Enrollment Trends at Faulkner

The student population at Faulkner University is 2,817 (1,792 undergraduate and 1,025 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 376 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Faulkner is 63.61% which is decreased by 825 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 449 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.44 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,137 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 176.64% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,133 where 2,817 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

63.61% of total students is undergraduate students and 36.39% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 825 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 449 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.44 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Faulkner than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,193	2,617	962	1,655	576	241	335
2014-15	3,335 142	2,670 53	1,058 96	1,612 -43	665 89	275 34	390 55
2015-16	3,262 -73	2,564 -106	1,001 -57	1,563 -49	698 33	278 3	420 30
2016-17	3,319 57	2,583 19	1,028 27	1,555 -8	736 38	303 25	433 13
2017-18	3,350 31	2,672 89	1,060 32	1,612 57	678 -58	306 3	372 -61
2018-19	3,178 -172	2,428 -244	979 -81	1,449 -163	750 72	290 -16	460 88
2019-20	3,036 -142	2,192 -236	912 -67	1,280 -169	844 94	316 26	528 68
2020-21	2,961 -75	2,098 -94	861 -51	1,237 -43	863 19	326 10	537 9
2021-22	2,874 -87	1,922 -176	832 -29	1,090 -147	952 89	361 35	591 54
2022-23	2,817 -57	1,792 -130	794 -38	998 -92	1,025 73	359 -2	666 75
Average	3,133	2,354	949	1,405	779	306	473

Faulkner University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,354 where 1,792 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 Faulkner University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,617	1,803	713	1,090	814	249	565
2014-15	2,670	1,822	792	1,030	848	266	582
2015-16	2,564	1,771	745	1,026	793	256	537
2016-17	2,583	1,779	741	1,038	804	287	517
2017-18	2,672	1,744	697	1,047	928	363	565
2018-19	2,428	1,585	687	898	843	292	551
2019-20	2,192	1,484	647	837	708	265	443
2020-21	2,098	1,361	597	764	737	264	473
2021-22	1,922	1,305	583	722	617	249	368
2022-23	1,792	1,207	569	638	585	225	360
Average	2,354	2,354	677	909	2,354	272	496

Faulkner University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 779 where 1,025 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 Faulkner University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	576	518	212	306	58	29	29
2014-15	665	598	240	358	67	35	32
2015-16	698	612	231	381	86	47	39
2016-17	736	598	228	370	138	75	63
2017-18	678	570	241	329	108	65	43
2018-19	750	600	219	381	150	71	79
2019-20	844	644	225	419	200	91	109
2020-21	863	627	227	400	236	99	137
2021-22	952	742	258	484	210	103	107
2022-23	1,025	861	285	576	164	74	90
Average	779	779	237	400	779	69	73

Faulkner University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.86%. The percentage was 46.19% 10 years ago and Faulkner still has a high percentage of white students. 1.49% of enrolled students is Asian and 33.87% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Faulkner 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	21	25	1,460	49	9	1,475	38
2014-15	24	19	1,505	71	3	1,518	52
2015-16	31	16	1,473	71	8	1,489	57
2016-17	23	25	1,475	72	6	1,547	59
2017-18	15	18	1,406	71	10	1,640	58
2018-19	17	23	1,274	63	9	1,617	59
2019-20	14	23	1,179	81	8	1,570	58
2020-21	18	37	1,106	89	11	1,509	66
2021-22	13	45	1,035	84	100	1,409	61
2022-23	17	42	954	109	4	1,489	64
Average	19	27	1,287	76	17	1,526	57

Faulkner University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,137 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 40% of total students. The number of online students has increased 176.64% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Faulkner University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,335	411	946	1,978
2015-16	3,262	668	868	1,726
2016-17	3,319	871	844	1,604
2017-18	3,350	993	709	1,648
2018-19	3,178	1,124	541	1,513
2019-20	3,036	1,147	510	1,379
2020-21	2,961	1,284	426	1,251
2021-22	2,874	1,183	384	1,307
2022-23	2,817	1,137	354	1,326
Average	3,126	980	620	1,526

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