Enrollment Trends at Gettysburg

The student population at Gettysburg College is 2,854 (2,241 undergraduate and 613 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 330 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Gettysburg is 78.52% which is decreased by 283 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 613 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.10 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

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

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,480 where 2,854 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

78.52% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.48% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 283 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 613 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.10 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Gettysburg.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,524	2,524	1,204	1,320	0	0	0
2014-15	2,447 -77	2,447 -77	1,163 -41	1,284 -36	0 0	0 0	0 0
2015-16	2,447 0	2,447 0	1,158 -5	1,289 5	0 0	0 0	0 0
2016-17	2,394 -53	2,394 -53	1,125 -33	1,269 -20	0 0	0 0	0 0
2017-18	2,411 17	2,411 17	1,140 15	1,271 2	0 0	0 0	0 0
2018-19	2,441 30	2,441 30	1,162 22	1,279 8	0 0	0 0	0 0
2019-20	2,370 -71	2,370 -71	1,139 -23	1,231 -48	0 0	0 0	0 0
2020-21	2,507 137	2,507 137	1,193 54	1,314 83	0 0	0 0	0 0
2021-22	2,401 -106	2,401 -106	1,174 -19	1,227 -87	0 0	0 0	0 0
2022-23	2,854 453	2,241 -160	1,089 -85	1,152 -75	613 613	273 273	340 340
Average	2,480	2,418	1,155	1,264	61	27	34

Gettysburg College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,418 where 2,241 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 Gettysburg College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,524	2,517	1,200	1,317	7	4	3
2014-15	2,447	2,431	1,157	1,274	16	6	10
2015-16	2,447	2,431	1,150	1,281	16	8	8
2016-17	2,394	2,378	1,117	1,261	16	8	8
2017-18	2,411	2,404	1,139	1,265	7	1	6
2018-19	2,441	2,433	1,161	1,272	8	1	7
2019-20	2,370	2,367	1,139	1,228	3	0	3
2020-21	2,507	2,496	1,189	1,307	11	4	7
2021-22	2,401	2,399	1,173	1,226	2	1	1
2022-23	2,241	2,235	1,086	1,149	6	3	3
Average	2,418	2,418	1,151	1,258	2,418	4	6

Gettysburg College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 61 where 613 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 Gettysburg 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	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	613	3	2	1	610	271	339
Average	61	61	0	0	61	27	34

Gettysburg College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.15%. The percentage was 81.66% 10 years ago and Gettysburg still has a high percentage of white students. 3.12% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.41% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Gettysburg 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	0	36	69	112	0	2,061	63
2014-15	1	45	87	113	0	1,959	70
2015-16	3	54	78	127	0	1,924	59
2016-17	4	57	78	139	0	1,829	73
2017-18	3	53	85	183	0	1,809	64
2018-19	4	54	86	215	0	1,805	72
2019-20	5	56	92	209	0	1,765	61
2020-21	7	73	108	261	0	1,846	51
2021-22	9	89	122	270	1	1,699	33
2022-23	6	89	126	316	2	2,002	65
Average	4	61	93	195	0	1,870	61

Gettysburg College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

613 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Gettysburg College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,447	0	2,447
2015-16	2,447	0	2,447
2016-17	2,394	0	2,394
2017-18	2,411	0	2,411
2018-19	2,441	0	2,441
2019-20	2,370	0	2,370
2020-21	2,507	1,629	878
2021-22	2,401	0	2,401
2022-23	2,854	613	2,241
Average	2,475	249	2,226

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