Enrollment Trends at Augustana

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,491 where 2,570 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,647 students in 2018 and was lowest at 2,349 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,478 to 2,570 students, a net gain of 92 (3.7%).

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

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,478	2,478	1,047	1,431	0	0	0
2016-17	2,537 59	2,537 59	1,087 40	1,450 19	0	0	0
2017-18	2,647 110	2,647 110	1,120 33	1,527 77	0	0	0
2018-19	2,543 -104	2,543 -104	1,104 -16	1,439 -88	0	0	0
2019-20	2,546 3	2,546 3	1,114 10	1,432 -7	0	0	0
2020-21	2,389 -157	2,377 -169	1,072 -42	1,305 -127	12 12	0	12 12
2021-22	2,367 -22	2,338 -39	1,075 3	1,263 -42	29 17	0	29 17
2022-23	2,349 -18	2,318 -20	1,059 -16	1,259 -4	31 2	0	31 2
2023-24	2,484 135	2,446 128	1,141 82	1,305 46	38 7	2 2	36 5
2024-25	2,570 86	2,522 76	1,195 54	1,327 22	48 10	3 1	45 9
Average	2,491	2,475	1,101	1,374	16	1	15

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,475 where 2,522 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 Augustana College 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	2,478	2,460	1,037	1,423	18	10	8
2016-17	2,537	2,523	1,080	1,443	14	7	7
2017-18	2,647	2,637	1,114	1,523	10	6	4
2018-19	2,543	2,534	1,099	1,435	9	5	4
2019-20	2,546	2,534	1,108	1,426	12	6	6
2020-21	2,377	2,358	1,056	1,302	19	16	3
2021-22	2,338	2,317	1,062	1,255	21	13	8
2022-23	2,318	2,293	1,047	1,246	25	12	13
2023-24	2,446	2,424	1,126	1,298	22	15	7
2024-25	2,522	2,501	1,181	1,320	21	14	7
Average	2,475	2,475	1,091	1,367	2,475	10	7

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 16 where 48 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 Augustana College since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	12	12	0	12	0	0	0
2021-22	29	29	0	29	0	0	0
2022-23	31	31	0	31	0	0	0
2023-24	38	38	2	36	0	0	0
2024-25	48	48	3	45	0	0	0
Average	16	16	1	15	16	0	0

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.93%. The percentage was 75.18% 10 years ago and Augustana still has a high percentage of white students. 2.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.82% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.92% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.18% to 53.93%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.10% to 2.61%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.67% to 4.82%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.93% to 12.92%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6879 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4218 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	2	52	91	246	1	1,863	90
2016-17	1	55	95	250	3	1,894	85
2017-18	1	65	106	256	5	1,910	87
2018-19	0	59	104	255	4	1,766	83
2019-20	2	75	90	279	3	1,675	90
2020-21	3	65	89	280	1	1,583	88
2021-22	2	73	95	294	0	1,481	92
2022-23	2	67	92	300	0	1,426	83
2023-24	1	61	109	317	1	1,449	89
2024-25	3	67	124	332	1	1,386	100
Average	2	64	100	281	2	1,643	89

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Augustana College does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.