Enrollment Trends at Davenport

The student population at Davenport University is 4,815 (3,741 undergraduate and 1,074 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,327 (40.86%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Davenport is 77.69% which is decreased by 2,411 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 916 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 70 male students for every 100 female students, up from 69 in 2015.
2,536 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -23.75% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,246 where 4,815 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 8,142 to 4,815 students, a loss of 3,327 (40.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	8,142	6,152	2,518	3,634	1,990	815	1,175
2016-17	7,733 -409	5,917 -235	2,532 14	3,385 -249	1,816 -174	748 -67	1,068 -107
2017-18	7,160 -573	5,597 -320	2,476 -56	3,121 -264	1,563 -253	658 -90	905 -163
2018-19	6,746 -414	5,329 -268	2,369 -107	2,960 -161	1,417 -146	613 -45	804 -101
2019-20	6,429 -317	5,078 -251	2,256 -113	2,822 -138	1,351 -66	577 -36	774 -30
2020-21	6,127 -302	4,999 -79	2,202 -54	2,797 -25	1,128 -223	439 -138	689 -85
2021-22	5,384 -743	4,352 -647	1,936 -266	2,416 -381	1,032 -96	387 -52	645 -44
2022-23	5,073 -311	4,069 -283	1,778 -158	2,291 -125	1,004 -28	386 -1	618 -27
2023-24	4,848 -225	3,833 -236	1,694 -84	2,139 -152	1,015 11	360 -26	655 37
2024-25	4,815 -33	3,741 -92	1,610 -84	2,131 -8	1,074 59	368 8	706 51
Average	6,246	4,907	2,137	2,770	1,339	535	804

Davenport University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,907 where 3,741 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 Davenport University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,152	2,524	1,286	1,238	3,628	1,232	2,396
2016-17	5,917	2,553	1,329	1,224	3,364	1,203	2,161
2017-18	5,597	2,621	1,398	1,223	2,976	1,078	1,898
2018-19	5,329	2,557	1,350	1,207	2,772	1,019	1,753
2019-20	5,078	2,467	1,298	1,169	2,611	958	1,653
2020-21	4,999	2,408	1,261	1,147	2,591	941	1,650
2021-22	4,352	2,233	1,167	1,066	2,119	769	1,350
2022-23	4,069	2,052	1,061	991	2,017	717	1,300
2023-24	3,833	1,985	1,009	976	1,848	685	1,163
2024-25	3,741	1,930	954	976	1,811	656	1,155
Average	4,907	4,907	1,211	1,122	4,907	926	1,648

Davenport University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,339 where 1,074 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 Davenport University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,990	135	38	97	1,855	777	1,078
2016-17	1,816	157	51	106	1,659	697	962
2017-18	1,563	144	42	102	1,419	616	803
2018-19	1,417	174	64	110	1,243	549	694
2019-20	1,351	162	54	108	1,189	523	666
2020-21	1,128	156	48	108	972	391	581
2021-22	1,032	174	50	124	858	337	521
2022-23	1,004	133	38	95	871	348	523
2023-24	1,015	150	45	105	865	315	550
2024-25	1,074	198	51	147	876	317	559
Average	1,339	1,339	48	110	1,339	487	694

Davenport University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.44%. The percentage was 60.94% 10 years ago and Davenport still has a high percentage of white students. 2.99% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.31% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.08% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 60.94% to 58.44%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.89% to 2.99%. Black student enrollment decreased from 14.49% to 14.31%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.16% to 9.08%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6278 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6049 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Davenport 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	36	317	1,180	176	9	4,962	217
2016-17	49	289	1,126	261	12	4,817	234
2017-18	32	271	955	334	12	4,478	204
2018-19	41	231	894	375	15	4,226	212
2019-20	37	209	840	392	11	4,027	199
2020-21	36	180	821	406	7	3,817	178
2021-22	28	153	667	407	7	3,436	162
2022-23	22	146	645	438	11	3,046	167
2023-24	24	154	670	391	11	2,866	158
2024-25	27	144	689	437	7	2,814	150
Average	33	209	849	362	10	3,849	188

Davenport University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,536 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 53% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -23.75% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Davenport University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	8,142	3,326	1,656	3,160
2016-17	7,733	3,206	2,099	2,428
2017-18	7,160	2,994	2,099	2,067
2018-19	6,746	2,908	2,007	1,831
2019-20	6,429	2,796	1,911	1,722
2020-21	6,127	3,360	2,291	476
2021-22	5,384	2,497	1,886	1,001
2022-23	5,073	2,499	1,534	1,040
2023-24	4,848	2,421	1,489	938
2024-25	4,815	2,536	1,339	940
Average	6,246	2,854	1,831	1,560

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Enrollment Trends at Davenport

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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