Enrollment Trends at Alvernia

The student population at Alvernia University is 2,484 (2,018 undergraduate and 466 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 387 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Alvernia is 81.24% which is decreased by 353 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 34 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.82 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

286 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 86.93% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,746 where 2,484 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

81.24% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.76% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 353 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 34 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.82 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Alvernia than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,871	2,371	657	1,714	500	184	316
2014-15	2,917 46	2,442 71	643 -14	1,799 85	475 -25	155 -29	320 4
2015-16	2,856 -61	2,358 -84	660 17	1,698 -101	498 23	169 14	329 9
2016-17	2,872 16	2,323 -35	607 -53	1,716 18	549 51	178 9	371 42
2017-18	2,838 -34	2,251 -72	612 5	1,639 -77	587 38	189 11	398 27
2018-19	2,792 -46	2,196 -55	651 39	1,545 -94	596 9	177 -12	419 21
2019-20	2,731 -61	2,123 -73	643 -8	1,480 -65	608 12	164 -13	444 25
2020-21	2,560 -171	2,045 -78	653 10	1,392 -88	515 -93	152 -12	363 -81
2021-22	2,536 -24	2,032 -13	691 38	1,341 -51	504 -11	156 4	348 -15
2022-23	2,484 -52	2,018 -14	738 47	1,280 -61	466 -38	142 -14	324 -24
Average	2,746	2,216	656	1,560	530	167	363

Alvernia University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,216 where 2,018 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 Alvernia University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,371	1,719	535	1,184	652	122	530
2014-15	2,442	1,798	515	1,283	644	128	516
2015-16	2,358	1,765	521	1,244	593	139	454
2016-17	2,323	1,719	483	1,236	604	124	480
2017-18	2,251	1,670	502	1,168	581	110	471
2018-19	2,196	1,690	565	1,125	506	86	420
2019-20	2,123	1,656	566	1,090	467	77	390
2020-21	2,045	1,655	577	1,078	390	76	314
2021-22	2,032	1,641	615	1,026	391	76	315
2022-23	2,018	1,670	659	1,011	348	79	269
Average	2,216	2,216	554	1,145	2,216	102	416

Alvernia University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 530 where 466 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 Alvernia University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	500	105	45	60	395	139	256
2014-15	475	133	42	91	342	113	229
2015-16	498	165	57	108	333	112	221
2016-17	549	204	75	129	345	103	242
2017-18	587	234	77	157	353	112	241
2018-19	596	256	73	183	340	104	236
2019-20	608	275	74	201	333	90	243
2020-21	515	257	75	182	258	77	181
2021-22	504	278	90	188	226	66	160
2022-23	466	263	87	176	203	55	148
Average	530	530	70	148	530	97	216

Alvernia University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.13%. The percentage was 70.36% 10 years ago and Alvernia still has a high percentage of white students. 1.93% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.27% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Alvernia 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	40	388	186	2	2,020	42
2014-15	7	29	376	205	2	2,024	39
2015-16	7	34	335	206	1	1,943	35
2016-17	7	43	302	221	2	2,006	43
2017-18	8	51	272	247	0	1,877	50
2018-19	7	45	319	283	0	1,892	60
2019-20	7	45	312	298	0	1,854	78
2020-21	5	41	295	311	3	1,682	80
2021-22	9	58	266	326	2	1,624	68
2022-23	9	48	255	318	2	1,593	76
Average	7	43	312	260	1	1,852	57

Alvernia University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

286 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 86.93% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Alvernia University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,917	153	161	2,603
2015-16	2,856	290	154	2,412
2016-17	2,872	268	507	2,097
2017-18	2,838	350	466	2,022
2018-19	2,792	364	368	2,060
2019-20	2,731	339	393	1,999
2020-21	2,560	366	525	1,669
2021-22	2,536	292	583	1,661
2022-23	2,484	286	575	1,623
Average	2,732	301	415	2,016

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