Enrollment Trends at Calvin

The student population at Calvin University is 3,681 (3,356 undergraduate and 325 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 309 (7.74%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Calvin is 91.17% which is decreased by 513 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 204 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 90 male students for every 100 female students, up from 79 in 2015.
318 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 536.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,589 where 3,681 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 3,990 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,231 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,990 to 3,681 students, a net loss of 309 (7.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,990	3,869	1,733	2,136	121	28	93
2016-17	3,918 -72	3,806 -63	1,742 9	2,064 -72	112 -9	27 -1	85 -8
2017-18	3,840 -78	3,746 -60	1,740 -2	2,006 -58	94 -18	16 -11	78 -7
2018-19	3,732 -108	3,625 -121	1,700 -40	1,925 -81	107 13	16	91 13
2019-20	3,570 -162	3,467 -158	1,635 -65	1,832 -93	103 -4	23 7	80 -11
2020-21	3,307 -263	3,181 -286	1,485 -150	1,696 -136	126 23	36 13	90 10
2021-22	3,257 -50	3,068 -113	1,444 -41	1,624 -72	189 63	72 36	117 27
2022-23	3,231 -26	2,960 -108	1,439 -5	1,521 -103	271 82	62 -10	209 92
2023-24	3,364 133	3,053 93	1,485 46	1,568 47	311 40	62	249 40
2024-25	3,681 317	3,356 303	1,657 172	1,699 131	325 14	87 25	238 -11
Average	3,589	3,413	1,606	1,807	176	43	133

Calvin University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,413 where 3,356 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 Calvin University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,869	3,713	1,645	2,068	156	88	68
2016-17	3,806	3,602	1,637	1,965	204	105	99
2017-18	3,746	3,524	1,599	1,925	222	141	81
2018-19	3,625	3,417	1,561	1,856	208	139	69
2019-20	3,467	3,234	1,494	1,740	233	141	92
2020-21	3,181	2,914	1,316	1,598	267	169	98
2021-22	3,068	2,787	1,275	1,512	281	169	112
2022-23	2,960	2,637	1,243	1,394	323	196	127
2023-24	3,053	2,739	1,319	1,420	314	166	148
2024-25	3,356	3,006	1,477	1,529	350	180	170
Average	3,413	3,413	1,457	1,701	3,413	149	106

Calvin University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 176 where 325 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 Calvin University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	121	44	3	41	77	25	52
2016-17	112	38	4	34	74	23	51
2017-18	94	47	8	39	47	8	39
2018-19	107	59	9	50	48	7	41
2019-20	103	59	11	48	44	12	32
2020-21	126	74	18	56	52	18	34
2021-22	189	103	41	62	86	31	55
2022-23	271	127	30	97	144	32	112
2023-24	311	158	33	125	153	29	124
2024-25	325	185	48	137	140	39	101
Average	176	176	21	69	176	22	64

Calvin University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.30%. The percentage was 73.48% 10 years ago and Calvin still has a high percentage of white students. 3.99% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.35% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.81% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 73.48% to 68.30%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.63% to 3.99%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.86% to 5.35%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.96% to 4.81%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5261 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4551 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Calvin 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	10	145	114	158	0	2,932	141
2016-17	6	158	109	165	1	2,849	136
2017-18	4	175	119	203	0	2,693	124
2018-19	5	188	128	191	0	2,575	117
2019-20	5	183	127	175	1	2,470	107
2020-21	2	177	125	156	0	2,323	89
2021-22	4	174	129	139	0	2,308	92
2022-23	4	161	142	124	0	2,282	91
2023-24	3	150	167	168	0	2,321	110
2024-25	5	147	197	177	1	2,514	99
Average	5	166	136	166	0	2,527	111

Calvin University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

318 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 9% of total students. The number of online students has increased 536.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Calvin University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,990	50	24	3,916
2016-17	3,918	46	28	3,844
2017-18	3,840	21	94	3,725
2018-19	3,732	40	108	3,584
2019-20	3,570	17	54	3,499
2020-21	3,307	47	986	2,274
2021-22	3,257	88	398	2,771
2022-23	3,231	208	77	2,946
2023-24	3,364	304	73	2,987
2024-25	3,681	318	108	3,255
Average	3,589	114	195	3,280

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Enrollment Trends at Calvin

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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