Enrollment Trends at Barry

The student population at Barry University is 6,825 (3,232 undergraduate and 3,593 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,146 (14.38%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Barry is 47.36% which is decreased by 544 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 602 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 52 male students for every 100 female students, down from 54 in 2015.
742 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 113.22% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,279 where 6,825 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 7,971 students in 2016 and was lowest at 6,825 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 7,971 to 6,825 students, a net loss of 1,146 (14.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	7,971	3,776	1,463	2,313	4,195	1,326	2,869
2016-17	7,404 -567	3,541 -235	1,387 -76	2,154 -159	3,863 -332	1,213 -113	2,650 -219
2017-18	7,358 -46	3,505 -36	1,404 17	2,101 -53	3,853 -10	1,160 -53	2,693 43
2018-19	7,186 -172	3,483 -22	1,358 -46	2,125 24	3,703 -150	1,105 -55	2,598 -95
2019-20	7,401 215	3,747 264	1,389 31	2,358 233	3,654 -49	1,113 8	2,541 -57
2020-21	7,515 114	3,523 -224	1,167 -222	2,356 -2	3,992 338	1,136 23	2,856 315
2021-22	7,337 -178	3,332 -191	1,148 -19	2,184 -172	4,005 13	1,135 -1	2,870 14
2022-23	6,958 -379	3,122 -210	1,154 6	1,968 -216	3,836 -169	1,089 -46	2,747 -123
2023-24	6,836 -122	3,150 28	1,262 108	1,888 -80	3,686 -150	1,063 -26	2,623 -124
2024-25	6,825 -11	3,232 82	1,324 62	1,908 20	3,593 -93	1,014 -49	2,579 -44
Average	7,279	3,441	1,306	2,136	3,838	1,135	2,703

Barry University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,441 where 3,232 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 Barry University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,776	3,178	1,197	1,981	598	266	332
2016-17	3,541	2,924	1,081	1,843	617	306	311
2017-18	3,505	2,991	1,141	1,850	514	263	251
2018-19	3,483	2,968	1,089	1,879	515	269	246
2019-20	3,747	3,015	1,056	1,959	732	333	399
2020-21	3,523	2,857	896	1,961	666	271	395
2021-22	3,332	2,580	845	1,735	752	303	449
2022-23	3,122	2,259	802	1,457	863	352	511
2023-24	3,150	2,040	748	1,292	1,110	514	596
2024-25	3,232	2,107	788	1,319	1,125	536	589
Average	3,441	3,441	964	1,728	3,441	341	408

Barry University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,838 where 3,593 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 Barry University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,195	2,306	839	1,467	1,889	487	1,402
2016-17	3,863	2,117	749	1,368	1,746	464	1,282
2017-18	3,853	2,148	741	1,407	1,705	419	1,286
2018-19	3,703	2,158	735	1,423	1,545	370	1,175
2019-20	3,654	2,165	723	1,442	1,489	390	1,099
2020-21	3,992	2,430	754	1,676	1,562	382	1,180
2021-22	4,005	2,370	747	1,623	1,635	388	1,247
2022-23	3,836	2,404	731	1,673	1,432	358	1,074
2023-24	3,686	2,372	735	1,637	1,314	328	986
2024-25	3,593	2,336	694	1,642	1,257	320	937
Average	3,838	3,838	745	1,536	3,838	391	1,167

Barry University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 23.18% and the percentage of black students is 26.01% at Barry University. 3.85% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 30.86% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 24.95% to 23.18%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.32% to 3.85%. Black student enrollment increased from 25.27% to 26.01%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 26.97% to 30.86%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7809 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.8004 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Barry 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	26	185	2,014	2,150	15	1,989	112
2016-17	29	214	1,864	1,933	21	1,874	118
2017-18	41	251	2,114	2,137	16	1,893	87
2018-19	31	266	2,069	2,117	17	1,760	128
2019-20	35	283	2,195	2,326	13	1,850	136
2020-21	32	294	2,305	2,431	14	1,758	148
2021-22	27	288	2,164	2,395	12	1,730	171
2022-23	17	282	1,879	2,262	9	1,692	192
2023-24	16	252	1,765	2,165	12	1,633	187
2024-25	13	263	1,775	2,106	9	1,582	215
Average	27	258	2,014	2,202	14	1,776	149

Barry University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

742 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 113.22% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Barry University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	7,971	348	477	7,146
2016-17	7,404	434	394	6,576
2017-18	7,358	510	581	6,267
2018-19	7,186	388	556	6,242
2019-20	7,401	641	567	6,193
2020-21	7,515	982	759	5,774
2021-22	7,337	1,244	1,337	4,756
2022-23	6,958	1,150	682	5,126
2023-24	6,836	964	609	5,263
2024-25	6,825	742	925	5,158
Average	7,279	740	689	5,850

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Enrollment Trends at Barry

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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