Enrollment Trends at Alcorn State

The student population at Alcorn State University is 2,933 (2,431 undergraduate and 502 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 915 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Alcorn State is 82.88% which is decreased by 726 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 189 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.11 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

599 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 67.32% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,456 where 2,933 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

82.88% of total students is undergraduate students and 17.12% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 726 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 189 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.11 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Alcorn State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,848	3,157	1,118	2,039	691	167	524
2014-15	3,639 -209	3,006 -151	1,078 -40	1,928 -111	633 -58	166 -1	467 -57
2015-16	3,518 -121	2,911 -95	1,046 -32	1,865 -63	607 -26	180 14	427 -40
2016-17	3,420 -98	2,825 -86	1,026 -20	1,799 -66	595 -12	182 2	413 -14
2017-18	3,716 296	3,172 347	1,140 114	2,032 233	544 -51	160 -22	384 -29
2018-19	3,658 -58	3,173 1	1,135 -5	2,038 6	485 -59	135 -25	350 -34
2019-20	3,523 -135	3,069 -104	1,090 -45	1,979 -59	454 -31	134 -1	320 -30
2020-21	3,230 -293	2,729 -340	929 -161	1,800 -179	501 47	121 -13	380 60
2021-22	3,074 -156	2,533 -196	853 -76	1,680 -120	541 40	132 11	409 29
2022-23	2,933 -141	2,431 -102	808 -45	1,623 -57	502 -39	135 3	367 -42
Average	3,456	2,901	1,022	1,878	555	151	404

Alcorn State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,901 where 2,431 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 Alcorn State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,157	2,732	1,020	1,712	425	98	327
2014-15	3,006	2,570	961	1,609	436	117	319
2015-16	2,911	2,556	949	1,607	355	97	258
2016-17	2,825	2,589	950	1,639	236	76	160
2017-18	3,172	2,893	1,052	1,841	279	88	191
2018-19	3,173	2,855	1,036	1,819	318	99	219
2019-20	3,069	2,729	971	1,758	340	119	221
2020-21	2,729	2,345	803	1,542	384	126	258
2021-22	2,533	2,131	739	1,392	402	114	288
2022-23	2,431	2,021	691	1,330	410	117	293
Average	2,901	2,901	917	1,625	2,901	105	253

Alcorn State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 555 where 502 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 Alcorn State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	691	185	55	130	506	112	394
2014-15	633	170	55	115	463	111	352
2015-16	607	201	89	112	406	91	315
2016-17	595	199	81	118	396	101	295
2017-18	544	190	65	125	354	95	259
2018-19	485	154	51	103	331	84	247
2019-20	454	161	60	101	293	74	219
2020-21	501	163	40	123	338	81	257
2021-22	541	171	56	115	370	76	294
2022-23	502	173	63	110	329	72	257
Average	555	555	62	115	555	90	289

Alcorn State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 2.22% and the percentage of black students is 94.61% at Alcorn State University. 0.10% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Alcorn State 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	1	10	3,573	19	8	149	38
2014-15	3	10	3,386	12	11	102	57
2015-16	1	11	3,212	11	9	111	66
2016-17	2	6	3,096	28	11	114	49
2017-18	7	6	3,362	30	10	110	54
2018-19	7	7	3,345	24	12	98	0
2019-20	4	9	3,229	16	15	90	0
2020-21	2	9	2,925	27	1	72	54
2021-22	4	8	2,828	27	15	92	0
2022-23	9	3	2,775	24	14	65	0
Average	4	8	3,173	22	11	100	32

Alcorn State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

599 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 67.32% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Alcorn State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,639	358	1,444	1,837
2015-16	3,518	320	1,343	1,855
2016-17	3,420	456	1,715	1,249
2017-18	3,716	430	2,113	1,173
2018-19	3,658	455	2,076	1,127
2019-20	3,523	550	2,176	797
2020-21	3,230	526	1,843	861
2021-22	3,074	546	1,658	870
2022-23	2,933	599	1,681	653
Average	3,412	471	1,783	1,158

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