Enrollment Trends at Drew

The student population at Drew University is 2,232 (1,626 undergraduate and 606 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 150 (7.20%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Drew is 72.85% which is increased by 176 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 26 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 87 male students for every 100 female students, up from 69 in 2015.
91 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 405.56% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,193 where 2,232 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 2,319 students in 2020 and was lowest at 2,082 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,082 to 2,232 students, a net gain of 150 (7.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,082	1,450	564	886	632	285	347
2016-17	2,129 47	1,521 71	618 54	903 17	608 -24	282 -3	326 -21
2017-18	2,117 -12	1,537 16	658 40	879 -24	580 -28	264 -18	316 -10
2018-19	2,263 146	1,668 131	702 44	966 87	595 15	273 9	322 6
2019-20	2,319 56	1,712 44	723 21	989 23	607 12	284 11	323 1
2020-21	2,229 -90	1,636 -76	692 -31	944 -45	593 -14	281 -3	312 -11
2021-22	2,244 15	1,634 -2	706 14	928 -16	610 17	292 11	318 6
2022-23	2,092 -152	1,513 -121	650 -56	863 -65	579 -31	279 -13	300 -18
2023-24	2,226 134	1,624 111	737 87	887 24	602 23	280 1	322 22
2024-25	2,232 6	1,626 2	741 4	885 -2	606 4	297 17	309 -13
Average	2,193	1,592	679	913	601	282	320

Drew University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,592 where 1,626 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 Drew University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,450	1,412	551	861	38	13	25
2016-17	1,521	1,476	599	877	45	19	26
2017-18	1,537	1,507	645	862	30	13	17
2018-19	1,668	1,634	685	949	34	17	17
2019-20	1,712	1,688	709	979	24	14	10
2020-21	1,636	1,603	671	932	33	21	12
2021-22	1,634	1,589	683	906	45	23	22
2022-23	1,513	1,467	634	833	46	16	30
2023-24	1,624	1,568	711	857	56	26	30
2024-25	1,626	1,594	723	871	32	18	14
Average	1,592	1,592	661	893	1,592	18	20

Drew University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 601 where 606 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 Drew University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	632	279	125	154	353	160	193
2016-17	608	270	129	141	338	153	185
2017-18	580	263	124	139	317	140	177
2018-19	595	248	122	126	347	151	196
2019-20	607	294	146	148	313	138	175
2020-21	593	308	148	160	285	133	152
2021-22	610	283	145	138	327	147	180
2022-23	579	250	128	122	329	151	178
2023-24	602	266	140	126	336	140	196
2024-25	606	266	139	127	340	158	182
Average	601	601	135	138	601	147	181

Drew University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.01% and the percentage of black students is 11.92% at Drew University. 3.76% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 5.24% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 48.80% to 49.01%. Asian enrollment declined from 4.90% to 3.76%. Black student enrollment increased from 11.77% to 11.92%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 8.17% to 5.24%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7402 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7381 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Drew 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	3	102	245	170	2	1,016	61
2016-17	2	100	241	186	1	1,018	71
2017-18	1	101	204	217	0	1,028	78
2018-19	6	92	224	263	1	1,073	61
2019-20	5	89	242	306	3	1,061	62
2020-21	5	88	238	293	2	1,018	59
2021-22	5	93	224	80	0	1,115	167
2022-23	3	88	216	48	0	1,068	150
2023-24	7	79	244	85	4	1,146	65
2024-25	7	84	266	117	5	1,094	76
Average	4	92	234	177	2	1,064	85

Drew University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

91 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 increased 405.56% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Drew University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,082	18	26	2,038
2016-17	2,129	63	50	2,016
2017-18	2,117	42	56	2,019
2018-19	2,263	27	81	2,155
2019-20	2,319	21	140	2,158
2020-21	2,229	2,229	0	0
2021-22	2,244	0	13	2,231
2022-23	2,092	50	12	2,030
2023-24	2,226	66	404	1,756
2024-25	2,232	91	426	1,715
Average	2,193	261	121	1,812

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Enrollment Trends at Drew

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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