Enrollment Trends at University of Akron Wayne

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,628 where 1,411 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 1,992 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,361 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,992 to 1,411 students, a net loss of 581 (29.2%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Akron Wayne College since 2015.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,992	803	1,189
2016-17	1,923 -69	821 18	1,102 -87
2017-18	1,796 -127	749 -72	1,047 -55
2018-19	1,683 -113	713 -36	970 -77
2019-20	1,468 -215	589 -124	879 -91
2020-21	1,658 190	635 46	1,023 144
2021-22	1,575 -83	620 -15	955 -68
2022-23	1,416 -159	570 -50	846 -109
2023-24	1,361 -55	562 -8	799 -47
2024-25	1,411 50	580 18	831 32
Average	1,628	664	964

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 86.53%. The percentage was 87.65% 10 years ago and University of Akron Wayne still has a high percentage of white students. 1.49% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.06% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.69% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 87.65% to 86.53%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.36% to 1.49%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.11% to 1.06%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.16% to 3.69%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.2484 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.2292 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Akron Wayne 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	7	27	62	43	0	1,746	59
2016-17	3	22	60	43	3	1,699	59
2017-18	4	14	52	37	1	1,586	46
2018-19	3	20	59	41	0	1,468	51
2019-20	2	20	44	36	0	1,293	44
2020-21	2	23	47	53	0	1,432	54
2021-22	1	19	49	51	0	1,370	39
2022-23	1	21	31	53	0	1,235	29
2023-24	2	23	19	56	0	1,160	35
2024-25	2	21	15	52	0	1,221	46
Average	3	21	44	47	0	1,421	46