Enrollment Trends at Southern Adventist

The student population at Southern Adventist University is 2,903 (2,571 undergraduate and 332 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 352 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Southern Adventist is 88.56% which is decreased by 254 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 98 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

148 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -10.84% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,968 where 2,903 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

88.56% of total students is undergraduate students and 11.44% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 254 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 98 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.31 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Southern Adventist than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,255	2,825	1,243	1,582	430	123	307
2014-15	3,175 -80	2,728 -97	1,209 -34	1,519 -63	447 17	136 13	311 4
2015-16	3,125 -50	2,673 -55	1,159 -50	1,514 -5	452 5	128 -8	324 13
2016-17	2,959 -166	2,544 -129	1,074 -85	1,470 -44	415 -37	113 -15	302 -22
2017-18	3,035 76	2,600 56	1,090 16	1,510 40	435 20	100 -13	335 33
2018-19	2,942 -93	2,531 -69	1,070 -20	1,461 -49	411 -24	83 -17	328 -7
2019-20	2,834 -108	2,448 -83	1,061 -9	1,387 -74	386 -25	87 4	299 -29
2020-21	2,730 -104	2,384 -64	1,058 -3	1,326 -61	346 -40	86 -1	260 -39
2021-22	2,719 -11	2,400 16	1,077 19	1,323 -3	319 -27	70 -16	249 -11
2022-23	2,903 184	2,571 171	1,164 87	1,407 84	332 13	94 24	238 -11
Average	2,968	2,570	1,121	1,450	397	102	295

Southern Adventist University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,570 where 2,571 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 Southern Adventist University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,825	2,348	1,059	1,289	477	184	293
2014-15	2,728	2,252	1,013	1,239	476	196	280
2015-16	2,673	2,225	989	1,236	448	170	278
2016-17	2,544	2,113	908	1,205	431	166	265
2017-18	2,600	2,173	919	1,254	427	171	256
2018-19	2,531	2,139	907	1,232	392	163	229
2019-20	2,448	2,085	928	1,157	363	133	230
2020-21	2,384	2,103	941	1,162	281	117	164
2021-22	2,400	2,100	953	1,147	300	124	176
2022-23	2,571	2,185	1,023	1,162	386	141	245
Average	2,570	2,570	964	1,208	2,570	157	242

Southern Adventist University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 397 where 332 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 Southern Adventist University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	430	196	51	145	234	72	162
2014-15	447	169	45	124	278	91	187
2015-16	452	205	53	152	247	75	172
2016-17	415	182	44	138	233	69	164
2017-18	435	207	46	161	228	54	174
2018-19	411	213	44	169	198	39	159
2019-20	386	184	39	145	202	48	154
2020-21	346	139	30	109	207	56	151
2021-22	319	102	16	86	217	54	163
2022-23	332	108	27	81	224	67	157
Average	397	397	40	131	397	63	164

Southern Adventist University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 42.20% and the percentage of black students is 7.17% at Southern Adventist University. 11.85% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Southern Adventist 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	17	207	386	588	19	1,770	84
2014-15	13	228	380	604	19	1,666	105
2015-16	14	243	378	605	19	1,608	119
2016-17	13	270	352	599	23	1,468	125
2017-18	4	290	320	634	16	1,497	149
2018-19	6	295	297	657	24	1,337	167
2019-20	1	302	252	642	20	1,264	186
2020-21	2	309	230	634	17	1,214	170
2021-22	3	325	205	688	10	1,156	175
2022-23	4	344	208	739	6	1,225	185
Average	8	281	301	639	17	1,421	147

Southern Adventist University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

148 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 decreased -10.84% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Southern Adventist University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,175	166	713	2,296
2015-16	3,125	174	746	2,205
2016-17	2,959	130	772	2,057
2017-18	3,035	145	776	2,114
2018-19	2,942	116	754	2,072
2019-20	2,834	119	799	1,916
2020-21	2,730	123	1,056	1,551
2021-22	2,719	137	1,031	1,551
2022-23	2,903	148	1,043	1,712
Average	2,936	140	854	1,942

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