Enrollment Trends at Dominican

The student population at Dominican University is 3,803 (2,690 undergraduate and 1,113 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 107 (2.90%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Dominican is 70.73% which is increased by 418 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 311 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 40 male students for every 100 female students, down from 41 in 2015.
1,040 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 333.33% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,304 where 3,803 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 3,803 students in 2025 and was lowest at 2,990 in 2019. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,696 to 3,803 students, a net gain of 107 (2.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,696	2,272	771	1,501	1,424	310	1,114
2016-17	3,522 -174	2,306 34	761 -10	1,545 44	1,216 -208	266 -44	950 -164
2017-18	3,127 -395	2,171 -135	720 -41	1,451 -94	956 -260	188 -78	768 -182
2018-19	2,990 -137	2,106 -65	668 -52	1,438 -13	884 -72	192 4	692 -76
2019-20	3,029 39	2,151 45	678 10	1,473 35	878 -6	187 -5	691 -1
2020-21	3,189 160	2,166 15	670 -8	1,496 23	1,023 145	214 27	809 118
2021-22	3,066 -123	2,063 -103	641 -29	1,422 -74	1,003 -20	197 -17	806 -3
2022-23	3,196 130	2,136 73	615 -26	1,521 99	1,060 57	211 14	849 43
2023-24	3,424 228	2,397 261	700 85	1,697 176	1,027 -33	240 29	787 -62
2024-25	3,803 379	2,690 293	855 155	1,835 138	1,113 86	236 -4	877 90
Average	3,304	2,246	708	1,538	1,058	224	834

Dominican University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,246 where 2,690 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 since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,272	2,076	712	1,364	196	59	137
2016-17	2,306	2,105	713	1,392	201	48	153
2017-18	2,171	2,014	688	1,326	157	32	125
2018-19	2,106	1,974	631	1,343	132	37	95
2019-20	2,151	2,011	617	1,394	140	61	79
2020-21	2,166	2,001	619	1,382	165	51	114
2021-22	2,063	1,908	595	1,313	155	46	109
2022-23	2,136	2,012	584	1,428	124	31	93
2023-24	2,397	2,166	639	1,527	231	61	170
2024-25	2,690	2,471	748	1,723	219	107	112
Average	2,246	2,246	655	1,419	2,246	53	119

Dominican University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,058 where 1,113 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 since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,424	359	80	279	1,065	230	835
2016-17	1,216	375	62	313	841	204	637
2017-18	956	319	48	271	637	140	497
2018-19	884	341	69	272	543	123	420
2019-20	878	319	57	262	559	130	429
2020-21	1,023	309	67	242	714	147	567
2021-22	1,003	348	66	282	655	131	524
2022-23	1,060	355	61	294	705	150	555
2023-24	1,027	379	76	303	648	164	484
2024-25	1,113	422	76	346	691	160	531
Average	1,058	1,058	66	286	1,058	158	548

Dominican University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 28.50% and the percentage of black students is 6.65% at Dominican University. 3.05% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 54.25% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 44.64% to 28.50%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.90% to 3.05%. Black student enrollment decreased from 9.09% to 6.65%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 33.04% to 54.25%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6189 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6824 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 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	5	107	336	1,221	10	1,650	26
2016-17	8	107	292	1,190	10	1,497	33
2017-18	4	96	243	1,214	9	1,251	31
2018-19	7	96	211	1,368	4	1,064	38
2019-20	6	101	198	1,454	3	991	32
2020-21	5	97	206	1,570	3	1,012	30
2021-22	4	98	195	1,550	5	1,015	38
2022-23	4	107	203	1,688	2	1,025	37
2023-24	5	113	203	1,818	1	1,003	49
2024-25	7	116	253	2,063	1	1,084	52
Average	6	104	234	1,514	5	1,159	37

Dominican University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,040 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 27% of total students. The number of online students has increased 333.33% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Dominican University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,696	240	43	3,413
2016-17	3,522	227	1,258	2,037
2017-18	3,127	144	1,125	1,858
2018-19	2,990	163	1,160	1,667
2019-20	3,029	145	1,490	1,394
2020-21	3,189	969	2,023	197
2021-22	3,066	706	1,958	402
2022-23	3,196	260	2,070	866
2023-24	3,424	698	1,854	872
2024-25	3,803	1,040	2,106	657
Average	3,304	459	1,509	1,336

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Enrollment Trends at Dominican

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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