Enrollment Trends at Rhodes

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,992 where 1,861 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,073 students in 2022 and was lowest at 1,861 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,063 to 1,861 students, a net loss of 202 (9.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Rhodes 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	2,063	2,046	888	1,158	17	8	9
2016-17	2,029 -34	1,999 -47	888	1,111 -47	30 13	20 12	10 1
2017-18	2,010 -19	1,988 -11	873 -15	1,115 4	22 -8	16 -4	6 -4
2018-19	2,036 26	2,008 20	883 10	1,125 10	28 6	16	12 6
2019-20	2,010 -26	1,973 -35	821 -62	1,152 27	37 9	12 -4	25 13
2020-21	1,875 -135	1,840 -133	742 -79	1,098 -54	35 -2	14 2	21 -4
2021-22	2,073 198	2,050 210	833 91	1,217 119	23 -12	9 -5	14 -7
2022-23	2,008 -65	1,996 -54	827 -6	1,169 -48	12 -11	10 1	2 -12
2023-24	1,952 -56	1,936 -60	809 -18	1,127 -42	16 4	7 -3	9 7
2024-25	1,861 -91	1,838 -98	757 -52	1,081 -46	23 7	12 5	11 2
Average	1,992	1,967	832	1,135	24	12	12

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,967 where 1,838 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 Rhodes 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	2,046	2,032	885	1,147	14	3	11
2016-17	1,999	1,984	883	1,101	15	5	10
2017-18	1,988	1,979	872	1,107	9	1	8
2018-19	2,008	1,992	877	1,115	16	6	10
2019-20	1,973	1,945	816	1,129	28	5	23
2020-21	1,840	1,788	731	1,057	52	11	41
2021-22	2,050	1,996	825	1,171	54	8	46
2022-23	1,996	1,943	813	1,130	53	14	39
2023-24	1,936	1,891	797	1,094	45	12	33
2024-25	1,838	1,747	731	1,016	91	26	65
Average	1,967	1,967	823	1,107	1,967	9	29

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 24 where 23 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 Rhodes 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	17	17	8	9	0	0	0
2016-17	30	30	20	10	0	0	0
2017-18	22	22	16	6	0	0	0
2018-19	28	22	14	8	6	2	4
2019-20	37	29	11	18	8	1	7
2020-21	35	29	12	17	6	2	4
2021-22	23	7	3	4	16	6	10
2022-23	12	12	10	2	0	0	0
2023-24	16	9	5	4	7	2	5
2024-25	23	11	6	5	12	6	6
Average	24	24	11	8	24	2	4

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.46%. The percentage was 73.82% 10 years ago and Rhodes still has a high percentage of white students. 8.97% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.46% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.47% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 73.82% to 58.46%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.96% to 8.97%. Black student enrollment increased from 6.54% to 9.46%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.51% to 7.47%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6330 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4439 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rhodes 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	7	123	135	93	1	1,523	73
2016-17	7	117	154	106	1	1,453	76
2017-18	5	121	161	108	1	1,405	91
2018-19	5	117	172	121	2	1,398	92
2019-20	3	129	196	127	2	1,295	103
2020-21	1	133	190	118	3	1,193	103
2021-22	2	139	189	121	3	1,320	108
2022-23	2	142	195	118	2	1,263	118
2023-24	0	170	191	138	1	1,206	102
2024-25	1	167	176	139	0	1,088	95
Average	3	136	176	119	2	1,314	96

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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