Enrollment Trends at Appalachian State

The student population at Appalachian State University is 20,436 (18,558 undergraduate and 1,878 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,598 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Appalachian State is 90.81% which is increased by 2,533 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 65 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.36 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,647 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 81.99% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 19,039 where 20,436 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

90.81% of total students is undergraduate students and 9.19% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,533 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 65 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.36 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Appalachian State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17,838	16,025	7,499	8,526	1,813	551	1,262
2014-15	18,026 188	16,255 230	7,506 7	8,749 223	1,771 -42	546 -5	1,225 -37
2015-16	17,932 -94	16,290 35	7,511 5	8,779 30	1,642 -129	536 -10	1,106 -119
2016-17	18,295 363	16,595 305	7,446 -65	9,149 370	1,700 58	542 6	1,158 52
2017-18	18,811 516	17,017 422	7,593 147	9,424 275	1,794 94	588 46	1,206 48
2018-19	19,108 297	17,381 364	7,608 15	9,773 349	1,727 -67	533 -55	1,194 -12
2019-20	19,280 172	17,518 137	7,634 26	9,884 111	1,762 35	527 -6	1,235 41
2020-21	20,023 743	18,061 543	7,722 88	10,339 455	1,962 200	570 43	1,392 157
2021-22	20,641 618	18,555 494	8,031 309	10,524 185	2,086 124	617 47	1,469 77
2022-23	20,436 -205	18,558 3	8,097 66	10,461 -63	1,878 -208	553 -64	1,325 -144
Average	19,039	17,226	7,665	9,561	1,814	556	1,257

Appalachian State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 17,226 where 18,558 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 Appalachian State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	16,025	15,115	7,141	7,974	910	358	552
2014-15	16,255	15,312	7,156	8,156	943	350	593
2015-16	16,290	15,351	7,112	8,239	939	399	540
2016-17	16,595	15,542	7,014	8,528	1,053	432	621
2017-18	17,017	16,071	7,201	8,870	946	392	554
2018-19	17,381	16,421	7,236	9,185	960	372	588
2019-20	17,518	16,622	7,263	9,359	896	371	525
2020-21	18,061	16,905	7,226	9,679	1,156	496	660
2021-22	18,555	17,418	7,525	9,893	1,137	506	631
2022-23	18,558	17,365	7,573	9,792	1,193	524	669
Average	17,226	17,226	7,245	8,968	17,226	420	593

Appalachian State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,814 where 1,878 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 Appalachian State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,813	906	318	588	907	233	674
2014-15	1,771	853	328	525	918	218	700
2015-16	1,642	868	324	544	774	212	562
2016-17	1,700	945	348	597	755	194	561
2017-18	1,794	950	354	596	844	234	610
2018-19	1,727	870	295	575	857	238	619
2019-20	1,762	872	290	582	890	237	653
2020-21	1,962	867	304	563	1,095	266	829
2021-22	2,086	920	336	584	1,166	281	885
2022-23	1,878	858	301	557	1,020	252	768
Average	1,814	1,814	320	571	1,814	237	686

Appalachian State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.92%. The percentage was 86.04% 10 years ago and Appalachian State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.63% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.66% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Appalachian 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	51	229	562	701	12	15,347	399
2014-15	44	267	584	702	11	15,447	441
2015-16	48	320	645	759	20	15,144	497
2016-17	56	328	715	843	20	15,334	565
2017-18	55	318	707	1,057	14	15,610	655
2018-19	52	309	696	1,160	14	15,839	683
2019-20	59	305	707	1,332	8	15,796	746
2020-21	37	306	782	1,509	1	16,331	809
2021-22	35	349	781	1,602	2	16,731	878
2022-23	47	334	748	1,604	3	16,536	878
Average	48	307	693	1,127	11	15,812	655

Appalachian State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,647 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 81.99% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Appalachian State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	18,026	905	1,764	15,357
2015-16	17,932	812	1,941	15,179
2016-17	18,295	951	1,715	15,629
2017-18	18,811	978	2,152	15,681
2018-19	19,108	1,056	2,750	15,302
2019-20	19,280	979	3,511	14,790
2020-21	20,023	3,281	15,676	1,066
2021-22	20,641	1,667	10,639	8,335
2022-23	20,436	1,647	9,770	9,019
Average	19,172	1,364	5,546	12,262

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