Enrollment Trends at Ashford

The student population at Ashford University is 34,190 (27,201 undergraduate and 6,989 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 43,544 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Ashford is 79.56% which is decreased by 42,179 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,365 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.75 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

34,190 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -32.35% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 43,667 where 34,190 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

79.56% of total students is undergraduate students and 20.44% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 42,179 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,365 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.75 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Ashford than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	77,734	69,380	19,915	49,465	8,354	2,072	6,282
2013-14	58,104 -19,630	50,895 -18,485	14,706 -5,209	36,189 -13,276	7,209 -1,145	1,708 -364	5,501 -781
2014-15	51,237 -6,867	45,348 -5,547	13,616 -1,090	31,732 -4,457	5,889 -1,320	1,505 -203	4,384 -1,117
2015-16	42,452 -8,785	37,070 -8,278	11,502 -2,114	25,568 -6,164	5,382 -507	1,346 -159	4,036 -348
2016-17	41,361 -1,091	35,870 -1,200	10,753 -749	25,117 -451	5,491 109	1,351 5	4,140 104
2017-18	36,453 -4,908	31,546 -4,324	9,448 -1,305	22,098 -3,019	4,907 -584	1,288 -63	3,619 -521
2018-19	34,710 -1,743	28,701 -2,845	8,324 -1,124	20,377 -1,721	6,009 1,102	1,603 315	4,406 787
2019-20	32,620 -2,090	26,914 -1,787	8,139 -185	18,775 -1,602	5,706 -303	1,601 -2	4,105 -301
2020-21	31,115 -1,505	25,425 -1,489	8,166 27	17,259 -1,516	5,690 -16	1,625 24	4,065 -40
2021-22	40,362 9,247	33,084 7,659	12,097 3,931	20,987 3,728	7,278 1,588	2,224 599	5,054 989
2022-23	34,190 -6,172	27,201 -5,883	10,173 -1,924	17,028 -3,959	6,989 -289	2,241 17	4,748 -306
Average	43,667	37,403	11,531	25,872	6,264	1,688	4,576

Ashford University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 37,403 where 27,201 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 Ashford University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	69,380	69,336	19,900	49,436	44	15	29
2013-14	50,895	50,869	14,699	36,170	26	7	19
2014-15	45,348	45,324	13,608	31,716	24	8	16
2015-16	37,070	37,066	11,498	25,568	4	4	0
2016-17	35,870	35,868	10,753	25,115	2	0	2
2017-18	31,546	31,545	9,447	22,098	1	1	0
2018-19	28,701	28,701	8,324	20,377	0	0	0
2019-20	26,914	26,914	8,139	18,775	0	0	0
2020-21	25,425	25,425	8,166	17,259	0	0	0
2021-22	33,084	33,084	12,097	20,987	0	0	0
2022-23	27,201	20,283	7,389	12,894	6,918	2,784	4,134
Average	37,403	37,403	11,275	25,490	37,403	256	382

Ashford University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 6,264 where 6,989 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 Ashford University since 2012.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,354	8,354	2,072	6,282	0	0
2013-14	7,209	7,209	1,708	5,501	0	0
2014-15	5,889	5,889	1,505	4,384	0	0
2015-16	5,382	5,382	1,346	4,036	0	0
2016-17	5,491	5,491	1,351	4,140	0	0
2017-18	4,907	4,907	1,288	3,619	0	0
2018-19	6,009	6,005	1,603	4,402	4	4
2019-20	5,706	5,705	1,601	4,104	1	1
2020-21	5,690	5,690	1,625	4,065	0	0
2021-22	7,278	7,278	2,224	5,054	0	0
2022-23	6,989	6,989	2,241	4,748	0	0
Average	6,264	6,264	1,688	4,576	6,264	0

Ashford University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 40.73% and the percentage of black students is 28.99% at Ashford University. 3.19% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ashford 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	778	942	27,889	6,997	517	37,062	2,008
2013-14	555	687	21,018	5,315	433	27,338	1,568
2014-15	482	645	18,727	4,792	405	23,596	1,539
2015-16	407	577	15,692	4,331	334	18,897	1,411
2016-17	353	600	15,554	4,605	312	17,703	1,495
2017-18	294	574	13,475	4,533	289	15,061	1,407
2018-19	255	592	11,937	4,482	264	14,040	1,316
2019-20	241	649	10,516	4,866	257	13,561	1,245
2020-21	216	778	9,402	5,382	285	13,061	1,214
2021-22	279	1,163	12,039	7,361	429	16,584	1,666
2022-23	258	1,090	9,911	6,635	349	13,925	1,404
Average	374	754	15,105	5,391	352	19,166	1,479

Ashford University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

34,190 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 100% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -32.35% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ashford University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	51,237	50,541	0	696
2015-16	42,452	42,046	0	406
2016-17	41,361	41,343	0	18
2017-18	36,453	36,452	0	1
2018-19	34,710	34,705	5	0
2019-20	32,620	32,620	0	0
2020-21	47,445	47,445	0	0
2021-22	40,362	40,362	0	0
2022-23	34,190	34,190	0	0
Average	40,092	39,967	1	125

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