Enrollment Trends at Anderson

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,812 where 4,710 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

78.20% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.80% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 857 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 641 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.41 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Anderson than male students.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,212	2,826	917	1,909	386	178	208
2016-17	3,432 220	2,944 118	919 2	2,025 116	488 102	221 43	267 59
2017-18	3,494 62	2,983 39	913 -6	2,070 45	511 23	239 18	272 5
2018-19	3,429 -65	2,881 -102	883 -30	1,998 -72	548 37	257 18	291 19
2019-20	3,543 114	2,893 12	896 13	1,997 -1	650 102	267 10	383 92
2020-21	3,848 305	3,083 190	977 81	2,106 109	765 115	337 70	428 45
2021-22	4,008 160	3,157 74	999 22	2,158 52	851 86	388 51	463 35
2022-23	4,121 113	3,237 80	1,068 69	2,169 11	884 33	368 -20	516 53
2023-24	4,325 204	3,413 176	1,248 180	2,165 -4	912 28	407 39	505 -11
2024-25	4,710 385	3,683 270	1,424 176	2,259 94	1,027 115	531 124	496 -9
Average	3,812	3,110	1,024	2,086	702	319	383

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,110 where 3,683 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 Anderson University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,826	2,398	784	1,614	428	133	295
2016-17	2,944	2,480	802	1,678	464	117	347
2017-18	2,983	2,550	794	1,756	433	119	314
2018-19	2,881	2,525	785	1,740	356	98	258
2019-20	2,893	2,544	805	1,739	349	91	258
2020-21	3,083	2,673	866	1,807	410	111	299
2021-22	3,157	2,750	884	1,866	407	115	292
2022-23	3,237	2,857	947	1,910	380	121	259
2023-24	3,413	2,993	1,097	1,896	420	151	269
2024-25	3,683	3,084	1,171	1,913	599	253	346
Average	3,110	3,110	894	1,792	3,110	131	294

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 702 where 1,027 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 Anderson University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	386	157	58	99	229	120	109
2016-17	488	210	88	122	278	133	145
2017-18	511	241	100	141	270	139	131
2018-19	548	250	106	144	298	151	147
2019-20	650	543	211	332	107	56	51
2020-21	765	661	280	381	104	57	47
2021-22	851	721	307	414	130	81	49
2022-23	884	759	294	465	125	74	51
2023-24	912	405	128	277	507	279	228
2024-25	1,027	430	161	269	597	370	227
Average	702	702	173	264	702	146	119

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.20%. The percentage was 78.92% 10 years ago and Anderson still has a high percentage of white students. 2.00% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.28% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.95% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.92% to 74.20%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.59% to 2.00%. Black student enrollment decreased from 8.59% to 8.28%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.27% to 4.95%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4394 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3682 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Anderson University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	8	19	276	105	2	2,535	64
2016-17	6	19	307	118	4	2,750	82
2017-18	6	20	281	125	1	2,871	91
2018-19	4	28	254	118	0	2,679	69
2019-20	7	38	296	147	3	2,870	64
2020-21	9	54	342	169	4	3,083	90
2021-22	6	53	349	191	2	3,186	101
2022-23	5	63	328	0	1	3,329	0
2023-24	4	63	339	214	1	3,374	109
2024-25	4	94	390	233	2	3,495	82
Average	6	45	316	142	2	3,017	75