Enrollment Trends at SFA

The student population at Stephen F Austin State University is 11,327 (9,905 undergraduate and 1,422 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,445 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SFA is 87.45% which is decreased by 1,101 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 344 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.78 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

2,653 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 105.18% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,560 where 11,327 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

87.45% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.55% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,101 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 344 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.78 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in SFA than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Stephen F Austin State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,772	11,006	4,056	6,950	1,766	556	1,210
2014-15	12,801 29	11,024 18	4,096 40	6,928 -22	1,777 11	562 6	1,215 5
2015-16	12,606 -195	10,899 -125	4,035 -61	6,864 -64	1,707 -70	508 -54	1,199 -16
2016-17	12,742 136	11,058 159	4,021 -14	7,037 173	1,684 -23	504 -4	1,180 -19
2017-18	12,614 -128	10,985 -73	4,061 40	6,924 -113	1,629 -55	471 -33	1,158 -22
2018-19	13,144 530	11,398 413	4,153 92	7,245 321	1,746 117	514 43	1,232 74
2019-20	12,969 -175	11,494 96	4,193 40	7,301 56	1,475 -271	436 -78	1,039 -193
2020-21	12,620 -349	10,987 -507	3,971 -222	7,016 -285	1,633 158	482 46	1,151 112
2021-22	12,000 -620	10,353 -634	3,801 -170	6,552 -464	1,647 14	475 -7	1,172 21
2022-23	11,327 -673	9,905 -448	3,654 -147	6,251 -301	1,422 -225	421 -54	1,001 -171
Average	12,560	10,911	4,004	6,907	1,649	493	1,156

Stephen F Austin State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,911 where 9,905 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 Stephen F Austin State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11,006	9,333	3,436	5,897	1,673	620	1,053
2014-15	11,024	9,335	3,456	5,879	1,689	640	1,049
2015-16	10,899	9,439	3,456	5,983	1,460	579	881
2016-17	11,058	9,592	3,442	6,150	1,466	579	887
2017-18	10,985	9,567	3,495	6,072	1,418	566	852
2018-19	11,398	9,376	3,369	6,007	2,022	784	1,238
2019-20	11,494	9,213	3,313	5,900	2,281	880	1,401
2020-21	10,987	8,882	3,178	5,704	2,105	793	1,312
2021-22	10,353	8,341	3,031	5,310	2,012	770	1,242
2022-23	9,905	7,855	2,881	4,974	2,050	773	1,277
Average	10,911	10,911	3,306	5,788	10,911	698	1,119

Stephen F Austin State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,649 where 1,422 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 Stephen F Austin State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,766	562	177	385	1,204	379	825
2014-15	1,777	598	217	381	1,179	345	834
2015-16	1,707	589	206	383	1,118	302	816
2016-17	1,684	612	203	409	1,072	301	771
2017-18	1,629	559	170	389	1,070	301	769
2018-19	1,746	538	164	374	1,208	350	858
2019-20	1,475	523	168	355	952	268	684
2020-21	1,633	594	169	425	1,039	313	726
2021-22	1,647	652	185	467	995	290	705
2022-23	1,422	616	186	430	806	235	571
Average	1,649	1,649	185	400	1,649	308	756

Stephen F Austin State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.79%. The percentage was 58.65% 10 years ago and SFA still has a high percentage of white students. 1.21% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.94% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Stephen F Austin State 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	59	130	2,690	1,672	5	7,491	284
2014-15	60	136	2,634	1,814	8	7,447	343
2015-16	52	146	2,454	1,909	7	7,353	397
2016-17	58	166	2,303	2,104	10	7,464	420
2017-18	58	155	2,139	2,243	8	7,342	463
2018-19	61	169	2,012	2,356	7	7,831	470
2019-20	69	164	1,821	2,408	6	7,783	461
2020-21	66	163	1,755	2,435	3	7,470	492
2021-22	70	146	1,567	2,376	7	7,054	510
2022-23	61	137	1,353	2,323	5	6,659	476
Average	61	151	2,073	2,164	7	7,389	432

Stephen F Austin State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,653 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 105.18% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Stephen F Austin State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	12,801	1,293	3,234	8,274
2015-16	12,606	1,195	3,449	7,962
2016-17	12,742	1,292	3,335	8,115
2017-18	12,614	1,357	3,129	8,128
2018-19	13,144	1,777	3,450	7,917
2019-20	12,969	1,614	3,606	7,749
2020-21	12,620	6,150	5,883	587
2021-22	12,000	3,395	6,979	1,626
2022-23	11,327	2,653	6,081	2,593
Average	12,536	2,303	4,350	5,883

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