Enrollment Trends at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,888 where 3,264 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 3,286 students in 2024 and was lowest at 2,265 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,265 to 3,264 students, a net gain of 999 (44.1%).

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

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Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,265	2,205	1,702	503	60	49	11
2016-17	2,439 174	2,377 172	1,793 91	584 81	62 2	46 -3	16 5
2017-18	2,663 224	2,606 229	1,972 179	634 50	57 -5	37 -9	20 4
2018-19	2,776 113	2,726 120	2,043 71	683 49	50 -7	32 -5	18 -2
2019-20	2,946 170	2,894 168	2,132 89	762 79	52 2	29 -3	23 5
2020-21	3,004 58	2,961 67	2,171 39	790 28	43 -9	28 -1	15 -8
2021-22	3,071 67	3,033 72	2,226 55	807 17	38 -5	31 3	7 -8
2022-23	3,162 91	3,120 87	2,266 40	854 47	42 4	29 -2	13 6
2023-24	3,286 124	3,250 130	2,339 73	911 57	36 -6	22 -7	14 1
2024-25	3,264 -22	3,229 -21	2,337 -2	892 -19	35 -1	23 1	12 -2
Average	2,888	2,840	2,098	742	48	33	15

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,840 where 3,229 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-Prescott since 2015.

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Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,205	2,082	1,603	479	123	99	24
2016-17	2,377	2,255	1,700	555	122	93	29
2017-18	2,606	2,471	1,857	614	135	115	20
2018-19	2,726	2,592	1,934	658	134	109	25
2019-20	2,894	2,773	2,033	740	121	99	22
2020-21	2,961	2,853	2,083	770	108	88	20
2021-22	3,033	2,892	2,111	781	141	115	26
2022-23	3,120	2,970	2,142	828	150	124	26
2023-24	3,250	3,086	2,218	868	164	121	43
2024-25	3,229	3,060	2,209	851	169	128	41
Average	2,840	2,840	1,989	714	2,840	109	28

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 48 where 35 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-Prescott 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	60	51	40	11	9	9	0
2016-17	62	57	43	14	5	3	2
2017-18	57	53	36	17	4	1	3
2018-19	50	45	29	16	5	3	2
2019-20	52	49	28	21	3	1	2
2020-21	43	34	22	12	9	6	3
2021-22	38	33	29	4	5	2	3
2022-23	42	39	28	11	3	1	2
2023-24	36	31	19	12	5	3	2
2024-25	35	32	20	12	3	3	0
Average	48	48	29	13	48	3	2

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.89%. The percentage was 58.81% 10 years ago and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott still has a high percentage of white students. 6.56% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.36% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 15.90% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 58.81% to 53.89%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.94% to 6.56%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.12% to 2.36%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.15% to 15.90%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6707 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6405 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott 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	10	112	48	94	14	1,332	215
2016-17	8	132	54	93	16	1,471	262
2017-18	7	151	57	155	17	1,652	261
2018-19	12	166	43	356	16	1,725	175
2019-20	13	166	43	400	17	1,824	186
2020-21	13	175	48	421	12	1,848	186
2021-22	19	191	65	461	11	1,792	198
2022-23	16	191	62	474	16	1,814	217
2023-24	18	217	69	514	17	1,825	262
2024-25	16	214	77	519	17	1,759	304
Average	13	172	57	349	15	1,704	227