Enrollment Trends at Athens State

The student population at Athens State University is 2,894 (2,520 undergraduate and 374 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 276 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Athens State is 87.08% which is decreased by 650 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 374 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.26 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,832 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 11.50% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,006 where 2,894 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.08% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.92% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 650 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 374 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.26 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Athens State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,170	3,170	1,107	2,063	0	0	0
2014-15	3,128 -42	3,128 -42	1,082 -25	2,046 -17	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	3,041 -87	3,041 -87	1,063 -19	1,978 -68	0 0	0 0	0 0
2016-17	3,063 22	3,025 -16	1,033 -30	1,992 14	38 38	23 23	15 15
2017-18	3,114 51	2,967 -58	971 -62	1,996 4	147 109	73 50	74 59
2018-19	3,044 -70	2,885 -82	898 -73	1,987 -9	159 12	64 -9	95 21
2019-20	2,941 -103	2,774 -111	878 -20	1,896 -91	167 8	55 -9	112 17
2020-21	2,867 -74	2,688 -86	821 -57	1,867 -29	179 12	76 21	103 -9
2021-22	2,794 -73	2,559 -129	769 -52	1,790 -77	235 56	94 18	141 38
2022-23	2,894 100	2,520 -39	744 -25	1,776 -14	374 139	143 49	231 90
Average	3,006	2,876	937	1,939	130	53	77

Athens State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,876 where 2,520 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 Athens State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,170	1,350	419	931	1,820	688	1,132
2014-15	3,128	1,341	393	948	1,787	689	1,098
2015-16	3,041	1,226	374	852	1,815	689	1,126
2016-17	3,025	1,212	372	840	1,813	661	1,152
2017-18	2,967	1,210	371	839	1,757	600	1,157
2018-19	2,885	1,205	356	849	1,680	542	1,138
2019-20	2,774	1,194	353	841	1,580	525	1,055
2020-21	2,688	1,202	343	859	1,486	478	1,008
2021-22	2,559	1,136	343	793	1,423	426	997
2022-23	2,520	1,106	307	799	1,414	437	977
Average	2,876	2,876	363	855	2,876	574	1,084

Athens State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 130 where 374 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 Athens State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2014-15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	38	5	3	2	33	20	13
2017-18	147	28	9	19	119	64	55
2018-19	159	24	7	17	135	57	78
2019-20	167	37	14	23	130	41	89
2020-21	179	44	19	25	135	57	78
2021-22	235	32	14	18	203	80	123
2022-23	374	46	15	31	328	128	200
Average	130	130	8	14	130	45	64

Athens State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.26%. The percentage was 74.83% 10 years ago and Athens State still has a high percentage of white students. 0.76% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.93% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Athens 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	60	16	355	66	2	2,372	43
2014-15	48	17	396	63	3	2,423	54
2015-16	44	19	377	59	2	2,364	55
2016-17	43	24	401	71	3	2,362	58
2017-18	50	27	432	80	3	2,369	63
2018-19	46	24	435	93	3	2,280	69
2019-20	26	24	420	99	4	2,206	81
2020-21	38	17	416	103	3	2,139	74
2021-22	36	18	407	118	1	2,077	83
2022-23	42	22	432	142	3	2,120	91
Average	43	21	407	89	3	2,271	67

Athens State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,832 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 63% of total students. The number of online students has increased 11.50% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Athens State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,128	1,643	1,109	376
2015-16	3,041	1,669	1,026	346
2016-17	3,063	1,724	1,031	308
2017-18	3,114	1,951	849	314
2018-19	3,044	2,049	773	222
2019-20	2,941	1,996	703	242
2020-21	2,867	1,722	938	207
2021-22	2,794	1,673	879	242
2022-23	2,894	1,832	843	219
Average	2,987	1,807	906	275

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