Enrollment Trends at Walden

The student population at Walden University is 42,312 (6,298 undergraduate and 36,014 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 7,897 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Walden is 14.88% which is decreased by 2,398 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 5,499 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 4.78 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

42,312 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -18.92% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 49,609 where 42,312 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

14.88% of total students is undergraduate students and 85.12% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,398 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 5,499 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 4.78 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Walden than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	50,209	8,696	2,147	6,549	41,513	9,490	32,023
2013-14	51,016 807	8,205 -491	1,922 -225	6,283 -266	42,811 1,298	9,774 284	33,037 1,014
2014-15	52,188 1,172	8,960 755	2,176 254	6,784 501	43,228 417	10,141 367	33,087 50
2015-16	52,799 611	8,239 -721	1,958 -218	6,281 -503	44,560 1,332	10,759 618	33,801 714
2016-17	52,565 -234	8,035 -204	1,954 -4	6,081 -200	44,530 -30	10,526 -233	34,004 203
2017-18	49,680 -2,885	7,442 -593	1,860 -94	5,582 -499	42,238 -2,292	9,233 -1,293	33,005 -999
2018-19	50,360 680	8,024 582	1,893 33	6,131 549	42,336 98	8,708 -525	33,628 623
2019-20	48,420 -1,940	7,016 -1,008	1,290 -603	5,726 -405	41,404 -932	8,040 -668	33,364 -264
2020-21	49,695 1,275	7,662 646	1,279 -11	6,383 657	42,033 629	7,859 -181	34,174 810
2021-22	46,455 -3,240	7,119 -543	1,145 -134	5,974 -409	39,336 -2,697	7,329 -530	32,007 -2,167
2022-23	42,312 -4,143	6,298 -821	967 -178	5,331 -643	36,014 -3,322	6,353 -976	29,661 -2,346
Average	49,609	7,791	1,690	6,100	41,818	8,928	32,890

Walden University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 7,791 where 6,298 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 Walden University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,696	887	177	710	7,809	1,970	5,839
2013-14	8,205	815	163	652	7,390	1,759	5,631
2014-15	8,960	817	151	666	8,143	2,025	6,118
2015-16	8,239	784	139	645	7,455	1,819	5,636
2016-17	8,035	666	125	541	7,369	1,829	5,540
2017-18	7,442	453	104	349	6,989	1,756	5,233
2018-19	8,024	674	102	572	7,350	1,791	5,559
2019-20	7,016	827	124	703	6,189	1,166	5,023
2020-21	7,662	1,301	184	1,117	6,361	1,095	5,266
2021-22	7,119	1,704	235	1,469	5,415	910	4,505
2022-23	6,298	1,528	193	1,335	4,770	774	3,996
Average	7,791	7,791	154	796	7,791	1,536	5,304

Walden University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 41,818 where 36,014 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 Walden University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	41,513	29,710	6,708	23,002	11,803	2,782	9,021
2013-14	42,811	28,622	6,381	22,241	14,189	3,393	10,796
2014-15	43,228	26,650	6,178	20,472	16,578	3,963	12,615
2015-16	44,560	25,600	6,026	19,574	18,960	4,733	14,227
2016-17	44,530	23,493	5,369	18,124	21,037	5,157	15,880
2017-18	42,238	20,956	4,502	16,454	21,282	4,731	16,551
2018-19	42,336	20,403	4,132	16,271	21,933	4,576	17,357
2019-20	41,404	18,549	3,667	14,882	22,855	4,373	18,482
2020-21	42,033	19,314	3,540	15,774	22,719	4,319	18,400
2021-22	39,336	17,078	3,087	13,991	22,258	4,242	18,016
2022-23	36,014	15,475	2,615	12,860	20,539	3,738	16,801
Average	41,818	41,818	4,746	17,604	41,818	4,182	15,286

Walden University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 37.11% and the percentage of black students is 39.31% at Walden University. 3.59% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Walden 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	288	1,077	18,400	2,531	108	20,640	891
2013-14	270	1,258	18,309	2,768	142	20,668	982
2014-15	267	1,343	18,914	3,021	116	20,280	1,090
2015-16	264	1,391	19,360	2,547	140	20,204	1,191
2016-17	299	1,561	19,249	1,656	152	19,677	1,180
2017-18	299	1,522	18,901	1,038	154	18,623	1,107
2018-19	237	1,580	19,070	2,013	173	18,730	944
2019-20	164	1,588	18,404	2,753	194	18,273	643
2020-21	112	1,707	19,160	3,450	187	18,467	795
2021-22	76	1,732	17,788	3,581	188	17,508	795
2022-23	50	1,520	16,634	3,665	147	15,703	797
Average	211	1,480	18,563	2,638	155	18,979	947

Walden University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

42,312 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 -18.92% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Walden University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely
2014-15	52,188	52,188
2015-16	52,799	52,799
2016-17	52,565	52,565
2017-18	49,680	49,680
2018-19	50,360	50,360
2019-20	48,420	48,420
2020-21	49,695	49,695
2021-22	46,455	46,455
2022-23	42,312	42,312
Average	49,386	49,386

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