Enrollment Trends at Doane

The student population at Doane University is 1,985 (1,315 undergraduate and 670 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 928 (87.80%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Doane is 66.25% which is increased by 258 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 670 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 72 male students for every 100 female students, down from 111 in 2015.
144 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 16.13% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,676 where 1,985 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,422 students in 2020 and was lowest at 1,008 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,057 to 1,985 students, a net gain of 928 (87.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,057	1,057	555	502	0	0	0
2016-17	1,047 -10	1,047 -10	536 -19	511 9	0	0	0
2017-18	1,069 22	1,069 22	565 29	504 -7	0	0	0
2018-19	1,008 -61	1,008 -61	556 -9	452 -52	0	0	0
2019-20	2,422 1,414	1,351 343	661 105	690 238	1,071 1,071	282 282	789 789
2020-21	2,281 -141	1,255 -96	655 -6	600 -90	1,026 -45	273 -9	753 -36
2021-22	2,060 -221	1,105 -150	598 -57	507 -93	955 -71	232 -41	723 -30
2022-23	1,879 -181	990 -115	535 -63	455 -52	889 -66	213 -19	676 -47
2023-24	1,948 69	1,190 200	617 82	573 118	758 -131	202 -11	556 -120
2024-25	1,985 37	1,315 125	663 46	652 79	670 -88	169 -33	501 -55
Average	1,676	1,139	594	545	537	137	400

Doane University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,139 where 1,315 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 Doane University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,057	1,049	550	499	8	5	3
2016-17	1,047	1,038	530	508	9	6	3
2017-18	1,069	1,062	560	502	7	5	2
2018-19	1,008	994	548	446	14	8	6
2019-20	1,351	1,213	612	601	138	49	89
2020-21	1,255	1,080	599	481	175	56	119
2021-22	1,105	959	536	423	146	62	84
2022-23	990	934	512	422	56	23	33
2023-24	1,190	919	500	419	271	117	154
2024-25	1,315	939	517	422	376	146	230
Average	1,139	1,139	546	472	1,139	48	72

Doane University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 537 where 670 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 Doane University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	1,071	506	157	349	565	125	440
2020-21	1,026	477	138	339	549	135	414
2021-22	955	396	110	286	559	122	437
2022-23	889	335	106	229	554	107	447
2023-24	758	295	93	202	463	109	354
2024-25	670	309	93	216	361	76	285
Average	537	537	70	162	537	67	238

Doane University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.07%. The percentage was 81.84% 10 years ago and Doane still has a high percentage of white students. 1.01% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.78% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.26% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 81.84% to 63.07%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.23% to 1.01%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.41% to 3.78%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.10% to 8.26%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5931 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.3231 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Doane 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	2	13	36	75	1	865	30
2016-17	2	10	28	84	2	853	35
2017-18	4	12	19	80	2	881	39
2018-19	0	12	28	82	4	821	36
2019-20	3	40	87	164	7	1,934	75
2020-21	5	30	81	176	3	1,822	58
2021-22	7	19	79	165	2	1,613	56
2022-23	3	32	72	145	2	1,429	50
2023-24	8	20	67	138	5	1,279	48
2024-25	4	20	75	164	4	1,252	54
Average	4	21	57	127	3	1,275	48

Doane University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

144 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 16.13% since 2019. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Doane University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,057	0	0	1,057
2016-17	1,047	0	0	1,047
2017-18	1,069	0	0	1,069
2018-19	1,008	0	0	1,008
2019-20	2,422	124	2,298	0
2020-21	2,281	169	0	2,112
2021-22	2,060	166	0	1,894
2022-23	1,879	122	0	1,757
2023-24	1,948	0	170	1,778
2024-25	1,985	144	0	1,841
Average	1,676	73	247	1,356

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Enrollment Trends at Doane

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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