Enrollment Trends at Arkansas State

The student population at Arkansas State University is 13,190 (8,201 undergraduate and 4,989 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 362 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Arkansas State is 62.18% which is decreased by 1,897 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,535 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.87 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

5,823 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 114.16% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 13,435 where 13,190 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

62.18% of total students is undergraduate students and 37.82% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,897 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,535 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.87 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Arkansas State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13,552	10,098	4,279	5,819	3,454	1,107	2,347
2014-15	13,144 -408	9,857 -241	4,208 -71	5,649 -170	3,287 -167	1,139 32	2,148 -199
2015-16	13,410 266	9,592 -265	4,112 -96	5,480 -169	3,818 531	1,334 195	2,484 336
2016-17	14,085 675	9,839 247	4,185 73	5,654 174	4,246 428	1,440 106	2,806 322
2017-18	13,930 -155	9,604 -235	3,881 -304	5,723 69	4,326 80	1,456 16	2,870 64
2018-19	13,709 -221	9,350 -254	3,739 -142	5,611 -112	4,359 33	1,436 -20	2,923 53
2019-20	13,356 -353	8,928 -422	3,586 -153	5,342 -269	4,428 69	1,442 6	2,986 63
2020-21	13,106 -250	8,486 -442	3,284 -302	5,202 -140	4,620 192	1,417 -25	3,203 217
2021-22	12,863 -243	8,241 -245	3,126 -158	5,115 -87	4,622 2	1,366 -51	3,256 53
2022-23	13,190 327	8,201 -40	3,127 1	5,074 -41	4,989 367	1,466 100	3,523 267
Average	13,435	9,220	3,753	5,467	4,215	1,360	2,855

Arkansas State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,220 where 8,201 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 Arkansas State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	10,098	7,645	3,289	4,356	2,453	990	1,463
2014-15	9,857	7,465	3,275	4,190	2,392	933	1,459
2015-16	9,592	7,295	3,193	4,102	2,297	919	1,378
2016-17	9,839	7,305	3,222	4,083	2,534	963	1,571
2017-18	9,604	6,894	2,958	3,936	2,710	923	1,787
2018-19	9,350	6,789	2,887	3,902	2,561	852	1,709
2019-20	8,928	6,439	2,739	3,700	2,489	847	1,642
2020-21	8,486	5,836	2,335	3,501	2,650	949	1,701
2021-22	8,241	5,401	2,191	3,210	2,840	935	1,905
2022-23	8,201	5,138	2,123	3,015	3,063	1,004	2,059
Average	9,220	9,220	2,821	3,800	9,220	932	1,667

Arkansas State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,215 where 4,989 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 Arkansas State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,454	739	341	398	2,715	766	1,949
2014-15	3,287	661	340	321	2,626	799	1,827
2015-16	3,818	736	338	398	3,082	996	2,086
2016-17	4,246	756	322	434	3,490	1,118	2,372
2017-18	4,326	703	289	414	3,623	1,167	2,456
2018-19	4,359	667	252	415	3,692	1,184	2,508
2019-20	4,428	650	241	409	3,778	1,201	2,577
2020-21	4,620	629	219	410	3,991	1,198	2,793
2021-22	4,622	651	247	404	3,971	1,119	2,852
2022-23	4,989	549	181	368	4,440	1,285	3,155
Average	4,215	4,215	277	397	4,215	1,083	2,458

Arkansas State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.55%. The percentage was 73.75% 10 years ago and Arkansas State still has a high percentage of white students. 1.13% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.34% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Arkansas 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	57	97	1,923	267	10	9,995	211
2014-15	71	102	1,834	293	16	9,744	209
2015-16	54	111	1,788	324	12	9,996	242
2016-17	59	116	1,836	350	10	10,448	249
2017-18	54	118	1,831	358	7	10,381	269
2018-19	49	126	1,737	414	5	10,281	280
2019-20	54	117	1,725	456	9	9,956	280
2020-21	48	124	1,733	516	8	9,724	292
2021-22	45	147	1,805	512	15	9,199	368
2022-23	42	149	1,892	569	15	9,174	403
Average	53	121	1,810	406	11	9,890	280

Arkansas State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

5,823 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 44% of total students. The number of online students has increased 114.16% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Arkansas State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	13,144	2,719	3,671	6,754
2015-16	13,410	3,194	3,553	6,663
2016-17	14,085	3,843	3,682	6,560
2017-18	13,930	4,130	3,577	6,223
2018-19	13,709	4,220	3,494	5,995
2019-20	13,356	4,478	3,461	5,417
2020-21	13,106	5,152	4,677	3,277
2021-22	12,863	5,279	3,587	3,997
2022-23	13,190	5,823	2,988	4,379
Average	13,421	4,315	3,632	5,474

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