Enrollment Trends at DePaul

The student population at DePaul University is 20,917 (14,134 undergraduate and 6,783 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 4,049 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at DePaul is 67.57% which is decreased by 2,364 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,685 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.26 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

4,119 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 134.17% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 22,873 where 20,917 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

67.57% of total students is undergraduate students and 32.43% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,364 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,685 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.26 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in DePaul than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at DePaul University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	24,966	16,498	7,646	8,852	8,468	4,051	4,417
2013-14	24,414 -552	16,420 -78	7,616 -30	8,804 -48	7,994 -474	3,781 -270	4,213 -204
2014-15	23,799 -615	16,153 -267	7,565 -51	8,588 -216	7,646 -348	3,584 -197	4,062 -151
2015-16	23,539 -260	15,961 -192	7,569 4	8,392 -196	7,578 -68	3,553 -31	4,025 -37
2016-17	23,110 -429	15,407 -554	7,307 -262	8,100 -292	7,703 125	3,668 115	4,035 10
2017-18	22,769 -341	14,816 -591	7,041 -266	7,775 -325	7,953 250	3,686 18	4,267 232
2018-19	22,437 -332	14,507 -309	6,838 -203	7,669 -106	7,930 -23	3,610 -76	4,320 53
2019-20	22,064 -373	14,214 -293	6,639 -199	7,575 -94	7,850 -80	3,564 -46	4,286 -34
2020-21	21,922 -142	14,145 -69	6,601 -38	7,544 -31	7,777 -73	3,425 -139	4,352 66
2021-22	21,670 -252	14,294 149	6,548 -53	7,746 202	7,376 -401	3,197 -228	4,179 -173
2022-23	20,917 -753	14,134 -160	6,325 -223	7,809 63	6,783 -593	2,936 -261	3,847 -332
Average	22,873	15,141	7,063	8,078	7,733	3,550	4,182

DePaul University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 15,141 where 14,134 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at DePaul University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	16,498	13,657	6,374	7,283	2,841	1,272	1,569
2013-14	16,420	13,594	6,364	7,230	2,826	1,252	1,574
2014-15	16,153	13,643	6,396	7,247	2,510	1,169	1,341
2015-16	15,961	13,664	6,477	7,187	2,297	1,092	1,205
2016-17	15,407	13,168	6,265	6,903	2,239	1,042	1,197
2017-18	14,816	12,886	6,123	6,763	1,930	918	1,012
2018-19	14,507	12,795	5,946	6,849	1,712	892	820
2019-20	14,214	12,784	5,919	6,865	1,430	720	710
2020-21	14,145	12,776	5,887	6,889	1,369	714	655
2021-22	14,294	12,950	5,871	7,079	1,344	677	667
2022-23	14,134	12,885	5,739	7,146	1,249	586	663
Average	15,141	15,141	6,124	7,040	15,141	939	1,038

DePaul University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 7,733 where 6,783 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at DePaul University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	8,468	5,345	2,425	2,920	3,123	1,626	1,497
2013-14	7,994	5,112	2,307	2,805	2,882	1,474	1,408
2014-15	7,646	4,858	2,127	2,731	2,788	1,457	1,331
2015-16	7,578	5,104	2,262	2,842	2,474	1,291	1,183
2016-17	7,703	5,152	2,371	2,781	2,551	1,297	1,254
2017-18	7,953	5,459	2,447	3,012	2,494	1,239	1,255
2018-19	7,930	5,390	2,365	3,025	2,540	1,245	1,295
2019-20	7,850	5,389	2,358	3,031	2,461	1,206	1,255
2020-21	7,777	5,436	2,319	3,117	2,341	1,106	1,235
2021-22	7,376	5,173	2,147	3,026	2,203	1,050	1,153
2022-23	6,783	4,954	2,100	2,854	1,829	836	993
Average	7,733	7,733	2,293	2,922	7,733	1,257	1,260

DePaul University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.18% and the percentage of black students is 8.82% at DePaul University. 10.94% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at DePaul University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	34	1,731	2,243	3,371	68	13,717	710
2013-14	25	1,707	2,238	3,412	53	13,346	778
2014-15	19	1,777	2,123	3,388	37	12,871	795
2015-16	20	1,868	2,103	3,456	27	12,415	755
2016-17	21	1,902	2,110	3,501	33	11,913	749
2017-18	21	2,065	2,115	3,585	36	11,418	722
2018-19	29	2,105	2,072	3,542	31	11,260	931
2019-20	28	2,211	2,082	3,718	34	11,056	781
2020-21	34	2,331	2,172	3,974	30	10,808	830
2021-22	25	2,355	1,998	4,107	22	10,500	834
2022-23	19	2,288	1,845	4,107	15	9,659	778
Average	25	2,031	2,100	3,651	35	11,724	788

DePaul University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

4,119 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 134.17% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at DePaul University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	23,799	1,759	3,334	18,706
2015-16	23,539	1,786	3,776	17,977
2016-17	23,110	1,877	4,212	17,021
2017-18	22,769	1,892	4,386	16,491
2018-19	22,437	1,835	4,606	15,996
2019-20	22,064	1,892	4,676	15,496
2020-21	21,922	19,809	1,782	331
2021-22	21,670	5,366	8,996	7,308
2022-23	20,917	4,119	8,360	8,438
Average	22,470	4,482	4,903	13,085

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