Enrollment Trends at Post

The student population at Post University is 17,034 (14,682 undergraduate and 2,352 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 8,952 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Post is 86.19% which is increased by 7,311 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,641 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.85 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

15,984 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 112.30% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 10,552 where 17,034 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.19% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.81% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 7,311 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,641 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.85 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Post than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,082	7,371	3,032	4,339	711	221	490
2014-15	8,366 284	7,642 271	3,001 -31	4,641 302	724 13	255 34	469 -21
2015-16	7,429 -937	6,812 -830	2,692 -309	4,120 -521	617 -107	222 -33	395 -74
2016-17	7,680 251	7,058 246	2,671 -21	4,387 267	622 5	222 0	400 5
2017-18	8,540 860	7,844 786	2,712 41	5,132 745	696 74	251 29	445 45
2018-19	9,845 1,305	9,049 1,205	2,804 92	6,245 1,113	796 100	270 19	526 81
2019-20	10,642 797	9,729 680	2,792 -12	6,937 692	913 117	302 32	611 85
2020-21	13,844 3,202	12,848 3,119	3,336 544	9,512 2,575	996 83	348 46	648 37
2021-22	14,055 211	12,997 149	3,642 306	9,355 -157	1,058 62	379 31	679 31
2022-23	17,034 2,979	14,682 1,685	3,891 249	10,791 1,436	2,352 1,294	533 154	1,819 1,140
Average	10,552	9,603	3,057	6,546	949	300	648

Post University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,603 where 14,682 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 Post University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,371	2,903	1,123	1,780	4,468	1,909	2,559
2014-15	7,642	2,788	1,096	1,692	4,854	1,905	2,949
2015-16	6,812	2,724	1,062	1,662	4,088	1,630	2,458
2016-17	7,058	2,566	993	1,573	4,492	1,678	2,814
2017-18	7,844	2,617	1,008	1,609	5,227	1,704	3,523
2018-19	9,049	2,564	904	1,660	6,485	1,900	4,585
2019-20	9,729	2,293	812	1,481	7,436	1,980	5,456
2020-21	12,848	3,609	945	2,664	9,239	2,391	6,848
2021-22	12,997	4,987	1,363	3,624	8,010	2,279	5,731
2022-23	14,682	6,048	1,540	4,508	8,634	2,351	6,283
Average	9,603	9,603	1,085	2,225	9,603	1,973	4,321

Post University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 949 where 2,352 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 Post University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	711	252	91	161	459	130	329
2014-15	724	288	109	179	436	146	290
2015-16	617	324	123	201	293	99	194
2016-17	622	319	115	204	303	107	196
2017-18	696	341	136	205	355	115	240
2018-19	796	675	236	439	121	34	87
2019-20	913	623	217	406	290	85	205
2020-21	996	739	264	475	257	84	173
2021-22	1,058	905	319	586	153	60	93
2022-23	2,352	1,195	163	1,032	1,157	370	787
Average	949	949	177	389	949	123	259

Post University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.59% and the percentage of black students is 29.87% at Post University. 1.90% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Post 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	39	56	1,391	459	24	2,507	157
2014-15	39	91	1,810	551	26	3,015	255
2015-16	32	87	1,648	495	27	2,972	334
2016-17	53	78	1,845	551	26	3,147	414
2017-18	65	84	2,049	631	37	3,485	438
2018-19	79	79	2,518	821	24	3,763	414
2019-20	91	82	2,689	821	33	3,853	1,218
2020-21	130	122	3,761	1,105	53	5,291	2,148
2021-22	138	135	4,107	1,213	50	5,465	2,288
2022-23	141	323	5,088	2,475	75	7,084	1,274
Average	81	114	2,691	912	38	4,058	894

Post University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

15,984 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 94% of total students. The number of online students has increased 112.30% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Post University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,366	7,529	156	681
2015-16	7,429	6,616	186	627
2016-17	7,680	6,898	239	543
2017-18	8,540	7,648	281	611
2018-19	9,845	8,802	271	772
2019-20	10,642	9,760	261	621
2020-21	13,844	12,709	385	750
2021-22	14,055	13,026	463	566
2022-23	17,034	15,984	304	746
Average	10,826	9,886	283	657

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