Enrollment Trends at Simpson

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,363 where 1,251 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 1,690 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,151 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,690 to 1,251 students, a net loss of 439 (26%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Simpson 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	1,690	1,623	746	877	67	28	39
2016-17	1,608 -82	1,543 -80	685 -61	858 -19	65 -2	24 -4	41 2
2017-18	1,479 -129	1,432 -111	650 -35	782 -76	47 -18	15 -9	32 -9
2018-19	1,444 -35	1,396 -36	654 4	742 -40	48 1	19 4	29 -3
2019-20	1,355 -89	1,307 -89	615 -39	692 -50	48	20 1	28 -1
2020-21	1,267 -88	1,225 -82	588 -27	637 -55	42 -6	15 -5	27 -1
2021-22	1,218 -49	1,172 -53	550 -38	622 -15	46 4	18 3	28 1
2022-23	1,151 -67	1,127 -45	541 -9	586 -36	24 -22	11 -7	13 -15
2023-24	1,163 12	1,140 13	534 -7	606 20	23 -1	8 -3	15 2
2024-25	1,251 88	1,235 95	624 90	611 5	16 -7	3 -5	13 -2
Average	1,363	1,320	619	701	43	16	27

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,320 where 1,235 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 Simpson 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	1,623	1,426	648	778	197	98	99
2016-17	1,543	1,379	605	774	164	80	84
2017-18	1,432	1,280	587	693	152	63	89
2018-19	1,396	1,252	581	671	144	73	71
2019-20	1,307	1,161	543	618	146	72	74
2020-21	1,225	1,108	529	579	117	59	58
2021-22	1,172	1,073	507	566	99	43	56
2022-23	1,127	1,062	513	549	65	28	37
2023-24	1,140	1,090	510	580	50	24	26
2024-25	1,235	1,201	601	600	34	23	11
Average	1,320	1,320	562	641	1,320	56	61

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 43 where 16 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 Simpson 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	67	11	4	7	56	24	32
2016-17	65	15	5	10	50	19	31
2017-18	47	14	6	8	33	9	24
2018-19	48	8	3	5	40	16	24
2019-20	48	10	2	8	38	18	20
2020-21	42	9	3	6	33	12	21
2021-22	46	4	3	1	42	15	27
2022-23	24	16	7	9	8	4	4
2023-24	23	8	3	5	15	5	10
2024-25	16	10	2	8	6	1	5
Average	43	43	4	7	43	12	20

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.26%. The percentage was 86.21% 10 years ago and Simpson still has a high percentage of white students. 1.84% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.24% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 86.21% to 72.26%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.42% to 1.84%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.01% to 4.24%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.66% to 12.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4577 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2552 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Simpson College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• 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	4	24	34	45	1	1,457	24
2016-17	1	23	40	67	3	1,353	25
2017-18	2	27	33	58	3	1,213	27
2018-19	1	21	41	76	2	1,159	48
2019-20	4	23	44	85	1	1,062	58
2020-21	1	24	46	90	3	992	57
2021-22	1	17	46	99	1	956	51
2022-23	0	17	41	106	1	890	54
2023-24	3	22	44	127	1	875	50
2024-25	3	23	53	159	2	904	54
Average	2	22	42	91	2	1,086	45