Enrollment Trends at Duquesne

The student population at Duquesne University is 8,107 (5,095 undergraduate and 3,012 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,849 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Duquesne is 62.85% which is decreased by 737 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,112 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.76 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

659 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -6.92% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 9,196 where 8,107 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

62.85% of total students is undergraduate students and 37.15% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 737 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,112 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.76 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Duquesne than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	9,956	5,832	2,482	3,350	4,124	1,739	2,385
2013-14	9,904 -52	5,970 138	2,466 -16	3,504 154	3,934 -190	1,592 -147	2,342 -43
2014-15	9,648 -256	5,995 25	2,343 -123	3,652 148	3,653 -281	1,455 -137	2,198 -144
2015-16	9,404 -244	5,961 -34	2,259 -84	3,702 50	3,443 -210	1,351 -104	2,092 -106
2016-17	9,343 -61	6,039 78	2,247 -12	3,792 90	3,304 -139	1,252 -99	2,052 -40
2017-18	9,190 -153	5,942 -97	2,162 -85	3,780 -12	3,248 -56	1,240 -12	2,008 -44
2018-19	9,274 84	6,013 71	2,191 29	3,822 42	3,261 13	1,177 -63	2,084 76
2019-20	9,197 -77	5,839 -174	2,125 -66	3,714 -108	3,358 97	1,154 -23	2,204 120
2020-21	8,830 -367	5,383 -456	1,925 -200	3,458 -256	3,447 89	1,149 -5	2,298 94
2021-22	8,300 -530	5,085 -298	1,854 -71	3,231 -227	3,215 -232	1,062 -87	2,153 -145
2022-23	8,107 -193	5,095 10	1,870 16	3,225 -6	3,012 -203	1,064 2	1,948 -205
Average	9,196	5,741	2,175	3,566	3,454	1,294	2,160

Duquesne University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 5,741 where 5,095 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 Duquesne University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,832	5,650	2,382	3,268	182	100	82
2013-14	5,970	5,740	2,337	3,403	230	129	101
2014-15	5,995	5,747	2,217	3,530	248	126	122
2015-16	5,961	5,720	2,153	3,567	241	106	135
2016-17	6,039	5,851	2,165	3,686	188	82	106
2017-18	5,942	5,826	2,117	3,709	116	45	71
2018-19	6,013	5,896	2,138	3,758	117	53	64
2019-20	5,839	5,732	2,069	3,663	107	56	51
2020-21	5,383	5,292	1,874	3,418	91	51	40
2021-22	5,085	5,000	1,805	3,195	85	49	36
2022-23	5,095	5,016	1,830	3,186	79	40	39
Average	5,741	5,741	2,099	3,489	5,741	76	77

Duquesne University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,454 where 3,012 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 Duquesne University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,124	3,469	1,442	2,027	655	297	358
2013-14	3,934	3,268	1,318	1,950	666	274	392
2014-15	3,653	3,070	1,208	1,862	583	247	336
2015-16	3,443	2,857	1,119	1,738	586	232	354
2016-17	3,304	2,779	1,032	1,747	525	220	305
2017-18	3,248	2,882	1,118	1,764	366	122	244
2018-19	3,261	2,971	1,087	1,884	290	90	200
2019-20	3,358	3,007	1,066	1,941	351	88	263
2020-21	3,447	3,069	1,040	2,029	378	109	269
2021-22	3,215	2,935	985	1,950	280	77	203
2022-23	3,012	2,726	992	1,734	286	72	214
Average	3,454	3,454	1,128	1,875	3,454	166	285

Duquesne University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.60%. The percentage was 80.17% 10 years ago and Duquesne still has a high percentage of white students. 3.40% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.42% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Duquesne 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	19	228	480	236	3	7,982	139
2013-14	16	200	456	244	7	8,008	179
2014-15	13	188	459	251	9	7,769	202
2015-16	3	205	462	259	6	7,509	249
2016-17	8	254	470	273	4	7,384	227
2017-18	10	272	473	288	8	7,265	224
2018-19	8	309	491	332	8	7,286	246
2019-20	7	303	509	347	4	7,239	281
2020-21	6	307	503	390	6	6,868	274
2021-22	3	288	452	362	4	6,430	268
2022-23	8	276	439	362	5	6,210	263
Average	9	257	472	304	6	7,268	232

Duquesne University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

659 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 decreased -6.92% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Duquesne University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	9,648	708	635	8,305
2015-16	9,404	697	693	8,014
2016-17	9,343	587	995	7,761
2017-18	9,190	552	1,167	7,471
2018-19	9,274	564	1,144	7,566
2019-20	9,197	670	1,272	7,255
2020-21	8,830	1,075	6,173	1,582
2021-22	8,300	749	2,731	4,820
2022-23	8,107	659	2,408	5,040
Average	9,033	696	1,913	6,424

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