Enrollment Trends at Goshen

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 864 where 847 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 950 students in 2018 and was lowest at 768 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 839 to 847 students, a net gain of 8 (1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Goshen College since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
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Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	839	773	324	449	66	8	58
2016-17	870 31	800 27	317 -7	483 34	70 4	9 1	61 3
2017-18	950 80	883 83	316 -1	567 84	67 -3	12 3	55 -6
2018-19	927 -23	845 -38	320 4	525 -42	82 15	19 7	63 8
2019-20	907 -20	826 -19	311 -9	515 -10	81 -1	11 -8	70 7
2020-21	899 -8	827 1	313 2	514 -1	72 -9	7 -4	65 -5
2021-22	811 -88	749 -78	288 -25	461 -53	62 -10	7	55 -10
2022-23	768 -43	717 -32	274 -14	443 -18	51 -11	10 3	41 -14
2023-24	824 56	773 56	287 13	486 43	51	12 2	39 -2
2024-25	847 23	780 7	325 38	455 -31	67 16	13 1	54 15
Average	864	797	308	490	67	11	56

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 797 where 780 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 Goshen College 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	773	714	304	410	59	20	39
2016-17	800	741	293	448	59	24	35
2017-18	883	816	294	522	67	22	45
2018-19	845	798	301	497	47	19	28
2019-20	826	751	289	462	75	22	53
2020-21	827	753	299	454	74	14	60
2021-22	749	683	270	413	66	18	48
2022-23	717	667	258	409	50	16	34
2023-24	773	668	263	405	105	24	81
2024-25	780	691	307	384	89	18	71
Average	797	797	288	440	797	20	49

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 67 where 67 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 Goshen 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	66	6	2	4	60	6	54
2016-17	70	9	2	7	61	7	54
2017-18	67	11	5	6	56	7	49
2018-19	82	23	11	12	59	8	51
2019-20	81	18	5	13	63	6	57
2020-21	72	6	1	5	66	6	60
2021-22	62	12	3	9	50	4	46
2022-23	51	13	6	7	38	4	34
2023-24	51	12	7	5	39	5	34
2024-25	67	16	5	11	51	8	43
Average	67	67	5	8	67	6	48

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.93% and the percentage of black students is 6.38% at Goshen College. 1.89% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 26.68% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.34% to 45.93%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.91% to 1.89%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.41% to 6.38%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 15.49% to 26.68%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7126 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5198 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Goshen College 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	1	16	37	130	0	565	17
2016-17	1	17	36	150	0	571	21
2017-18	2	19	41	186	1	608	20
2018-19	1	19	40	202	1	571	21
2019-20	1	21	36	196	2	549	19
2020-21	4	21	41	222	2	490	22
2021-22	2	19	40	210	1	416	14
2022-23	1	19	40	214	1	374	17
2023-24	3	19	44	222	1	405	21
2024-25	2	16	54	226	1	389	25
Average	2	19	41	196	1	494	20