Enrollment Trends at Barton

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,143 where 1,235 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 1,265 students in 2023 and was lowest at 960 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,047 to 1,235 students, a net gain of 188 (18%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Barton 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	1,047	985	298	687	62	4	58
2016-17	1,051 4	988 3	298	690 3	63 1	4	59 1
2017-18	960 -91	887 -101	278 -20	609 -81	73 10	15 11	58 -1
2018-19	1,059 99	976 89	364 86	612 3	83 10	20 5	63 5
2019-20	1,161 102	1,065 89	438 74	627 15	96 13	23 3	73 10
2020-21	1,177 16	1,105 40	493 55	612 -15	72 -24	18 -5	54 -19
2021-22	1,213 36	1,150 45	513 20	637 25	63 -9	25 7	38 -16
2022-23	1,265 52	1,187 37	549 36	638 1	78 15	30 5	48 10
2023-24	1,259 -6	1,163 -24	545 -4	618 -20	96 18	45 15	51 3
2024-25	1,235 -24	1,149 -14	528 -17	621 3	86 -10	41 -4	45 -6
Average	1,143	1,066	430	635	77	23	55

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,066 where 1,149 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 Barton College since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	985	911	289	622	74	9	65
2016-17	988	903	294	609	85	4	81
2017-18	887	830	265	565	57	13	44
2018-19	976	932	358	574	44	6	38
2019-20	1,065	990	430	560	75	8	67
2020-21	1,105	1,003	484	519	102	9	93
2021-22	1,150	1,011	500	511	139	13	126
2022-23	1,187	1,025	529	496	162	20	142
2023-24	1,163	978	524	454	185	21	164
2024-25	1,149	918	501	417	231	27	204
Average	1,066	1,066	417	533	1,066	13	102

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 77 where 86 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 Barton College since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	62	30	0	30	32	4	28
2016-17	63	32	3	29	31	1	30
2017-18	73	40	11	29	33	4	29
2018-19	83	41	14	27	42	6	36
2019-20	96	43	14	29	53	9	44
2020-21	72	41	12	29	31	6	25
2021-22	63	35	23	12	28	2	26
2022-23	78	43	25	18	35	5	30
2023-24	96	60	41	19	36	4	32
2024-25	86	48	33	15	38	8	30
Average	77	77	18	24	77	5	31

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 47.61% and the percentage of black students is 36.44% at Barton College. 0.81% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 9.47% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 55.59% to 47.61%. Asian enrollment declined from 0.86% to 0.81%. Black student enrollment increased from 21.78% to 36.44%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.92% to 9.47%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6314 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6392 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Barton 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	7	9	228	62	1	582	29
2016-17	6	14	242	71	2	564	36
2017-18	6	11	225	73	0	528	30
2018-19	8	10	227	93	0	605	26
2019-20	8	14	280	83	3	646	37
2020-21	8	12	304	98	1	646	45
2021-22	9	9	324	108	0	665	34
2022-23	5	7	358	129	1	681	21
2023-24	6	7	380	128	0	666	13
2024-25	7	10	450	117	1	588	7
Average	7	10	302	96	1	617	28