Enrollment Trends at Dominican

The student population at Dominican University is 3,196 (2,136 undergraduate and 1,060 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 393 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Dominican is 66.83% which is increased by 141 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 534 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.87 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

260 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 233.33% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,307 where 3,196 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

66.83% of total students is undergraduate students and 33.17% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 141 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 534 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.87 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Dominican than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Dominican University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,589	1,995	631	1,364	1,594	394	1,200
2013-14	3,470 -119	2,069 74	699 68	1,370 6	1,401 -193	344 -50	1,057 -143
2014-15	3,498 28	2,180 111	740 41	1,440 70	1,318 -83	317 -27	1,001 -56
2015-16	3,696 198	2,272 92	771 31	1,501 61	1,424 106	310 -7	1,114 113
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
Average	3,307	2,147	690	1,456	1,160	256	903

Dominican University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,147 where 2,136 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Dominican University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,995	1,794	575	1,219	201	56	145
2013-14	2,069	1,907	643	1,264	162	56	106
2014-15	2,180	1,996	691	1,305	184	49	135
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
Average	2,147	2,147	643	1,339	2,147	48	117

Dominican University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,160 where 1,060 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Dominican University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,594	581	164	417	1,013	230	783
2013-14	1,401	550	152	398	851	192	659
2014-15	1,318	360	82	278	958	235	723
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
Average	1,160	1,160	83	301	1,160	174	603

Dominican University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 32.07% and the percentage of black students is 6.35% at Dominican University. 3.35% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Dominican University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	5	132	300	850	7	1,983	32
2013-14	5	131	286	1,005	6	1,759	27
2014-15	3	127	315	1,135	7	1,621	25
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
Average	5	109	253	1,295	6	1,352	32

Dominican University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

260 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 233.33% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Dominican University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,498	78	899	2,521
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
Average	3,257	326	1,336	1,595

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