Enrollment Trends at ATU

The student population at Arkansas Tech University is 9,445 (8,722 undergraduate and 723 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,924 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at ATU is 92.35% which is decreased by 1,760 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 164 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.37 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,602 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 47.01% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,299 where 9,445 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

92.35% of total students is undergraduate students and 7.65% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,760 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 164 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.37 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in ATU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11,369	10,482	4,789	5,693	887	265	622
2014-15	12,002 633	11,099 617	4,995 206	6,104 411	903 16	318 53	585 -37
2015-16	12,054 52	11,191 92	5,074 79	6,117 13	863 -40	299 -19	564 -21
2016-17	11,894 -160	11,053 -138	4,971 -103	6,082 -35	841 -22	288 -11	553 -11
2017-18	11,830 -64	10,781 -272	4,945 -26	5,836 -246	1,049 208	328 40	721 168
2018-19	12,101 271	11,151 370	5,082 137	6,069 233	950 -99	278 -50	672 -49
2019-20	11,829 -272	11,015 -136	4,953 -129	6,062 -7	814 -136	257 -21	557 -115
2020-21	10,829 -1,000	10,110 -905	4,409 -544	5,701 -361	719 -95	237 -20	482 -75
2021-22	9,640 -1,189	8,901 -1,209	3,901 -508	5,000 -701	739 20	268 31	471 -11
2022-23	9,445 -195	8,722 -179	3,732 -169	4,990 -10	723 -16	253 -15	470 -1
Average	11,299	10,451	4,685	5,765	849	279	570

Arkansas Tech University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,451 where 8,722 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 Tech University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	10,482	7,063	3,334	3,729	3,419	1,455	1,964
2014-15	11,099	7,028	3,285	3,743	4,071	1,710	2,361
2015-16	11,191	7,065	3,361	3,704	4,126	1,713	2,413
2016-17	11,053	6,785	3,197	3,588	4,268	1,774	2,494
2017-18	10,781	6,729	3,220	3,509	4,052	1,725	2,327
2018-19	11,151	6,396	3,039	3,357	4,755	2,043	2,712
2019-20	11,015	6,584	3,119	3,465	4,431	1,834	2,597
2020-21	10,110	6,227	2,821	3,406	3,883	1,588	2,295
2021-22	8,901	5,398	2,469	2,929	3,503	1,432	2,071
2022-23	8,722	5,060	2,252	2,808	3,662	1,480	2,182
Average	10,451	10,451	3,010	3,424	10,451	1,675	2,342

Arkansas Tech University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 849 where 723 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 Tech University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	887	220	92	128	667	173	494
2014-15	903	260	120	140	643	198	445
2015-16	863	225	101	124	638	198	440
2016-17	841	206	94	112	635	194	441
2017-18	1,049	168	90	78	881	238	643
2018-19	950	187	89	98	763	189	574
2019-20	814	149	75	74	665	182	483
2020-21	719	135	66	69	584	171	413
2021-22	739	152	88	64	587	180	407
2022-23	723	149	71	78	574	182	392
Average	849	849	89	97	849	191	473

Arkansas Tech University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.06%. The percentage was 78.61% 10 years ago and ATU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.79% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.26% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Arkansas Tech 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	129	158	811	645	5	8,937	289
2014-15	121	154	919	728	8	9,314	309
2015-16	99	155	999	772	6	9,178	361
2016-17	94	154	921	804	5	9,091	373
2017-18	93	167	870	873	2	9,010	394
2018-19	82	179	761	986	8	9,244	468
2019-20	70	174	792	1,035	9	8,915	506
2020-21	73	161	697	992	8	8,184	473
2021-22	72	147	608	939	7	7,229	426
2022-23	67	169	591	986	5	6,995	411
Average	90	162	797	876	6	8,610	401

Arkansas Tech University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,602 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 28% of total students. The number of online students has increased 47.01% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Arkansas Tech University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	12,002	1,770	2,696	7,536
2015-16	12,054	1,750	2,616	7,688
2016-17	11,894	2,409	2,770	6,715
2017-18	11,830	2,389	2,849	6,592
2018-19	12,101	2,845	2,734	6,522
2019-20	11,829	2,793	3,092	5,944
2020-21	10,829	4,503	4,051	2,275
2021-22	9,640	2,666	3,435	3,539
2022-23	9,445	2,602	2,828	4,015
Average	11,292	2,636	3,008	5,647

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