Enrollment Trends at Hanover

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,112 where 1,243 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,243 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,028 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,133 to 1,243 students, a net gain of 110 (9.7%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Hanover 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	1,133	1,133	467	666	0	0	0
2016-17	1,090 -43	1,090 -43	467	623 -43	0	0	0
2017-18	1,089 -1	1,089 -1	502 35	587 -36	0	0	0
2018-19	1,104 15	1,104 15	498 -4	606 19	0	0	0
2019-20	1,070 -34	1,070 -34	476 -22	594 -12	0	0	0
2020-21	1,028 -42	1,028 -42	476	552 -42	0	0	0
2021-22	1,083 55	1,004 -24	491 15	513 -39	79 79	33 33	46 46
2022-23	1,124 41	951 -53	476 -15	475 -38	173 94	72 39	101 55
2023-24	1,157 33	962 11	480 4	482 7	195 22	85 13	110 9
2024-25	1,243 86	1,035 73	516 36	519 37	208 13	68 -17	140 30
Average	1,112	1,047	485	562	66	26	40

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,047 where 1,035 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 Hanover 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	1,133	1,127	465	662	6	2	4
2016-17	1,090	1,084	463	621	6	4	2
2017-18	1,089	1,081	498	583	8	4	4
2018-19	1,104	1,097	493	604	7	5	2
2019-20	1,070	1,065	475	590	5	1	4
2020-21	1,028	1,018	470	548	10	6	4
2021-22	1,004	996	486	510	8	5	3
2022-23	951	946	472	474	5	4	1
2023-24	962	954	474	480	8	6	2
2024-25	1,035	1,024	508	516	11	8	3
Average	1,047	1,047	480	559	1,047	5	3

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 66 where 208 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 Hanover College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	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	79	79	33	46	0	0	0
2022-23	173	173	72	101	0	0	0
2023-24	195	195	85	110	0	0	0
2024-25	208	208	68	140	0	0	0
Average	66	66	26	40	66	0	0

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.15%. The percentage was 81.47% 10 years ago and Hanover still has a high percentage of white students. 1.37% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.15% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.99% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 81.47% to 77.15%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.50% to 1.37%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.32% to 5.15%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.38% to 4.99%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3970 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3334 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Hanover 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	6	17	49	27	0	923	18
2016-17	7	12	56	31	1	873	15
2017-18	7	12	58	37	3	826	18
2018-19	3	8	65	35	3	811	23
2019-20	4	7	53	38	3	795	31
2020-21	5	7	46	39	2	776	35
2021-22	7	7	61	43	0	822	45
2022-23	17	19	70	39	0	835	55
2023-24	16	26	71	43	1	876	55
2024-25	17	17	64	62	3	959	59
Average	9	13	59	39	2	850	35

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Hanover College does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.