Enrollment Trends at Dominican University New York

The student population at Dominican University New York is 1,396 (1,115 undergraduate and 281 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 665 (32.27%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Dominican University New York is 79.87% which is decreased by 437 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 228 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 53 male students for every 100 female students, up from 50 in 2015.
57 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -71.50% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,728 where 1,396 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,061 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,378 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,061 to 1,396 students, a net loss of 665 (32.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,061	1,552	524	1,028	509	165	344
2016-17	2,012 -49	1,478 -74	486 -38	992 -36	534 25	160 -5	374 30
2017-18	1,954 -58	1,425 -53	476 -10	949 -43	529 -5	154 -6	375 1
2018-19	1,956 2	1,450 25	494 18	956 7	506 -23	138 -16	368 -7
2019-20	1,868 -88	1,377 -73	469 -25	908 -48	491 -15	116 -22	375 7
2020-21	1,724 -144	1,310 -67	441 -28	869 -39	414 -77	103 -13	311 -64
2021-22	1,527 -197	1,147 -163	386 -55	761 -108	380 -34	90 -13	290 -21
2022-23	1,407 -120	1,097 -50	398 12	699 -62	310 -70	64 -26	246 -44
2023-24	1,378 -29	1,089 -8	426 28	663 -36	289 -21	67 3	222 -24
2024-25	1,396 18	1,115 26	411 -15	704 41	281 -8	75 8	206 -16
Average	1,728	1,304	451	853	424	113	311

Dominican University New York Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,304 where 1,115 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 Dominican University New York since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,552	1,356	479	877	196	45	151
2016-17	1,478	1,330	458	872	148	28	120
2017-18	1,425	1,271	444	827	154	32	122
2018-19	1,450	1,304	452	852	146	42	104
2019-20	1,377	1,268	442	826	109	27	82
2020-21	1,310	1,222	413	809	88	28	60
2021-22	1,147	1,065	367	698	82	19	63
2022-23	1,097	1,022	383	639	75	15	60
2023-24	1,089	1,022	411	611	67	15	52
2024-25	1,115	1,044	399	645	71	12	59
Average	1,304	1,304	425	766	1,304	26	87

Dominican University New York Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 424 where 281 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 Dominican University New York since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	509	195	57	138	314	108	206
2016-17	534	202	49	153	332	111	221
2017-18	529	175	45	130	354	109	245
2018-19	506	198	53	145	308	85	223
2019-20	491	201	52	149	290	64	226
2020-21	414	205	54	151	209	49	160
2021-22	380	201	52	149	179	38	141
2022-23	310	179	40	139	131	24	107
2023-24	289	185	51	134	104	16	88
2024-25	281	193	63	130	88	12	76
Average	424	424	52	142	424	62	169

Dominican University New York Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.50% and the percentage of black students is 15.83% at Dominican University New York. 5.73% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 38.25% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 31.97% to 25.50%. Asian enrollment declined from 10.04% to 5.73%. Black student enrollment increased from 14.07% to 15.83%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 23.24% to 38.25%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7594 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.8133 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Dominican University New York 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	0	207	290	479	10	659	48
2016-17	1	179	269	480	13	682	43
2017-18	1	202	249	489	16	690	53
2018-19	1	173	274	525	17	646	50
2019-20	0	151	279	522	8	569	41
2020-21	0	134	276	508	9	486	32
2021-22	0	126	214	497	8	444	29
2022-23	0	88	200	490	2	405	25
2023-24	0	87	203	495	1	366	29
2024-25	1	80	221	534	1	356	41
Average	0	143	248	502	9	530	39

Dominican University New York Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

57 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 4% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -71.50% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Dominican University New York from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,061	200	38	1,823
2016-17	2,012	215	61	1,736
2017-18	1,954	252	103	1,599
2018-19	1,956	196	208	1,552
2019-20	1,868	185	304	1,379
2020-21	1,724	121	118	1,485
2021-22	1,527	87	124	1,316
2022-23	1,407	80	568	759
2023-24	1,378	54	534	790
2024-25	1,396	57	554	785
Average	1,728	145	261	1,322

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Enrollment Trends at Dominican University New York

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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