Enrollment Trends at Benedictine

The student population at Benedictine University is 2,917 (1,972 undergraduate and 945 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,037 (51.01%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Benedictine is 67.60% which is decreased by 1,375 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,662 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 83 male students for every 100 female students, up from 59 in 2015.
546 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -63.94% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,247 where 2,917 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 5,954 to 2,917 students, a loss of 3,037 (51%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,954	3,347	1,456	1,891	2,607	756	1,851
2016-17	5,892 -62	3,171 -176	1,389 -67	1,782 -109	2,721 114	799 43	1,922 71
2017-18	5,100 -792	2,884 -287	1,279 -110	1,605 -177	2,216 -505	558 -241	1,658 -264
2018-19	4,940 -160	2,718 -166	1,242 -37	1,476 -129	2,222 6	600 42	1,622 -36
2019-20	4,401 -539	2,493 -225	1,146 -96	1,347 -129	1,908 -314	568 -32	1,340 -282
2020-21	3,779 -622	2,299 -194	1,123 -23	1,176 -171	1,480 -428	419 -149	1,061 -279
2021-22	3,378 -401	2,185 -114	1,092 -31	1,093 -83	1,193 -287	311 -108	882 -179
2022-23	3,123 -255	2,042 -143	1,073 -19	969 -124	1,081 -112	313 2	768 -114
2023-24	2,989 -134	1,842 -200	966 -107	876 -93	1,147 66	391 78	756 -12
2024-25	2,917 -72	1,972 130	1,019 53	953 77	945 -202	307 -84	638 -118
Average	4,247	2,495	1,179	1,317	1,752	502	1,250

Benedictine University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,495 where 1,972 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 Benedictine University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,347	2,756	1,221	1,535	591	235	356
2016-17	3,171	2,708	1,208	1,500	463	181	282
2017-18	2,884	2,473	1,098	1,375	411	181	230
2018-19	2,718	2,372	1,078	1,294	346	164	182
2019-20	2,493	2,131	1,007	1,124	362	139	223
2020-21	2,299	1,939	976	963	360	147	213
2021-22	2,185	1,837	947	890	348	145	203
2022-23	2,042	1,787	976	811	255	97	158
2023-24	1,842	1,646	870	776	196	96	100
2024-25	1,972	1,819	942	877	153	77	76
Average	2,495	2,495	1,032	1,115	2,495	146	202

Benedictine University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,752 where 945 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 Benedictine University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,607	500	150	350	2,107	606	1,501
2016-17	2,721	520	161	359	2,201	638	1,563
2017-18	2,216	370	119	251	1,846	439	1,407
2018-19	2,222	365	100	265	1,857	500	1,357
2019-20	1,908	315	107	208	1,593	461	1,132
2020-21	1,480	342	103	239	1,138	316	822
2021-22	1,193	318	99	219	875	212	663
2022-23	1,081	214	62	152	867	251	616
2023-24	1,147	414	158	256	733	233	500
2024-25	945	311	121	190	634	186	448
Average	1,752	1,752	118	249	1,752	384	1,001

Benedictine University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 35.45% and the percentage of black students is 10.04% at Benedictine University. 17.21% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 17.31% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 42.32% to 35.45%. Asian enrollment grew from 12.48% to 17.21%. Black student enrollment increased from 9.86% to 10.04%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.26% to 17.31%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8039 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7887 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Benedictine 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	25	743	587	492	19	2,520	0
2016-17	25	678	490	555	23	2,265	0
2017-18	24	743	373	564	18	1,861	0
2018-19	22	514	333	558	19	1,554	0
2019-20	38	539	426	552	18	1,730	0
2020-21	33	504	353	481	13	1,500	60
2021-22	23	492	315	475	11	1,296	60
2022-23	16	473	298	447	9	1,191	58
2023-24	13	488	281	451	12	1,088	66
2024-25	15	502	293	505	5	1,034	82
Average	23	568	375	508	15	1,604	33

Benedictine University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

546 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 19% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -63.94% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Benedictine University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	5,954	1,514	534	3,906
2016-17	5,892	1,505	317	4,070
2017-18	5,100	1,523	466	3,111
2018-19	4,940	1,479	555	2,906
2019-20	4,401	1,289	543	2,569
2020-21	3,779	3,348	414	17
2021-22	3,378	1,291	1,732	355
2022-23	3,123	1,025	1,377	721
2023-24	2,989	1,049	1,106	834
2024-25	2,917	546	1,221	1,150
Average	4,247	1,457	827	1,964

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Enrollment Trends at Benedictine

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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