Enrollment Trends at Aurora

The student population at Aurora University is 5,918 (4,048 undergraduate and 1,870 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 972 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Aurora is 68.40% which is increased by 802 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 170 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.50 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,615 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 530.86% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,753 where 5,918 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

68.40% of total students is undergraduate students and 31.60% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 802 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 170 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.50 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Aurora than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,946	3,246	1,195	2,051	1,700	413	1,287
2014-15	5,084 138	3,204 -42	1,069 -126	2,135 84	1,880 180	557 144	1,323 36
2015-16	5,423 339	3,580 376	1,286 217	2,294 159	1,843 -37	431 -126	1,412 89
2016-17	5,643 220	3,796 216	1,339 53	2,457 163	1,847 4	426 -5	1,421 9
2017-18	5,833 190	3,933 137	1,394 55	2,539 82	1,900 53	433 7	1,467 46
2018-19	6,005 172	4,020 87	1,404 10	2,616 77	1,985 85	447 14	1,538 71
2019-20	6,246 241	4,104 84	1,415 11	2,689 73	2,142 157	441 -6	1,701 163
2020-21	6,265 19	4,158 54	1,431 16	2,727 38	2,107 -35	428 -13	1,679 -22
2021-22	6,165 -100	4,114 -44	1,383 -48	2,731 4	2,051 -56	424 -4	1,627 -52
2022-23	5,918 -247	4,048 -66	1,323 -60	2,725 -6	1,870 -181	370 -54	1,500 -127
Average	5,753	3,820	1,324	2,496	1,933	437	1,496

Aurora University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,820 where 4,048 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 Aurora University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,246	2,852	1,081	1,771	394	114	280
2014-15	3,204	2,832	979	1,853	372	90	282
2015-16	3,580	3,132	1,174	1,958	448	112	336
2016-17	3,796	3,302	1,218	2,084	494	121	373
2017-18	3,933	3,461	1,278	2,183	472	116	356
2018-19	4,020	3,537	1,268	2,269	483	136	347
2019-20	4,104	3,679	1,303	2,376	425	112	313
2020-21	4,158	3,822	1,344	2,478	336	87	249
2021-22	4,114	3,779	1,284	2,495	335	99	236
2022-23	4,048	3,663	1,229	2,434	385	94	291
Average	3,820	3,820	1,216	2,190	3,820	108	306

Aurora University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,933 where 1,870 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 Aurora University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,700	490	95	395	1,210	318	892
2014-15	1,880	681	220	461	1,199	337	862
2015-16	1,843	569	75	494	1,274	356	918
2016-17	1,847	681	91	590	1,166	335	831
2017-18	1,900	719	112	607	1,181	321	860
2018-19	1,985	830	128	702	1,155	319	836
2019-20	2,142	919	155	764	1,223	286	937
2020-21	2,107	904	151	753	1,203	277	926
2021-22	2,051	943	176	767	1,108	248	860
2022-23	1,870	925	164	761	945	206	739
Average	1,933	1,933	137	629	1,933	300	866

Aurora University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 47.62% and the percentage of black students is 7.65% at Aurora University. 3.11% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Aurora 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	18	91	414	798	3	3,245	110
2014-15	19	97	450	927	1	3,240	92
2015-16	17	112	436	1,068	3	3,334	114
2016-17	14	119	468	1,238	5	3,334	139
2017-18	15	122	541	1,391	10	3,238	155
2018-19	10	132	520	1,526	8	3,272	161
2019-20	13	150	530	1,681	8	3,281	162
2020-21	10	175	515	1,832	5	3,167	171
2021-22	6	172	442	1,903	7	3,078	157
2022-23	11	184	453	1,897	7	2,818	143
Average	13	135	477	1,426	6	3,201	140

Aurora University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,615 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 27% of total students. The number of online students has increased 530.86% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Aurora University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,084	256	0	4,828
2015-16	5,423	436	193	4,794
2016-17	5,643	542	211	4,890
2017-18	5,833	696	312	4,825
2018-19	6,005	882	192	4,931
2019-20	6,246	1,123	129	4,994
2020-21	6,265	5,585	243	437
2021-22	6,165	1,638	485	4,042
2022-23	5,918	1,615	510	3,793
Average	5,842	1,419	253	4,170

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