Enrollment Trends at Shepherd

The student population at Shepherd University is 3,235 (2,718 undergraduate and 517 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 986 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Shepherd is 84.02% which is decreased by 1,272 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 286 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.74 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

533 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 835.09% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,625 where 3,235 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

84.02% of total students is undergraduate students and 15.98% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,272 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 286 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.74 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Shepherd than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,221	3,990	1,703	2,287	231	77	154
2014-15	4,041 -180	3,776 -214	1,555 -148	2,221 -66	265 34	84 7	181 27
2015-16	3,861 -180	3,649 -127	1,528 -27	2,121 -100	212 -53	70 -14	142 -39
2016-17	3,779 -82	3,436 -213	1,436 -92	2,000 -121	343 131	101 31	242 100
2017-18	3,736 -43	3,421 -15	1,488 52	1,933 -67	315 -28	88 -13	227 -15
2018-19	3,648 -88	3,380 -41	1,479 -9	1,901 -32	268 -47	80 -8	188 -39
2019-20	3,554 -94	3,200 -180	1,338 -141	1,862 -39	354 86	107 27	247 59
2020-21	3,159 -395	2,716 -484	1,114 -224	1,602 -260	443 89	102 -5	341 94
2021-22	3,015 -144	2,450 -266	970 -144	1,480 -122	565 122	125 23	440 99
2022-23	3,235 220	2,718 268	1,051 81	1,667 187	517 -48	130 5	387 -53
Average	3,625	3,274	1,366	1,907	351	96	255

Shepherd University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,274 where 2,718 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 Shepherd University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,990	3,289	1,351	1,938	701	352	349
2014-15	3,776	3,093	1,253	1,840	683	302	381
2015-16	3,649	2,935	1,219	1,716	714	309	405
2016-17	3,436	2,700	1,103	1,597	736	333	403
2017-18	3,421	2,614	1,089	1,525	807	399	408
2018-19	3,380	2,543	1,059	1,484	837	420	417
2019-20	3,200	2,354	983	1,371	846	355	491
2020-21	2,716	2,255	938	1,317	461	176	285
2021-22	2,450	2,040	805	1,235	410	165	245
2022-23	2,718	2,095	805	1,290	623	246	377
Average	3,274	3,274	1,061	1,531	3,274	306	376

Shepherd University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 351 where 517 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 Shepherd University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	231	82	34	48	149	43	106
2014-15	265	87	33	54	178	51	127
2015-16	212	66	27	39	146	43	103
2016-17	343	82	34	48	261	67	194
2017-18	315	96	39	57	219	49	170
2018-19	268	80	36	44	188	44	144
2019-20	354	102	47	55	252	60	192
2020-21	443	127	44	83	316	58	258
2021-22	565	145	57	88	420	68	352
2022-23	517	220	64	156	297	66	231
Average	351	351	42	67	351	55	188

Shepherd University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.26%. The percentage was 83.27% 10 years ago and Shepherd still has a high percentage of white students. 2.32% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.70% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Shepherd 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	23	84	331	108	6	3,515	10
2014-15	26	74	321	111	3	3,382	35
2015-16	21	92	339	104	3	3,171	63
2016-17	23	71	302	125	2	3,093	68
2017-18	18	68	289	148	4	2,992	100
2018-19	25	66	272	193	15	2,830	118
2019-20	21	60	255	203	3	2,751	126
2020-21	12	74	229	186	4	2,400	137
2021-22	9	69	246	206	4	2,209	146
2022-23	9	75	249	235	3	2,370	171
Average	19	73	283	162	5	2,871	97

Shepherd University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

533 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has increased 835.09% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Shepherd University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,041	57	231	3,753
2015-16	3,861	41	419	3,401
2016-17	3,779	96	646	3,037
2017-18	3,736	73	823	2,840
2018-19	3,648	91	807	2,750
2019-20	3,554	107	946	2,501
2020-21	3,159	630	1,963	566
2021-22	3,015	573	1,584	858
2022-23	3,235	533	1,533	1,169
Average	3,559	245	995	2,319

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