Enrollment Trends at Shorter

The student population at Shorter University is 1,515 (1,373 undergraduate and 142 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 114 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Shorter is 90.63% which is decreased by 171 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 57 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.26 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

423 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 0.48% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,502 where 1,515 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

90.63% of total students is undergraduate students and 9.37% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 171 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 57 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.26 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Shorter than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,629	1,544	657	887	85	19	66
2014-15	1,566 -63	1,460 -84	610 -47	850 -37	106 21	38 19	68 2
2015-16	1,472 -94	1,377 -83	598 -12	779 -71	95 -11	33 -5	62 -6
2016-17	1,507 35	1,419 42	641 43	778 -1	88 -7	37 4	51 -11
2017-18	1,520 13	1,403 -16	604 -37	799 21	117 29	45 8	72 21
2018-19	1,452 -68	1,352 -51	574 -30	778 -21	100 -17	37 -8	63 -9
2019-20	1,487 35	1,394 42	614 40	780 2	93 -7	34 -3	59 -4
2020-21	1,410 -77	1,306 -88	557 -57	749 -31	104 11	52 18	52 -7
2021-22	1,460 50	1,332 26	590 33	742 -7	128 24	68 16	60 8
2022-23	1,515 55	1,373 41	606 16	767 25	142 14	64 -4	78 18
Average	1,502	1,396	605	791	106	43	63

Shorter University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,396 where 1,373 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 Shorter University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,544	1,384	595	789	160	62	98
2014-15	1,460	1,319	565	754	141	45	96
2015-16	1,377	1,205	534	671	172	64	108
2016-17	1,419	1,214	566	648	205	75	130
2017-18	1,403	1,140	505	635	263	99	164
2018-19	1,352	1,078	472	606	274	102	172
2019-20	1,394	1,112	508	604	282	106	176
2020-21	1,306	1,077	477	600	229	80	149
2021-22	1,332	1,113	505	608	219	85	134
2022-23	1,373	1,063	497	566	310	109	201
Average	1,396	1,396	522	648	1,396	83	143

Shorter University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 106 where 142 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 Shorter University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	85	44	9	35	41	10	31
2014-15	106	44	18	26	62	20	42
2015-16	95	36	15	21	59	18	41
2016-17	88	47	23	24	41	14	27
2017-18	117	73	31	42	44	14	30
2018-19	100	59	20	39	41	17	24
2019-20	93	64	25	39	29	9	20
2020-21	104	61	33	28	43	19	24
2021-22	128	103	52	51	25	16	9
2022-23	142	112	50	62	30	14	16
Average	106	106	28	37	106	15	26

Shorter University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.10%. The percentage was 51.32% 10 years ago and Shorter still has a high percentage of white students. 1.25% of enrolled students is Asian and 17.56% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Shorter 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	5	10	260	58	1	836	27
2014-15	8	13	356	53	2	978	28
2015-16	7	14	369	68	4	903	31
2016-17	3	8	399	72	1	927	39
2017-18	1	10	406	83	1	923	32
2018-19	1	17	345	93	1	866	48
2019-20	3	13	339	94	1	911	46
2020-21	5	19	308	88	1	841	44
2021-22	6	18	295	101	2	926	44
2022-23	9	19	266	142	3	956	49
Average	5	14	334	85	2	907	39

Shorter University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

423 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 28% of total students. The number of online students has increased 0.48% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Shorter University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,566	421	123	1,022
2015-16	1,472	439	130	903
2016-17	1,507	452	130	925
2017-18	1,520	475	100	945
2018-19	1,452	420	125	907
2019-20	1,487	391	174	922
2020-21	1,410	382	231	797
2021-22	1,460	388	263	809
2022-23	1,515	423	242	850
Average	1,488	421	169	898

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