Enrollment Trends at Gettysburg

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,553 where 2,812 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

74.82% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.18% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 343 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 708 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.99 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Gettysburg.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Gettysburg 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	2,447	2,447	1,158	1,289	0	0	0
2016-17	2,394 -53	2,394 -53	1,125 -33	1,269 -20	0	0	0
2017-18	2,411 17	2,411 17	1,140 15	1,271 2	0	0	0
2018-19	2,441 30	2,441 30	1,162 22	1,279 8	0	0	0
2019-20	2,370 -71	2,370 -71	1,139 -23	1,231 -48	0	0	0
2020-21	2,507 137	2,507 137	1,193 54	1,314 83	0	0	0
2021-22	2,401 -106	2,401 -106	1,174 -19	1,227 -87	0	0	0
2022-23	2,854 453	2,241 -160	1,089 -85	1,152 -75	613 613	273 273	340 340
2023-24	2,895 41	2,216 -25	1,082 -7	1,134 -18	679 66	312 39	367 27
2024-25	2,812 -83	2,104 -112	1,070 -12	1,034 -100	708 29	341 29	367
Average	2,553	2,353	1,133	1,220	200	93	107

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,353 where 2,104 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 Gettysburg 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	2,447	2,431	1,150	1,281	16	8	8
2016-17	2,394	2,378	1,117	1,261	16	8	8
2017-18	2,411	2,404	1,139	1,265	7	1	6
2018-19	2,441	2,433	1,161	1,272	8	1	7
2019-20	2,370	2,367	1,139	1,228	3	0	3
2020-21	2,507	2,496	1,189	1,307	11	4	7
2021-22	2,401	2,399	1,173	1,226	2	1	1
2022-23	2,241	2,235	1,086	1,149	6	3	3
2023-24	2,216	2,210	1,080	1,130	6	2	4
2024-25	2,104	2,095	1,066	1,029	9	4	5
Average	2,353	2,353	1,130	1,215	2,353	3	5

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 200 where 708 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 Gettysburg 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	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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	613	3	2	1	610	271	339
2023-24	679	3	1	2	676	311	365
2024-25	708	7	4	3	701	337	364
Average	200	200	1	1	200	92	107

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.50%. The percentage was 78.63% 10 years ago and Gettysburg still has a high percentage of white students. 2.24% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.41% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.24% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 78.63% to 67.50%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.21% to 2.24%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.19% to 4.41%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.19% to 10.24%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5308 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3770 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Gettysburg 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	3	54	78	127	0	1,924	59
2016-17	4	57	78	139	0	1,829	73
2017-18	3	53	85	183	0	1,809	64
2018-19	4	54	86	215	0	1,805	72
2019-20	5	56	92	209	0	1,765	61
2020-21	7	73	108	261	0	1,846	51
2021-22	9	89	122	270	1	1,699	33
2022-23	6	89	126	316	2	2,002	65
2023-24	9	73	132	301	2	1,983	75
2024-25	8	63	124	288	2	1,898	72
Average	6	66	103	231	1	1,856	63