Enrollment Trends at SAU

The student population at Spring Arbor University is 2,396 (1,127 undergraduate and 1,269 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,566 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SAU is 47.04% which is decreased by 1,841 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 275 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 3.36 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,029 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 122.73% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,275 where 2,396 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

47.04% of total students is undergraduate students and 52.96% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,841 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 275 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.36 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in SAU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,962	2,968	919	2,049	994	233	761
2014-15	3,733 -229	2,722 -246	850 -69	1,872 -177	1,011 17	228 -5	783 22
2015-16	3,401 -332	2,432 -290	776 -74	1,656 -216	969 -42	218 -10	751 -32
2016-17	3,341 -60	2,203 -229	725 -51	1,478 -178	1,138 169	238 20	900 149
2017-18	3,342 1	1,957 -246	661 -64	1,296 -182	1,385 247	259 21	1,126 226
2018-19	3,436 94	1,807 -150	583 -78	1,224 -72	1,629 244	255 -4	1,374 248
2019-20	3,333 -103	1,614 -193	528 -55	1,086 -138	1,719 90	251 -4	1,468 94
2020-21	3,118 -215	1,350 -264	436 -92	914 -172	1,768 49	225 -26	1,543 75
2021-22	2,685 -433	1,215 -135	403 -33	812 -102	1,470 -298	174 -51	1,296 -247
2022-23	2,396 -289	1,127 -88	391 -12	736 -76	1,269 -201	158 -16	1,111 -185
Average	3,275	1,940	627	1,312	1,335	224	1,111

Spring Arbor University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,940 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 Spring Arbor University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,968	2,006	693	1,313	962	226	736
2014-15	2,722	1,896	641	1,255	826	209	617
2015-16	2,432	1,703	575	1,128	729	201	528
2016-17	2,203	1,559	520	1,039	644	205	439
2017-18	1,957	1,380	482	898	577	179	398
2018-19	1,807	1,181	425	756	626	158	468
2019-20	1,614	1,134	382	752	480	146	334
2020-21	1,350	968	322	646	382	114	268
2021-22	1,215	933	318	615	282	85	197
2022-23	1,127	879	322	557	248	69	179
Average	1,940	1,940	468	896	1,940	159	416

Spring Arbor University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,335 where 1,269 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 Spring Arbor University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	994	492	131	361	502	102	400
2014-15	1,011	648	160	488	363	68	295
2015-16	969	587	144	443	382	74	308
2016-17	1,138	896	183	713	242	55	187
2017-18	1,385	1,181	213	968	204	46	158
2018-19	1,629	1,404	216	1,188	225	39	186
2019-20	1,719	1,501	221	1,280	218	30	188
2020-21	1,768	1,503	190	1,313	265	35	230
2021-22	1,470	1,301	149	1,152	169	25	144
2022-23	1,269	1,115	138	977	154	20	134
Average	1,335	1,335	175	888	1,335	49	223

Spring Arbor University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.83%. The percentage was 74.26% 10 years ago and SAU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.88% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.97% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Spring Arbor 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	21	34	530	112	5	2,942	67
2014-15	18	31	441	107	6	2,803	71
2015-16	14	29	366	105	5	2,546	80
2016-17	16	37	400	120	5	2,407	83
2017-18	14	48	383	146	4	2,322	78
2018-19	22	42	386	147	7	2,392	75
2019-20	24	34	341	152	6	2,339	83
2020-21	18	39	303	144	5	2,225	85
2021-22	11	52	232	122	4	1,900	76
2022-23	10	45	191	96	3	1,697	59
Average	17	39	357	125	5	2,357	76

Spring Arbor University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,029 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 43% of total students. The number of online students has increased 122.73% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Spring Arbor University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,733	462	0	3,271
2015-16	3,401	563	0	2,838
2016-17	3,341	898	560	1,883
2017-18	3,342	1,163	826	1,353
2018-19	3,436	1,444	756	1,236
2019-20	3,333	1,551	0	1,782
2020-21	3,118	1,540	625	953
2021-22	2,685	1,245	719	721
2022-23	2,396	1,029	643	724
Average	3,198	1,099	459	1,640

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