Enrollment Trends at DeSales

The student population at DeSales University is 2,972 (2,166 undergraduate and 806 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 164 (5.23%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at DeSales is 72.88% which is decreased by 125 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 39 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 54 male students for every 100 female students, down from 65 in 2015.
640 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 41.28% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,194 where 2,972 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 3,460 students in 2020 and was lowest at 2,919 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,136 to 2,972 students, a net loss of 164 (5.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,136	2,291	909	1,382	845	322	523
2016-17	3,309 173	2,388 97	954 45	1,434 52	921 76	340 18	581 58
2017-18	3,315 6	2,345 -43	912 -42	1,433 -1	970 49	357 17	613 32
2018-19	3,438 123	2,499 154	902 -10	1,597 164	939 -31	327 -30	612 -1
2019-20	3,460 22	2,492 -7	898 -4	1,594 -3	968 29	335 8	633 21
2020-21	3,302 -158	2,398 -94	885 -13	1,513 -81	904 -64	296 -39	608 -25
2021-22	3,101 -201	2,309 -89	845 -40	1,464 -49	792 -112	260 -36	532 -76
2022-23	2,991 -110	2,225 -84	787 -58	1,438 -26	766 -26	233 -27	533 1
2023-24	2,919 -72	2,149 -76	757 -30	1,392 -46	770 4	237 4	533
2024-25	2,972 53	2,166 17	786 29	1,380 -12	806 36	250 13	556 23
Average	3,194	2,326	864	1,463	868	296	572

DeSales University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,326 where 2,166 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 DeSales University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,291	1,738	729	1,009	553	180	373
2016-17	2,388	1,854	781	1,073	534	173	361
2017-18	2,345	1,811	751	1,060	534	161	373
2018-19	2,499	1,959	755	1,204	540	147	393
2019-20	2,492	1,963	756	1,207	529	142	387
2020-21	2,398	1,930	755	1,175	468	130	338
2021-22	2,309	1,949	734	1,215	360	111	249
2022-23	2,225	1,901	691	1,210	324	96	228
2023-24	2,149	1,847	667	1,180	302	90	212
2024-25	2,166	1,896	718	1,178	270	68	202
Average	2,326	2,326	734	1,151	2,326	130	312

DeSales University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 868 where 806 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 DeSales University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	845	349	115	234	496	207	289
2016-17	921	410	129	281	511	211	300
2017-18	970	422	132	290	548	225	323
2018-19	939	402	126	276	537	201	336
2019-20	968	430	131	299	538	204	334
2020-21	904	447	123	324	457	173	284
2021-22	792	407	108	299	385	152	233
2022-23	766	406	104	302	360	129	231
2023-24	770	457	139	318	313	98	215
2024-25	806	498	147	351	308	103	205
Average	868	868	125	297	868	170	275

DeSales University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.15%. The percentage was 75.16% 10 years ago and DeSales still has a high percentage of white students. 5.25% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.48% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.06% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.16% to 69.15%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.20% to 5.25%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.86% to 5.48%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.85% to 14.06%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4959 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4230 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at DeSales 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	3	69	121	309	1	2,357	62
2016-17	1	94	119	328	1	2,428	85
2017-18	0	90	143	367	1	2,378	79
2018-19	4	112	148	402	3	2,411	78
2019-20	5	110	180	373	1	2,423	92
2020-21	3	113	182	360	2	2,323	77
2021-22	1	126	151	346	2	2,216	68
2022-23	1	137	153	345	3	2,129	66
2023-24	1	145	158	376	3	2,070	55
2024-25	5	156	163	418	2	2,055	65
Average	2	115	152	362	2	2,279	73

DeSales University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

640 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 41.28% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at DeSales University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,136	453	490	2,193
2016-17	3,309	500	242	2,567
2017-18	3,315	592	230	2,493
2018-19	3,438	602	484	2,352
2019-20	3,460	702	538	2,220
2020-21	3,302	820	1,291	1,191
2021-22	3,101	681	705	1,715
2022-23	2,991	675	634	1,682
2023-24	2,919	629	487	1,803
2024-25	2,972	640	553	1,779
Average	3,194	629	565	2,000

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Enrollment Trends at DeSales

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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