Enrollment Trends at FHSU

The student population at Fort Hays State University is 12,949 (10,427 undergraduate and 2,522 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 492 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at FHSU is 80.52% which is decreased by 1,006 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 514 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.66 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

6,074 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -32.70% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,475 where 12,949 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.52% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.48% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,006 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 514 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.66 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in FHSU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13,441	11,433	4,703	6,730	2,008	766	1,242
2014-15	13,825 384	11,643 210	4,624 -79	7,019 289	2,182 174	834 68	1,348 106
2015-16	14,210 385	11,831 188	4,607 -17	7,224 205	2,379 197	883 49	1,496 148
2016-17	14,658 448	12,045 214	4,763 156	7,282 58	2,613 234	956 73	1,657 161
2017-18	15,100 442	12,494 449	5,014 251	7,480 198	2,606 -7	952 -4	1,654 -3
2018-19	15,523 423	12,780 286	5,202 188	7,578 98	2,743 137	958 6	1,785 131
2019-20	15,908 385	13,128 348	5,279 77	7,849 271	2,780 37	922 -36	1,858 73
2020-21	15,033 -875	12,211 -917	4,924 -355	7,287 -562	2,822 42	910 -12	1,912 54
2021-22	14,102 -931	11,402 -809	4,459 -465	6,943 -344	2,700 -122	803 -107	1,897 -15
2022-23	12,949 -1,153	10,427 -975	4,120 -339	6,307 -636	2,522 -178	740 -63	1,782 -115
Average	14,475	11,939	4,770	7,170	2,536	872	1,663

Fort Hays State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 11,939 where 10,427 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 Fort Hays State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11,433	5,449	2,312	3,137	5,984	2,391	3,593
2014-15	11,643	5,644	2,340	3,304	5,999	2,284	3,715
2015-16	11,831	5,705	2,315	3,390	6,126	2,292	3,834
2016-17	12,045	5,778	2,391	3,387	6,267	2,372	3,895
2017-18	12,494	5,889	2,455	3,434	6,605	2,559	4,046
2018-19	12,780	5,863	2,385	3,478	6,917	2,817	4,100
2019-20	13,128	5,726	2,329	3,397	7,402	2,950	4,452
2020-21	12,211	5,580	2,309	3,271	6,631	2,615	4,016
2021-22	11,402	4,822	1,930	2,892	6,580	2,529	4,051
2022-23	10,427	4,880	1,982	2,898	5,547	2,138	3,409
Average	11,939	11,939	2,275	3,259	11,939	2,495	3,911

Fort Hays State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,536 where 2,522 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 Fort Hays State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,008	550	218	332	1,458	548	910
2014-15	2,182	572	227	345	1,610	607	1,003
2015-16	2,379	587	221	366	1,792	662	1,130
2016-17	2,613	661	250	411	1,952	706	1,246
2017-18	2,606	619	246	373	1,987	706	1,281
2018-19	2,743	595	208	387	2,148	750	1,398
2019-20	2,780	585	205	380	2,195	717	1,478
2020-21	2,822	660	190	470	2,162	720	1,442
2021-22	2,700	593	161	432	2,107	642	1,465
2022-23	2,522	612	155	457	1,910	585	1,325
Average	2,536	2,536	208	395	2,536	664	1,268

Fort Hays State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.87%. The percentage was 58.63% 10 years ago and FHSU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.66% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.94% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fort Hays 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	57	104	487	712	13	7,880	236
2014-15	56	130	514	877	15	8,190	281
2015-16	62	144	534	946	18	8,600	291
2016-17	69	147	560	1,031	12	8,812	324
2017-18	69	157	572	1,074	10	8,940	340
2018-19	64	165	520	1,123	9	8,910	363
2019-20	67	162	481	1,148	5	8,859	393
2020-21	54	171	450	1,199	7	8,468	370
2021-22	54	164	398	959	8	7,878	152
2022-23	43	215	381	672	9	7,235	180
Average	60	156	490	974	11	8,377	293

Fort Hays State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

6,074 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 47% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -32.70% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Fort Hays State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	13,825	9,025	1,368	3,432
2015-16	14,210	9,447	1,503	3,260
2016-17	14,658	9,946	1,800	2,912
2017-18	15,100	10,452	1,812	2,836
2018-19	15,523	11,012	1,864	2,647
2019-20	15,908	6,864	1,895	7,149
2020-21	15,033	6,708	1,845	6,480
2021-22	14,102	6,600	1,385	6,117
2022-23	12,949	6,074	1,849	5,026
Average	14,590	8,459	1,702	4,429

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