Enrollment Trends at AQ

The student population at Aquinas College is 1,157 (1,088 undergraduate and 69 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 737 (38.91%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at AQ is 94.04% which is decreased by 697 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 40 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 88 male students for every 100 female students, up from 64 in 2015.
33 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 450.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,533 where 1,157 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 1,894 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,157 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,894 to 1,157 students, a net loss of 737 (38.9%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Aquinas College since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,894	1,785	714	1,071	109	27	82
2016-17	1,764 -130	1,654 -131	641 -73	1,013 -58	110 1	21 -6	89 7
2017-18	1,716 -48	1,551 -103	612 -29	939 -74	165 55	33 12	132 43
2018-19	1,758 42	1,578 27	650 38	928 -11	180 15	45 12	135 3
2019-20	1,600 -158	1,456 -122	620 -30	836 -92	144 -36	30 -15	114 -21
2020-21	1,517 -83	1,372 -84	571 -49	801 -35	145 1	30	115 1
2021-22	1,362 -155	1,238 -134	534 -37	704 -97	124 -21	37 7	87 -28
2022-23	1,265 -97	1,169 -69	514 -20	655 -49	96 -28	24 -13	72 -15
2023-24	1,295 30	1,209 40	507 -7	702 47	86 -10	29 5	57 -15
2024-25	1,157 -138	1,088 -121	516 9	572 -130	69 -17	24 -5	45 -12
Average	1,533	1,410	588	822	123	30	93

Aquinas College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,410 where 1,088 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Aquinas College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,785	1,538	593	945	247	121	126
2016-17	1,654	1,416	527	889	238	114	124
2017-18	1,551	1,317	515	802	234	97	137
2018-19	1,578	1,299	524	775	279	126	153
2019-20	1,456	1,196	514	682	260	106	154
2020-21	1,372	1,129	477	652	243	94	149
2021-22	1,238	1,059	466	593	179	68	111
2022-23	1,169	1,035	459	576	134	55	79
2023-24	1,209	1,135	478	657	74	29	45
2024-25	1,088	1,004	486	518	84	30	54
Average	1,410	1,410	504	709	1,410	84	113

Aquinas College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 123 where 69 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Aquinas College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	109	12	4	8	97	23	74
2016-17	110	30	9	21	80	12	68
2017-18	165	29	11	18	136	22	114
2018-19	180	34	14	20	146	31	115
2019-20	144	32	8	24	112	22	90
2020-21	145	51	15	36	94	15	79
2021-22	124	55	21	34	69	16	53
2022-23	96	50	16	34	46	8	38
2023-24	86	30	10	20	56	19	37
2024-25	69	35	13	22	34	11	23
Average	123	123	12	24	123	18	69

Aquinas College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 73.47%. The percentage was 81.05% 10 years ago and AQ still has a high percentage of white students. 1.64% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.85% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.25% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 81.05% to 73.47%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.27% to 1.64%. Black student enrollment decreased from 2.90% to 2.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.91% to 9.25%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4479 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3381 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Aquinas College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	7	24	55	112	0	1,535	46
2016-17	7	26	61	105	0	1,362	38
2017-18	6	26	63	114	1	1,310	40
2018-19	8	26	57	112	1	1,176	36
2019-20	8	24	69	126	2	1,063	28
2020-21	8	23	57	123	2	1,043	37
2021-22	5	25	50	105	2	949	38
2022-23	1	28	32	96	3	909	48
2023-24	4	25	31	104	2	970	61
2024-25	2	19	33	107	2	850	60
Average	6	25	51	110	2	1,117	43

Aquinas College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

33 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 450.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Aquinas College from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,894	6	254	1,634
2016-17	1,764	4	272	1,488
2017-18	1,716	3	214	1,499
2018-19	1,758	7	293	1,458
2019-20	1,600	9	337	1,254
2020-21	1,517	76	400	1,041
2021-22	1,362	18	544	800
2022-23	1,265	18	496	751
2023-24	1,295	26	398	871
2024-25	1,157	33	329	795
Average	1,533	20	354	1,159

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Enrollment Trends at AQ

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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