Enrollment Trends at Gardner-Webb

The student population at Gardner-Webb University is 3,144 (1,812 undergraduate and 1,332 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,512 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Gardner-Webb is 57.63% which is decreased by 775 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 737 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.09 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

897 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -27.95% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,843 where 3,144 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

57.63% of total students is undergraduate students and 42.37% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 775 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 737 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.09 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Gardner-Webb than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,656	2,587	900	1,687	2,069	597	1,472
2014-15	4,470 -186	2,710 123	911 11	1,799 112	1,760 -309	559 -38	1,201 -271
2015-16	4,329 -141	2,636 -74	905 -6	1,731 -68	1,693 -67	487 -72	1,206 5
2016-17	3,915 -414	2,362 -274	851 -54	1,511 -220	1,553 -140	452 -35	1,101 -105
2017-18	3,818 -97	2,215 -147	768 -83	1,447 -64	1,603 50	458 6	1,145 44
2018-19	3,598 -220	2,036 -179	729 -39	1,307 -140	1,562 -41	427 -31	1,135 -10
2019-20	3,518 -80	1,999 -37	701 -28	1,298 -9	1,519 -43	443 16	1,076 -59
2020-21	3,536 18	2,071 72	746 45	1,325 27	1,465 -54	431 -12	1,034 -42
2021-22	3,441 -95	1,983 -88	700 -46	1,283 -42	1,458 -7	446 15	1,012 -22
2022-23	3,144 -297	1,812 -171	646 -54	1,166 -117	1,332 -126	370 -76	962 -50
Average	3,843	2,241	786	1,455	1,601	467	1,134

Gardner-Webb University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,241 where 1,812 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 Gardner-Webb University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,587	2,089	779	1,310	498	121	377
2014-15	2,710	2,123	791	1,332	587	120	467
2015-16	2,636	2,099	790	1,309	537	115	422
2016-17	2,362	1,908	742	1,166	454	109	345
2017-18	2,215	1,781	662	1,119	434	106	328
2018-19	2,036	1,641	624	1,017	395	105	290
2019-20	1,999	1,632	626	1,006	367	75	292
2020-21	2,071	1,726	682	1,044	345	64	281
2021-22	1,983	1,669	647	1,022	314	53	261
2022-23	1,812	1,516	610	906	296	36	260
Average	2,241	2,241	695	1,123	2,241	90	332

Gardner-Webb University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,601 where 1,332 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 Gardner-Webb University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,069	695	193	502	1,374	404	970
2014-15	1,760	238	94	144	1,522	465	1,057
2015-16	1,693	222	95	127	1,471	392	1,079
2016-17	1,553	223	90	133	1,330	362	968
2017-18	1,603	204	89	115	1,399	369	1,030
2018-19	1,562	213	95	118	1,349	332	1,017
2019-20	1,519	310	121	189	1,209	322	887
2020-21	1,465	419	158	261	1,046	273	773
2021-22	1,458	468	150	318	990	296	694
2022-23	1,332	390	103	287	942	267	675
Average	1,601	1,601	119	219	1,601	348	915

Gardner-Webb University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.19%. The percentage was 68.08% 10 years ago and Gardner-Webb still has a high percentage of white students. 1.11% of enrolled students is Asian and 24.55% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Gardner-Webb 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	24	45	975	98	0	3,170	0
2014-15	28	43	932	106	0	3,060	0
2015-16	28	59	939	113	0	2,855	0
2016-17	23	56	797	103	10	2,559	12
2017-18	23	45	779	112	7	2,487	45
2018-19	22	44	752	108	6	2,233	51
2019-20	19	41	789	127	6	2,097	49
2020-21	21	40	864	131	8	2,025	78
2021-22	20	37	845	128	11	1,947	79
2022-23	21	35	772	109	11	1,641	75
Average	23	45	844	114	6	2,407	39

Gardner-Webb University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

897 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 29% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -27.95% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Gardner-Webb University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,470	1,245	907	2,318
2015-16	4,329	1,232	710	2,387
2016-17	3,915	1,100	655	2,160
2017-18	3,818	1,139	774	1,905
2018-19	3,598	1,101	654	1,843
2019-20	3,518	1,115	715	1,688
2020-21	3,536	1,394	1,228	914
2021-22	3,441	806	723	1,912
2022-23	3,144	897	600	1,647
Average	3,752	1,114	774	1,864

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