Enrollment Trends at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,301 where 11,426 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 5,806 to 11,426 students, a gain of 5,620 (96.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
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Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,806	5,278	4,277	1,001	528	388	140
2016-17	6,011 205	5,447 169	4,358 81	1,089 88	564 36	405 17	159 19
2017-18	6,338 327	5,729 282	4,483 125	1,246 157	609 45	442 37	167 8
2018-19	6,613 275	5,984 255	4,624 141	1,360 114	629 20	455 13	174 7
2019-20	7,056 443	6,402 418	4,936 312	1,466 106	654 25	466 11	188 14
2020-21	8,797 1,741	8,155 1,753	6,001 1,065	2,154 688	642 -12	459 -7	183 -5
2021-22	9,593 796	8,916 761	6,565 564	2,351 197	677 35	483 24	194 11
2022-23	10,301 708	9,533 617	6,989 424	2,544 193	768 91	542 59	226 32
2023-24	11,070 769	10,274 741	7,345 356	2,929 385	796 28	550 8	246 20
2024-25	11,426 356	10,629 355	7,605 260	3,024 95	797 1	548 -2	249 3
Average	8,301	7,635	5,718	1,916	666	474	193

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 7,635 where 10,629 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 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
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Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,278	4,876	3,947	929	402	330	72
2016-17	5,447	5,017	4,004	1,013	430	354	76
2017-18	5,729	5,378	4,203	1,175	351	280	71
2018-19	5,984	5,601	4,331	1,270	383	293	90
2019-20	6,402	6,023	4,665	1,358	379	271	108
2020-21	8,155	6,035	4,528	1,507	2,120	1,473	647
2021-22	8,916	6,557	4,911	1,646	2,359	1,654	705
2022-23	9,533	6,838	5,092	1,746	2,695	1,897	798
2023-24	10,274	7,187	5,222	1,965	3,087	2,123	964
2024-25	10,629	7,553	5,417	2,136	3,076	2,188	888
Average	7,635	7,635	4,632	1,475	7,635	1,086	442

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 666 where 797 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 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
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Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	528	425	313	112	103	75	28
2016-17	564	467	336	131	97	69	28
2017-18	609	517	375	142	92	67	25
2018-19	629	532	387	145	97	68	29
2019-20	654	557	394	163	97	72	25
2020-21	642	555	391	164	87	68	19
2021-22	677	582	411	171	95	72	23
2022-23	768	646	454	192	122	88	34
2023-24	796	680	466	214	116	84	32
2024-25	797	670	456	214	127	92	35
Average	666	666	398	165	666	76	28

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.03%. The percentage was 51.12% 10 years ago and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach still has a high percentage of white students. 4.60% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.39% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.85% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 51.12% to 51.03%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.31% to 4.60%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.72% to 7.39%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.98% to 13.85%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7102 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7264 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

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

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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	21	250	332	231	11	2,968	431
2016-17	17	273	333	252	13	3,113	509
2017-18	15	272	327	417	15	3,351	428
2018-19	15	299	332	889	13	3,520	226
2019-20	19	333	327	935	15	3,855	267
2020-21	19	340	434	2,295	11	4,107	309
2021-22	16	353	457	2,669	15	4,391	345
2022-23	19	386	460	3,045	13	4,563	390
2023-24	20	405	366	1,218	12	4,652	430
2024-25	27	526	844	1,582	21	5,831	581
Average	19	344	421	1,353	14	4,035	392