Enrollment Trends at Dordt

The student population at Dordt University is 1,861 (1,618 undergraduate and 243 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 467 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Dordt is 86.94% which is increased by 245 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 222 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.11 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

371 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 518.33% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 1,565 where 1,861 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

86.94% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.06% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 245 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 222 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.11 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Dordt than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,394	1,373	713	660	21	16	5
2013-14	1,430 36	1,376 3	747 34	629 -31	54 33	25 9	29 24
2014-15	1,459 29	1,399 23	756 9	643 14	60 6	31 6	29 0
2015-16	1,458 -1	1,385 -14	720 -36	665 22	73 13	38 7	35 6
2016-17	1,522 64	1,454 69	755 35	699 34	68 -5	37 -1	31 -4
2017-18	1,533 11	1,448 -6	753 -2	695 -4	85 17	44 7	41 10
2018-19	1,564 31	1,424 -24	761 8	663 -32	140 55	66 22	74 33
2019-20	1,547 -17	1,385 -39	747 -14	638 -25	162 22	85 19	77 3
2020-21	1,662 115	1,436 51	750 3	686 48	226 64	96 11	130 53
2021-22	1,784 122	1,535 99	808 58	727 41	249 23	88 -8	161 31
2022-23	1,861 77	1,618 83	807 -1	811 84	243 -6	76 -12	167 6
Average	1,565	1,439	756	683	126	55	71

Dordt University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,439 where 1,618 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 Dordt University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,373	1,339	703	636	34	10	24
2013-14	1,376	1,345	728	617	31	19	12
2014-15	1,399	1,344	735	609	55	21	34
2015-16	1,385	1,351	712	639	34	8	26
2016-17	1,454	1,377	724	653	77	31	46
2017-18	1,448	1,341	709	632	107	44	63
2018-19	1,424	1,342	727	615	82	34	48
2019-20	1,385	1,319	721	598	66	26	40
2020-21	1,436	1,339	720	619	97	30	67
2021-22	1,535	1,403	743	660	132	65	67
2022-23	1,618	1,459	746	713	159	61	98
Average	1,439	1,439	724	636	1,439	32	48

Dordt University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 126 where 243 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 Dordt University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	21	0	0	0	21	16	5
2013-14	54	0	0	0	54	25	29
2014-15	60	1	1	0	59	30	29
2015-16	73	1	1	0	72	37	35
2016-17	68	1	0	1	67	37	30
2017-18	85	2	1	1	83	43	40
2018-19	140	1	1	0	139	65	74
2019-20	162	3	3	0	159	82	77
2020-21	226	6	5	1	220	91	129
2021-22	249	1	0	1	248	88	160
2022-23	243	23	2	21	220	74	146
Average	126	126	1	2	126	53	69

Dordt University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.85%. The percentage was 84.22% 10 years ago and Dordt still has a high percentage of white students. 1.18% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.75% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Dordt 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	3	8	21	20	37	1,174	0
2013-14	2	11	25	22	42	1,168	0
2014-15	3	13	22	12	103	1,056	0
2015-16	1	11	23	5	94	1,040	0
2016-17	1	17	28	38	3	1,247	10
2017-18	3	12	29	43	1	1,258	15
2018-19	7	14	18	41	2	1,278	12
2019-20	6	17	18	40	0	1,266	14
2020-21	5	25	12	43	0	1,349	20
2021-22	5	30	17	44	1	1,426	25
2022-23	3	22	14	46	1	1,486	29
Average	4	16	21	32	26	1,250	11

Dordt University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

371 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 20% of total students. The number of online students has increased 518.33% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Dordt University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,459	60	34	1,365
2015-16	1,458	73	31	1,354
2016-17	1,522	68	34	1,420
2017-18	1,533	18	36	1,479
2018-19	1,564	138	36	1,390
2019-20	1,547	180	60	1,307
2020-21	1,662	302	337	1,023
2021-22	1,784	365	310	1,109
2022-23	1,861	371	312	1,178
Average	1,599	175	132	1,292

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