Enrollment Trends at Assumption

The student population at Assumption University is 2,037 (1,713 undergraduate and 324 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 638 (23.85%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Assumption is 84.09% which is decreased by 516 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 122 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 72 male students for every 100 female students, up from 61 in 2015.
213 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 126.60% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,351 where 2,037 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 2,675 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,037 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,675 to 2,037 students, a net loss of 638 (23.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,675	2,229	874	1,355	446	143	303
2016-17	2,607 -68	2,189 -40	884 10	1,305 -50	418 -28	127 -16	291 -12
2017-18	2,481 -126	2,084 -105	860 -24	1,224 -81	397 -21	102 -25	295 4
2018-19	2,428 -53	2,036 -48	868 8	1,168 -56	392 -5	111 9	281 -14
2019-20	2,443 15	2,048 12	878 10	1,170 2	395 3	124 13	271 -10
2020-21	2,448 5	2,027 -21	881 3	1,146 -24	421 26	117 -7	304 33
2021-22	2,284 -164	1,911 -116	833 -48	1,078 -68	373 -48	94 -23	279 -25
2022-23	2,059 -225	1,704 -207	769 -64	935 -143	355 -18	96 2	259 -20
2023-24	2,046 -13	1,688 -16	765 -4	923 -12	358 3	83 -13	275 16
2024-25	2,037 -9	1,713 25	765	948 25	324 -34	85 2	239 -36
Average	2,351	1,963	838	1,125	388	108	280

Assumption University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,963 where 1,713 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 Assumption University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,229	2,007	810	1,197	222	64	158
2016-17	2,189	1,982	828	1,154	207	56	151
2017-18	2,084	1,937	822	1,115	147	38	109
2018-19	2,036	1,930	832	1,098	106	36	70
2019-20	2,048	1,946	847	1,099	102	31	71
2020-21	2,027	1,970	865	1,105	57	16	41
2021-22	1,911	1,879	821	1,058	32	12	20
2022-23	1,704	1,665	760	905	39	9	30
2023-24	1,688	1,652	756	896	36	9	27
2024-25	1,713	1,660	753	907	53	12	41
Average	1,963	1,963	809	1,053	1,963	28	72

Assumption University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 388 where 324 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 Assumption University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	446	163	50	113	283	93	190
2016-17	418	163	51	112	255	76	179
2017-18	397	144	45	99	253	57	196
2018-19	392	180	54	126	212	57	155
2019-20	395	166	58	108	229	66	163
2020-21	421	189	56	133	232	61	171
2021-22	373	177	50	127	196	44	152
2022-23	355	149	48	101	206	48	158
2023-24	358	165	48	117	193	35	158
2024-25	324	150	43	107	174	42	132
Average	388	388	50	114	388	58	165

Assumption University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.54%. The percentage was 69.01% 10 years ago and Assumption still has a high percentage of white students. 2.06% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.89% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.62% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 69.01% to 70.54%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.21% to 2.06%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.20% to 5.89%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.50% to 12.62%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4813 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5160 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Assumption University 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	1	59	139	174	2	1,846	53
2016-17	2	58	147	183	3	1,839	48
2017-18	3	58	135	171	3	1,824	46
2018-19	4	57	133	191	2	1,799	46
2019-20	5	54	127	193	1	1,826	58
2020-21	3	65	132	223	0	1,821	80
2021-22	2	53	128	218	0	1,712	67
2022-23	3	51	116	204	0	1,518	66
2023-24	2	50	120	228	1	1,471	70
2024-25	2	42	120	257	1	1,437	70
Average	3	55	130	204	1	1,709	60

Assumption University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

213 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 126.60% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Assumption University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,675	94	74	2,507
2016-17	2,607	152	142	2,313
2017-18	2,481	174	93	2,214
2018-19	2,428	161	111	2,156
2019-20	2,443	155	61	2,227
2020-21	2,448	2,448	0	0
2021-22	2,284	187	100	1,997
2022-23	2,059	185	65	1,809
2023-24	2,046	234	79	1,733
2024-25	2,037	213	61	1,763
Average	2,351	400	79	1,872

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Enrollment Trends at Assumption

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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