Enrollment Trends at Ferrum

The student population at Ferrum College is 855 (835 undergraduate and 20 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 657 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Ferrum is 97.66% which is decreased by 677 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 20 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.71 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

37 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 24.67% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,160 where 855 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

97.66% of total students is undergraduate students and 2.34% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 677 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 20 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.71 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Ferrum than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,512	1,512	857	655	0	0	0
2014-15	1,451 -61	1,451 -61	766 -91	685 30	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	1,334 -117	1,334 -117	735 -31	599 -86	0 0	0 0	0 0
2016-17	1,294 -40	1,294 -40	711 -24	583 -16	0 0	0 0	0 0
2017-18	1,137 -157	1,137 -157	640 -71	497 -86	0 0	0 0	0 0
2018-19	1,124 -13	1,124 -13	630 -10	494 -3	0 0	0 0	0 0
2019-20	1,050 -74	1,050 -74	599 -31	451 -43	0 0	0 0	0 0
2020-21	972 -78	962 -88	557 -42	405 -46	10 10	4 4	6 6
2021-22	869 -103	863 -99	512 -45	351 -54	6 -4	1 -3	5 -1
2022-23	855 -14	835 -28	493 -19	342 -9	20 14	6 5	14 9
Average	1,160	1,156	650	506	4	1	3

Ferrum College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,156 where 835 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 Ferrum College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,512	1,492	852	640	20	5	15
2014-15	1,451	1,432	760	672	19	6	13
2015-16	1,334	1,311	726	585	23	9	14
2016-17	1,294	1,271	705	566	23	6	17
2017-18	1,137	1,118	638	480	19	2	17
2018-19	1,124	1,104	625	479	20	5	15
2019-20	1,050	1,034	593	441	16	6	10
2020-21	962	942	553	389	20	4	16
2021-22	863	842	506	336	21	6	15
2022-23	835	754	456	298	81	37	44
Average	1,156	1,156	641	489	1,156	9	18

Ferrum College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4 where 20 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 Ferrum College 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	10	9	3	6	1	1	0
2021-22	6	4	1	3	2	0	2
2022-23	20	11	5	6	9	1	8
Average	4	4	1	2	4	0	1

Ferrum College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.71% and the percentage of black students is 18.71% at Ferrum College. 0.58% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ferrum College 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	6	5	480	74	4	787	78
2014-15	6	8	436	77	3	795	69
2015-16	4	8	451	64	2	695	82
2016-17	11	5	444	72	1	639	81
2017-18	10	9	380	58	1	560	81
2018-19	11	6	371	58	3	573	63
2019-20	7	3	314	56	4	550	70
2020-21	3	5	297	71	3	492	68
2021-22	2	3	217	51	1	432	55
2022-23	3	5	160	55	0	425	42
Average	6	6	355	64	2	595	69

Ferrum College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

37 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has increased 24.67% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ferrum College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,451	0	150	1,301
2015-16	1,334	3	125	1,206
2016-17	1,294	1	145	1,148
2017-18	1,137	0	85	1,052
2018-19	1,124	0	110	1,014
2019-20	1,050	0	56	994
2020-21	972	12	465	495
2021-22	869	16	339	514
2022-23	855	37	187	631
Average	1,121	8	185	928

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