Enrollment Trends at Walsh

The student population at Walsh College is 908 (448 undergraduate and 460 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,641 (64.38%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Walsh is 49.34% which is decreased by 519 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,122 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 91 male students for every 100 female students, down from 103 in 2015.
652 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -30.04% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,757 where 908 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 2,549 to 908 students, a loss of 1,641 (64.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,549	967	511	456	1,582	784	798
2016-17	2,423 -126	935 -32	477 -34	458 2	1,488 -94	715 -69	773 -25
2017-18	2,299 -124	893 -42	463 -14	430 -28	1,406 -82	691 -24	715 -58
2018-19	2,006 -293	802 -91	392 -71	410 -20	1,204 -202	614 -77	590 -125
2019-20	1,800 -206	742 -60	360 -32	382 -28	1,058 -146	524 -90	534 -56
2020-21	1,744 -56	722 -20	369 9	353 -29	1,022 -36	483 -41	539 5
2021-22	1,492 -252	634 -88	343 -26	291 -62	858 -164	409 -74	449 -90
2022-23	1,218 -274	578 -56	295 -48	283 -8	640 -218	304 -105	336 -113
2023-24	1,134 -84	545 -33	287 -8	258 -25	589 -51	267 -37	322 -14
2024-25	908 -226	448 -97	233 -54	215 -43	460 -129	200 -67	260 -62
Average	1,757	727	373	354	1,031	499	532

Walsh College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 727 where 448 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 Walsh College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	967	98	62	36	869	449	420
2016-17	935	73	40	33	862	437	425
2017-18	893	78	45	33	815	418	397
2018-19	802	65	35	30	737	357	380
2019-20	742	71	34	37	671	326	345
2020-21	722	78	47	31	644	322	322
2021-22	634	63	45	18	571	298	273
2022-23	578	70	42	28	508	253	255
2023-24	545	63	37	26	482	250	232
2024-25	448	75	41	34	373	192	181
Average	727	727	43	31	727	330	323

Walsh College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,031 where 460 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 Walsh College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,582	38	21	17	1,544	763	781
2016-17	1,488	47	36	11	1,441	679	762
2017-18	1,406	69	37	32	1,337	654	683
2018-19	1,204	38	22	16	1,166	592	574
2019-20	1,058	33	19	14	1,025	505	520
2020-21	1,022	351	171	180	671	312	359
2021-22	858	256	126	130	602	283	319
2022-23	640	11	7	4	629	297	332
2023-24	589	14	8	6	575	259	316
2024-25	460	161	76	85	299	124	175
Average	1,031	1,031	52	50	1,031	447	482

Walsh College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.22%. The percentage was 75.56% 10 years ago and Walsh still has a high percentage of white students. 5.18% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.89% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 2.31% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.56% to 63.22%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.39% to 5.18%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.44% to 11.89%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.24% to 2.31%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5828 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4156 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Walsh College 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	5	112	266	57	1	1,926	31
2016-17	9	114	264	61	2	1,772	37
2017-18	4	130	247	66	2	1,665	40
2018-19	5	119	192	53	2	1,484	31
2019-20	3	101	188	55	3	1,324	25
2020-21	1	88	158	65	2	1,300	34
2021-22	3	78	132	50	2	1,100	19
2022-23	2	75	109	36	1	889	15
2023-24	4	49	116	37	0	810	22
2024-25	2	47	108	21	0	574	14
Average	4	91	178	50	2	1,284	27

Walsh College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

652 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 72% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -30.04% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Walsh College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,549	932	537	1,080
2016-17	2,423	953	489	981
2017-18	2,299	1,039	478	782
2018-19	2,006	967	543	496
2019-20	1,800	975	758	67
2020-21	1,744	1,744	0	0
2021-22	1,492	1,344	148	0
2022-23	1,218	1,012	206	0
2023-24	1,134	786	346	2
2024-25	908	652	256	0
Average	1,757	1,040	376	341

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Enrollment Trends at Walsh

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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