Enrollment Trends at Ashland

The student population at Ashland University is 4,174 (3,083 undergraduate and 1,091 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,197 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Ashland is 73.86% which is decreased by 556 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 641 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.41 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,087 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -19.06% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,510 where 4,174 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

73.86% of total students is undergraduate students and 26.14% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 556 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 641 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.41 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Ashland than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,371	3,639	1,673	1,966	1,732	796	936
2014-15	5,737 366	3,746 107	1,760 87	1,986 20	1,991 259	833 37	1,158 222
2015-16	5,677 -60	3,716 -30	1,736 -24	1,980 -6	1,961 -30	795 -38	1,166 8
2016-17	6,579 902	4,814 1,098	2,492 756	2,322 342	1,765 -196	753 -42	1,012 -154
2017-18	6,471 -108	4,813 -1	2,521 29	2,292 -30	1,658 -107	721 -32	937 -75
2018-19	6,627 156	5,020 207	2,646 125	2,374 82	1,607 -51	675 -46	932 -5
2019-20	5,091 -1,536	3,653 -1,367	1,457 -1,189	2,196 -178	1,438 -169	596 -79	842 -90
2020-21	4,447 -644	3,148 -505	1,165 -292	1,983 -213	1,299 -139	523 -73	776 -66
2021-22	4,929 482	3,731 583	1,731 566	2,000 17	1,198 -101	493 -30	705 -71
2022-23	4,174 -755	3,083 -648	1,281 -450	1,802 -198	1,091 -107	448 -45	643 -62
Average	5,510	3,936	1,846	2,090	1,574	663	911

Ashland University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,936 where 3,083 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 Ashland University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,639	2,458	936	1,522	1,181	737	444
2014-15	3,746	2,562	970	1,592	1,184	790	394
2015-16	3,716	2,609	988	1,621	1,107	748	359
2016-17	4,814	3,441	1,719	1,722	1,373	773	600
2017-18	4,813	3,380	1,641	1,739	1,433	880	553
2018-19	5,020	3,490	1,678	1,812	1,530	968	562
2019-20	3,653	2,687	1,127	1,560	966	330	636
2020-21	3,148	2,310	876	1,434	838	289	549
2021-22	3,731	2,219	960	1,259	1,512	771	741
2022-23	3,083	1,983	828	1,155	1,100	453	647
Average	3,936	3,936	1,172	1,542	3,936	674	549

Ashland University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,574 where 1,091 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 Ashland University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,732	899	419	480	833	377	456
2014-15	1,991	936	417	519	1,055	416	639
2015-16	1,961	973	420	553	988	375	613
2016-17	1,765	1,066	448	618	699	305	394
2017-18	1,658	1,066	457	609	592	264	328
2018-19	1,607	1,034	432	602	573	243	330
2019-20	1,438	887	354	533	551	242	309
2020-21	1,299	763	322	441	536	201	335
2021-22	1,198	717	304	413	481	189	292
2022-23	1,091	716	308	408	375	140	235
Average	1,574	1,574	388	518	1,574	275	393

Ashland University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.35%. The percentage was 77.14% 10 years ago and Ashland still has a high percentage of white students. 1.32% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.87% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ashland 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	22	30	745	113	4	4,143	73
2014-15	19	37	746	140	6	4,401	79
2015-16	21	33	735	150	6	4,230	89
2016-17	39	47	993	176	4	4,762	67
2017-18	42	60	1,023	115	10	4,644	67
2018-19	54	73	1,093	184	8	4,462	63
2019-20	15	49	553	176	8	3,720	98
2020-21	14	52	375	164	5	3,369	94
2021-22	19	100	594	153	7	3,665	115
2022-23	17	55	412	133	5	3,145	111
Average	26	54	727	150	6	4,054	86

Ashland University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,087 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -19.06% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ashland University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,737	1,343	0	4,394
2015-16	5,677	943	1,133	3,601
2016-17	6,579	1,345	1,715	3,519
2017-18	6,471	1,310	2,194	2,967
2018-19	6,627	2,415	2,147	2,065
2019-20	5,091	1,322	1,282	2,487
2020-21	4,447	1,489	1,700	1,258
2021-22	4,929	1,358	1,241	2,330
2022-23	4,174	1,087	1,496	1,591
Average	5,526	1,401	1,434	2,690

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