Enrollment Trends at Abilene Christian

The student population at Abilene Christian University is 5,079 (3,211 undergraduate and 1,868 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 618 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Abilene Christian is 63.22% which is decreased by 516 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,134 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.91 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,513 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 316.80% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,927 where 5,079 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

63.22% of total students is undergraduate students and 36.78% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 516 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,134 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.91 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Abilene Christian than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Abilene Christian University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,461	3,727	1,599	2,128	734	294	440
2014-15	4,427 -34	3,650 -77	1,561 -38	2,089 -39	777 43	304 10	473 33
2015-16	4,544 117	3,760 110	1,541 -20	2,219 130	784 7	282 -22	502 29
2016-17	4,910 366	3,758 -2	1,558 17	2,200 -19	1,152 368	434 152	718 216
2017-18	5,145 235	3,666 -92	1,523 -35	2,143 -57	1,479 327	513 79	966 248
2018-19	5,204 59	3,538 -128	1,407 -116	2,131 -12	1,666 187	527 14	1,139 173
2019-20	5,292 88	3,525 -13	1,393 -14	2,132 1	1,767 101	549 22	1,218 79
2020-21	5,291 -1	3,494 -31	1,335 -58	2,159 27	1,797 30	543 -6	1,254 36
2021-22	4,912 -379	3,138 -356	1,231 -104	1,907 -252	1,774 -23	499 -44	1,275 21
2022-23	5,079 167	3,211 73	1,224 -7	1,987 80	1,868 94	524 25	1,344 69
Average	4,927	3,547	1,437	2,110	1,380	447	933

Abilene Christian University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,547 where 3,211 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Abilene Christian University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,727	3,510	1,500	2,010	217	99	118
2014-15	3,650	3,417	1,448	1,969	233	113	120
2015-16	3,760	3,582	1,455	2,127	178	86	92
2016-17	3,758	3,562	1,475	2,087	196	83	113
2017-18	3,666	3,508	1,455	2,053	158	68	90
2018-19	3,538	3,401	1,353	2,048	137	54	83
2019-20	3,525	3,352	1,326	2,026	173	67	106
2020-21	3,494	3,297	1,258	2,039	197	77	120
2021-22	3,138	3,032	1,180	1,852	106	51	55
2022-23	3,211	3,064	1,163	1,901	147	61	86
Average	3,547	3,547	1,361	2,011	3,547	76	98

Abilene Christian University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,380 where 1,868 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Abilene Christian University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	734	321	115	206	413	179	234
2014-15	777	344	109	235	433	195	238
2015-16	784	318	87	231	466	195	271
2016-17	1,152	334	110	224	818	324	494
2017-18	1,479	338	78	260	1,141	435	706
2018-19	1,666	329	65	264	1,337	462	875
2019-20	1,767	387	71	316	1,380	478	902
2020-21	1,797	381	72	309	1,416	471	945
2021-22	1,774	410	65	345	1,364	434	930
2022-23	1,868	394	63	331	1,474	461	1,013
Average	1,380	1,380	84	272	1,380	363	661

Abilene Christian University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.33%. The percentage was 69.27% 10 years ago and Abilene Christian still has a high percentage of white students. 1.87% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.72% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Abilene Christian University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	21	55	370	504	2	3,090	151
2014-15	18	46	387	582	0	2,959	179
2015-16	15	43	432	679	2	2,909	209
2016-17	15	53	564	759	5	3,075	207
2017-18	15	60	619	852	6	3,156	207
2018-19	16	70	653	865	7	3,129	226
2019-20	21	68	705	938	5	3,070	220
2020-21	22	62	730	1,041	3	2,971	197
2021-22	25	75	661	908	2	2,784	187
2022-23	29	95	646	953	0	2,861	191
Average	20	63	577	808	3	3,000	197

Abilene Christian University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,513 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 30% of total students. The number of online students has increased 316.80% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Abilene Christian University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,427	363	165	3,899
2015-16	4,544	385	257	3,902
2016-17	4,910	730	305	3,875
2017-18	5,145	1,053	410	3,682
2018-19	5,204	1,318	506	3,380
2019-20	5,292	1,424	509	3,359
2020-21	5,291	1,582	645	3,064
2021-22	4,912	1,325	587	3,000
2022-23	5,079	1,513	737	2,829
Average	4,978	1,077	458	3,443

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