Enrollment Trends for Georgia Colleges

There are 84 active four-years colleges and universities in Georgia - 28 public and 56 private schools. In the academic year 2022-2023, a total of 424,810 students have enrolled in four-years colleges in Georgia including undergraduate and graduate programs. Compared to the population of 10 years ago, the the number of students increased by 24.93% from 340,037 to 424,810. The undergraduate population increased by 19.45% and the graduate population increased by 49.1% in last 10 years at Georgia Colleges.

By gender, there are 248,677 female students and 176,133 male students enrolled in the schools. The female to male students ratio is 1.41 to 1. The female students increased by 25.42% and male students increased by 24.25% in that period.

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Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 10 years is 400,262, and 424,810 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2022-2023. Of the total students, 77.93% are undergraduate students and 22.07% are graduate students. Over the past 10, the number of undergraduate students increased by 53,906, and the graduate student enrollment increased by 30,867.

The female to male ratio is 1.41 to 1, meaning that there are more female students enrolled in Georgia Colleges than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Georgia Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	340,037	277,167	115,557	161,610	62,870	26,201	36,669
2014-15	349,505 9,468	284,293 7,126	118,124 2,567	166,169 4,559	65,212 2,342	27,360 1,159	37,852 1,183
2015-16	387,613 38,108	315,988 31,695	134,009 15,885	181,979 15,810	71,625 6,413	29,673 2,313	41,952 4,100
2016-17	396,154 8,541	322,423 6,435	136,157 2,148	186,266 4,287	73,731 2,106	30,951 1,278	42,780 828
2017-18	404,763 8,609	328,364 5,941	137,293 1,136	191,071 4,805	76,399 2,668	32,707 1,756	43,692 912
2018-19	418,697 13,934	338,490 10,126	139,629 2,336	198,861 7,790	80,207 3,808	34,771 2,064	45,436 1,744
2019-20	424,410 5,713	340,557 2,067	138,987 -642	201,570 2,709	83,853 3,646	37,210 2,439	46,643 1,207
2020-21	427,976 3,566	339,706 -851	136,456 -2,531	203,250 1,680	88,270 4,417	39,110 1,900	49,160 2,517
2021-22	428,658 682	335,212 -4,494	134,834 -1,622	200,378 -2,872	93,446 5,176	41,747 2,637	51,699 2,539
2022-23	424,810 -3,848	331,073 -4,139	134,670 -164	196,403 -3,975	93,737 291	41,463 -284	52,274 575
Average	400,262	321,327	132,572	188,756	78,935	34,119	44,816

Georgia Colleges Student Population Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 10 years is 321,327. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 53,906 from 277,167 to 331,073.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Georgia Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	277,167	218,439	92,774	125,665	58,728	22,783	35,945
2014-15	284,293	222,751	94,173	128,578	61,542	23,951	37,591
2015-16	315,988	244,552	105,240	139,312	71,436	28,769	42,667
2016-17	322,423	247,086	106,147	140,939	75,337	30,010	45,327
2017-18	328,364	246,426	105,791	140,635	81,938	31,502	50,436
2018-19	338,490	252,774	106,469	146,305	85,716	33,160	52,556
2019-20	340,557	253,668	106,119	147,549	86,889	32,868	54,021
2020-21	339,706	249,327	102,211	147,116	90,379	34,245	56,134
2021-22	335,212	245,879	101,248	144,631	89,333	33,586	55,747
2022-23	331,073	245,472	101,920	143,552	85,601	32,750	52,851
Average	321,327	321,327	102,209	140,428	321,327	30,362	48,328

Georgia Colleges Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 10 years is 78,935. Compared 10 years ago, the number of Graduate students increased by 30,867 from 62,870 to 93,737.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Georgia Colleges since 2014.

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	62,870	41,108	18,189	22,919	21,762	8,012	13,750
2014-15	65,212	42,696	18,366	24,330	22,516	8,994	13,522
2015-16	71,625	45,237	18,800	26,437	26,388	10,873	15,515
2016-17	73,731	45,401	19,031	26,370	28,330	11,920	16,410
2017-18	76,399	44,106	18,774	25,332	32,293	13,933	18,360
2018-19	80,207	44,632	18,625	26,007	35,575	16,146	19,429
2019-20	83,853	44,256	18,197	26,059	39,597	19,013	20,584
2020-21	88,270	46,263	18,279	27,984	42,007	20,831	21,176
2021-22	93,446	48,382	19,300	29,082	45,064	22,447	22,617
2022-23	93,737	48,995	19,397	29,598	44,742	22,066	22,676
Average	78,935	78,935	18,696	26,412	78,935	15,424	18,404

Georgia Colleges Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.89% and the percentage of black students is 25.69% at Georgia Colleges. 7.79% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Georgia Colleges over the past 10 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	961	17,109	95,800	18,358	521	170,959	7,565
2014-15	1,006	18,208	99,453	20,389	480	172,510	8,198
2015-16	1,074	20,634	108,317	25,033	507	191,591	10,163
2016-17	1,230	22,579	109,137	27,214	463	193,807	11,255
2017-18	1,242	23,662	110,227	29,529	518	194,912	11,904
2018-19	1,287	25,653	112,896	32,690	528	199,181	13,170
2019-20	1,259	27,509	113,316	35,241	531	198,143	13,663
2020-21	1,165	29,438	115,707	37,540	524	196,126	14,504
2021-22	1,076	31,374	112,987	39,447	519	192,867	14,505
2022-23	981	33,096	109,123	40,982	476	186,435	14,715
Average	1,128	24,926	108,696	30,642	507	189,653	11,964

Georgia Colleges Student Population by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

103,316 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has increased 255.07% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Georgia Colleges from 2012 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2012-13	303,736	29,097	35,254	239,385
2013-14	340,037	32,074	37,272	270,691
2014-15	349,505	37,255	43,902	268,348
2015-16	387,613	42,876	56,969	287,768
2016-17	396,154	49,033	58,139	288,982
2017-18	404,763	56,281	69,560	278,922
2018-19	418,697	62,954	79,014	276,729
2019-20	424,410	71,498	80,338	272,574
2020-21	427,975	146,027	167,093	114,855
2021-22	428,658	99,714	135,398	193,546
2022-23	424,810	103,316	129,817	191,677
Average	391,487	66,375	81,160	243,952

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