Enrollment Trends at ASUN

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,140 where 1,868 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 2,735 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,592 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,651 to 1,868 students, a net loss of 783 (29.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Arkansas State University-Newport since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,651	1,097	1,554
2016-17	2,735 84	1,097	1,638 84
2017-18	2,512 -223	1,074 -23	1,438 -200
2018-19	2,270 -242	902 -172	1,368 -70
2019-20	2,269 -1	860 -42	1,409 41
2020-21	1,941 -328	680 -180	1,261 -148
2021-22	1,829 -112	617 -63	1,212 -49
2022-23	1,592 -237	538 -79	1,054 -158
2023-24	1,732 140	567 29	1,165 111
2024-25	1,868 136	647 80	1,221 56
Average	2,140	808	1,332

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.06%. The percentage was 70.61% 10 years ago and ASUN still has a high percentage of white students. 0.59% of enrolled students is Asian and 21.95% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.73% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.61% to 63.06%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.34% to 0.59%. Black student enrollment increased from 17.01% to 21.95%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.22% to 5.73%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5490 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4689 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Arkansas State University-Newport 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	3	9	451	112	1	1,872	110
2016-17	3	14	419	138	0	1,977	130
2017-18	8	7	388	108	1	1,873	38
2018-19	12	13	323	78	1	1,727	32
2019-20	15	16	338	98	1	1,646	30
2020-21	12	3	284	88	0	1,427	32
2021-22	14	5	275	89	1	1,319	35
2022-23	13	16	288	78	0	1,158	5
2023-24	8	14	311	105	1	1,175	47
2024-25	15	11	410	107	1	1,178	78
Average	10	11	349	100	1	1,535	54