sullivan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,288 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 56% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -17.22% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Sullivan University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,394	1,556	1,076	1,762
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
Average	3,339	1,327	629	1,383

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