Enrollment Trends at Berry

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,222 where 2,484 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 2,484 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,014 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,245 to 2,484 students, a net gain of 239 (10.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Berry 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	2,245	2,123	809	1,314	122	41	81
2016-17	2,174 -71	2,073 -50	821 12	1,252 -62	101 -21	34 -7	67 -14
2017-18	2,110 -64	1,978 -95	778 -43	1,200 -52	132 31	45 11	87 20
2018-19	2,014 -96	1,936 -42	751 -27	1,185 -15	78 -54	30 -15	48 -39
2019-20	2,034 20	1,943 7	762 11	1,181 -4	91 13	43 13	48
2020-21	2,125 91	2,006 63	761 -1	1,245 64	119 28	44 1	75 27
2021-22	2,303 178	2,172 166	789 28	1,383 138	131 12	36 -8	95 20
2022-23	2,360 57	2,243 71	825 36	1,418 35	117 -14	35 -1	82 -13
2023-24	2,370 10	2,226 -17	831 6	1,395 -23	144 27	37 2	107 25
2024-25	2,484 114	2,254 28	848 17	1,406 11	230 86	55 18	175 68
Average	2,222	2,095	798	1,298	127	40	87

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,095 where 2,254 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 Berry 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	2,123	2,078	790	1,288	45	19	26
2016-17	2,073	2,050	813	1,237	23	8	15
2017-18	1,978	1,945	761	1,184	33	17	16
2018-19	1,936	1,902	739	1,163	34	12	22
2019-20	1,943	1,911	752	1,159	32	10	22
2020-21	2,006	1,982	754	1,228	24	7	17
2021-22	2,172	2,157	781	1,376	15	8	7
2022-23	2,243	2,221	817	1,404	22	8	14
2023-24	2,226	2,197	817	1,380	29	14	15
2024-25	2,254	2,229	839	1,390	25	9	16
Average	2,095	2,095	786	1,281	2,095	11	17

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 127 where 230 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 Berry 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	122	50	14	36	72	27	45
2016-17	101	36	8	28	65	26	39
2017-18	132	17	7	10	115	38	77
2018-19	78	32	5	27	46	25	21
2019-20	91	37	17	20	54	26	28
2020-21	119	51	16	35	68	28	40
2021-22	131	56	13	43	75	23	52
2022-23	117	40	11	29	77	24	53
2023-24	144	53	12	41	91	25	66
2024-25	230	64	20	44	166	35	131
Average	127	127	12	31	127	28	55

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.67%. The percentage was 80.76% 10 years ago and Berry still has a high percentage of white students. 2.33% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.37% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.59% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 80.76% to 72.67%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.34% to 2.33%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.03% to 8.37%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.28% to 10.59%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4515 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3402 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Berry College 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	5	30	113	141	1	1,813	69
2016-17	6	27	110	140	0	1,748	66
2017-18	5	41	121	133	1	1,678	66
2018-19	7	37	113	138	1	1,589	69
2019-20	7	42	141	134	0	1,591	80
2020-21	5	52	166	163	0	1,601	110
2021-22	7	60	209	201	0	1,701	102
2022-23	5	67	202	239	2	1,712	108
2023-24	5	66	205	229	3	1,724	109
2024-25	4	58	208	263	1	1,805	103
Average	6	48	159	178	1	1,696	88