Enrollment Trends at Simpson

The student population at Simpson College is 1,151 (1,127 undergraduate and 24 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 622 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Simpson is 97.91% which is decreased by 585 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 37 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.09 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

53 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 562.50% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,471 where 1,151 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

97.91% of total students is undergraduate students and 2.09% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 585 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 37 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.09 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Simpson.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,773	1,712	749	963	61	19	42
2014-15	1,725 -48	1,660 -52	735 -14	925 -38	65 4	19 0	46 4
2015-16	1,690 -35	1,623 -37	746 11	877 -48	67 2	28 9	39 -7
2016-17	1,608 -82	1,543 -80	685 -61	858 -19	65 -2	24 -4	41 2
2017-18	1,479 -129	1,432 -111	650 -35	782 -76	47 -18	15 -9	32 -9
2018-19	1,444 -35	1,396 -36	654 4	742 -40	48 1	19 4	29 -3
2019-20	1,355 -89	1,307 -89	615 -39	692 -50	48 0	20 1	28 -1
2020-21	1,267 -88	1,225 -82	588 -27	637 -55	42 -6	15 -5	27 -1
2021-22	1,218 -49	1,172 -53	550 -38	622 -15	46 4	18 3	28 1
2022-23	1,151 -67	1,127 -45	541 -9	586 -36	24 -22	11 -7	13 -15
Average	1,471	1,420	651	768	51	19	33

Simpson College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,420 where 1,127 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 Simpson College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,712	1,486	641	845	226	108	118
2014-15	1,660	1,466	634	832	194	101	93
2015-16	1,623	1,426	648	778	197	98	99
2016-17	1,543	1,379	605	774	164	80	84
2017-18	1,432	1,280	587	693	152	63	89
2018-19	1,396	1,252	581	671	144	73	71
2019-20	1,307	1,161	543	618	146	72	74
2020-21	1,225	1,108	529	579	117	59	58
2021-22	1,172	1,073	507	566	99	43	56
2022-23	1,127	1,062	513	549	65	28	37
Average	1,420	1,420	579	691	1,420	73	78

Simpson College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 51 where 24 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 Simpson College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	61	14	6	8	47	13	34
2014-15	65	11	3	8	54	16	38
2015-16	67	11	4	7	56	24	32
2016-17	65	15	5	10	50	19	31
2017-18	47	14	6	8	33	9	24
2018-19	48	8	3	5	40	16	24
2019-20	48	10	2	8	38	18	20
2020-21	42	9	3	6	33	12	21
2021-22	46	4	3	1	42	15	27
2022-23	24	16	7	9	8	4	4
Average	51	51	4	7	51	15	26

Simpson College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 77.32%. The percentage was 86.63% 10 years ago and Simpson still has a high percentage of white students. 1.48% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.56% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Simpson 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	14	16	35	34	0	1,536	32
2014-15	11	24	30	38	0	1,486	28
2015-16	4	24	34	45	1	1,457	24
2016-17	1	23	40	67	3	1,353	25
2017-18	2	27	33	58	3	1,213	27
2018-19	1	21	41	76	2	1,159	48
2019-20	4	23	44	85	1	1,062	58
2020-21	1	24	46	90	3	992	57
2021-22	1	17	46	99	1	956	51
2022-23	0	17	41	106	1	890	54
Average	4	22	39	70	2	1,210	40

Simpson College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

53 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 562.50% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Simpson College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,725	8	48	1,669
2015-16	1,690	0	63	1,627
2016-17	1,608	7	145	1,456
2017-18	1,479	18	202	1,259
2018-19	1,444	68	48	1,328
2019-20	1,355	86	225	1,044
2020-21	1,267	79	10	1,178
2021-22	1,218	75	259	884
2022-23	1,151	53	256	842
Average	1,437	44	140	1,254

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