Enrollment Trends at Converse

The student population at Converse University is 1,787 (1,173 undergraduate and 614 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 639 (55.66%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Converse is 65.64% which is increased by 379 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 260 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 34 male students for every 100 female students, up from 5 in 2015.
161 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 140.30% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,401 where 1,787 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 1,787 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,148 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,148 to 1,787 students, a net gain of 639 (55.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,148	794	0	794	354	54	300
2016-17	1,320 172	870 76	0	870 76	450 96	77 23	373 73
2017-18	1,478 158	918 48	3 3	915 45	560 110	119 42	441 68
2018-19	1,380 -98	893 -25	7 4	886 -29	487 -73	70 -49	417 -24
2019-20	1,455 75	808 -85	15 8	793 -93	647 160	91 21	556 139
2020-21	1,377 -78	737 -71	41 26	696 -97	640 -7	115 24	525 -31
2021-22	1,440 63	822 85	138 97	684 -12	618 -22	124 9	494 -31
2022-23	1,284 -156	804 -18	169 31	635 -49	480 -138	104 -20	376 -118
2023-24	1,341 57	852 48	227 58	625 -10	489 9	86 -18	403 27
2024-25	1,787 446	1,173 321	317 90	856 231	614 125	133 47	481 78
Average	1,401	867	92	775	534	97	437

Converse University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 867 where 1,173 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 Converse University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	794	745	0	745	49	0	49
2016-17	870	815	0	815	55	0	55
2017-18	918	860	3	857	58	0	58
2018-19	893	842	7	835	51	0	51
2019-20	808	761	15	746	47	0	47
2020-21	737	684	27	657	53	14	39
2021-22	822	781	134	647	41	4	37
2022-23	804	781	168	613	23	1	22
2023-24	852	821	221	600	31	6	25
2024-25	1,173	1,141	311	830	32	6	26
Average	867	867	89	735	867	3	41

Converse University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 534 where 614 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 Converse University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	354	97	8	89	257	46	211
2016-17	450	137	35	102	313	42	271
2017-18	560	153	45	108	407	74	333
2018-19	487	97	17	80	390	53	337
2019-20	647	123	23	100	524	68	456
2020-21	640	133	20	113	507	95	412
2021-22	618	125	31	94	493	93	400
2022-23	480	120	27	93	360	77	283
2023-24	489	99	13	86	390	73	317
2024-25	614	93	13	80	521	120	401
Average	534	534	23	95	534	74	342

Converse University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.72%. The percentage was 61.24% 10 years ago and Converse still has a high percentage of white students. 1.23% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.98% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.00% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 61.24% to 53.72%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.61% to 1.23%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.28% to 11.98%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.18% to 8.00%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6896 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6157 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Converse 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	0	7	95	48	0	703	29
2016-17	2	5	104	44	0	737	41
2017-18	2	12	125	52	1	988	49
2018-19	0	14	140	44	3	956	33
2019-20	4	22	167	54	3	981	57
2020-21	5	21	150	56	4	957	54
2021-22	29	32	177	111	3	945	44
2022-23	27	36	159	108	3	780	34
2023-24	18	27	167	120	1	782	42
2024-25	16	22	214	143	2	960	50
Average	10	20	150	78	2	879	43

Converse University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

161 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 140.30% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Converse University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,148	67	118	963
2016-17	1,320	144	163	1,013
2017-18	1,478	81	42	1,355
2018-19	1,380	123	164	1,093
2019-20	1,455	0	900	555
2020-21	1,443	458	664	321
2021-22	1,440	313	631	496
2022-23	1,284	121	431	732
2023-24	1,341	77	470	794
2024-25	1,787	161	545	1,081
Average	1,408	155	413	840

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Enrollment Trends at Converse

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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