Enrollment Trends at DeVry University-California

The student population at DeVry University-California is 2,403 (2,382 undergraduate and 21 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,763 (61.03%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at DeVry University-California is 99.13% which is decreased by 2,535 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,228 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 111 male students for every 100 female students, down from 144 in 2015.
1,775 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -34.84% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,815 where 2,403 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 6,166 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,662 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 6,166 to 2,403 students, a net loss of 3,763 (61%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,166	4,917	2,966	1,951	1,249	671	578
2016-17	4,636 -1,530	3,669 -1,248	2,271 -695	1,398 -553	967 -282	523 -148	444 -134
2017-18	2,980 -1,656	2,313 -1,356	1,438 -833	875 -523	667 -300	357 -166	310 -134
2018-19	2,499 -481	1,972 -341	1,224 -214	748 -127	527 -140	265 -92	262 -48
2019-20	2,079 -420	1,683 -289	1,076 -148	607 -141	396 -131	199 -66	197 -65
2020-21	1,926 -153	1,619 -64	1,009 -67	610 3	307 -89	166 -33	141 -56
2021-22	1,662 -264	1,462 -157	870 -139	592 -18	200 -107	111 -55	89 -52
2022-23	1,677 15	1,583 121	877 7	706 114	94 -106	50 -61	44 -45
2023-24	2,119 442	2,083 500	1,126 249	957 251	36 -58	21 -29	15 -29
2024-25	2,403 284	2,382 299	1,257 131	1,125 168	21 -15	7 -14	14 -1
Average	2,815	2,368	1,411	957	446	237	209

DeVry University-California Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,368 where 2,382 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 DeVry University-California since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,917	2,332	1,473	859	2,585	1,493	1,092
2016-17	3,669	1,608	1,051	557	2,061	1,220	841
2017-18	2,313	1,050	683	367	1,263	755	508
2018-19	1,972	988	636	352	984	588	396
2019-20	1,683	892	596	296	791	480	311
2020-21	1,619	910	584	326	709	425	284
2021-22	1,462	828	502	326	634	368	266
2022-23	1,583	829	480	349	754	397	357
2023-24	2,083	1,153	700	453	930	426	504
2024-25	2,382	1,361	800	561	1,021	457	564
Average	2,368	2,368	751	445	2,368	661	512

DeVry University-California Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 446 where 21 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 DeVry University-California since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,249	268	146	122	981	525	456
2016-17	967	194	116	78	773	407	366
2017-18	667	131	82	49	536	275	261
2018-19	527	86	50	36	441	215	226
2019-20	396	54	32	22	342	167	175
2020-21	307	41	27	14	266	139	127
2021-22	200	25	12	13	175	99	76
2022-23	94	10	6	4	84	44	40
2023-24	36	24	13	11	12	8	4
2024-25	21	15	5	10	6	2	4
Average	446	446	49	36	446	188	174

DeVry University-California Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 22.97% and the percentage of black students is 15.44% at DeVry University-California. 9.28% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 37.95% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 26.95% to 22.97%. Asian enrollment declined from 13.66% to 9.28%. Black student enrollment increased from 12.39% to 15.44%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 32.73% to 37.95%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7692 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7853 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at DeVry University-California 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	25	842	764	2,018	150	1,662	104
2016-17	16	672	499	1,539	105	1,181	91
2017-18	17	440	293	934	69	731	71
2018-19	13	337	251	804	53	663	72
2019-20	14	273	230	667	58	616	53
2020-21	15	237	252	624	52	541	46
2021-22	10	189	255	550	48	451	48
2022-23	13	174	247	612	49	402	46
2023-24	14	204	325	772	51	524	66
2024-25	13	223	371	912	54	552	75
Average	15	359	349	943	69	732	67

DeVry University-California Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,775 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 74% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -34.84% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at DeVry University-California from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	6,166	2,724	2,142	1,300
2016-17	4,636	2,187	1,675	774
2017-18	2,980	1,599	1,024	357
2018-19	2,499	1,390	848	261
2019-20	2,079	1,196	669	214
2020-21	1,926	1,197	602	127
2021-22	1,662	1,068	500	94
2022-23	1,677	1,142	488	47
2023-24	2,119	1,554	540	25
2024-25	2,403	1,775	614	14
Average	2,815	1,583	910	321

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Enrollment Trends at DeVry University-California

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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