Enrollment Trends at Elmhurst

The student population at Elmhurst University is 3,731 (3,027 undergraduate and 704 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 433 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Elmhurst is 81.13% which is decreased by 25 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 458 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.63 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

611 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 476.42% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,409 where 3,731 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

81.13% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.87% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 25 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 458 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.63 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Elmhurst than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,298	3,052	1,180	1,872	246	98	148
2013-14	3,210 -88	2,900 -152	1,160 -20	1,740 -132	310 64	103 5	207 59
2014-15	3,257 47	2,853 -47	1,144 -16	1,709 -31	404 94	133 30	271 64
2015-16	3,298 41	2,840 -13	1,143 -1	1,697 -12	458 54	156 23	302 31
2016-17	3,403 105	2,856 16	1,168 25	1,688 -9	547 89	190 34	357 55
2017-18	3,481 78	2,875 19	1,123 -45	1,752 64	606 59	201 11	405 48
2018-19	3,426 -55	2,848 -27	1,127 4	1,721 -31	578 -28	192 -9	386 -19
2019-20	3,453 27	2,891 43	1,103 -24	1,788 67	562 -16	184 -8	378 -8
2020-21	3,421 -32	2,838 -53	1,065 -38	1,773 -15	583 21	184 0	399 21
2021-22	3,518 97	2,914 76	1,122 57	1,792 19	604 21	204 20	400 1
2022-23	3,731 213	3,027 113	1,170 48	1,857 65	704 100	251 47	453 53
Average	3,409	2,899	1,137	1,763	509	172	337

Elmhurst University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,899 where 3,027 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 Elmhurst University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,052	2,864	1,098	1,766	188	82	106
2013-14	2,900	2,736	1,083	1,653	164	77	87
2014-15	2,853	2,699	1,073	1,626	154	71	83
2015-16	2,840	2,677	1,081	1,596	163	62	101
2016-17	2,856	2,712	1,116	1,596	144	52	92
2017-18	2,875	2,732	1,072	1,660	143	51	92
2018-19	2,848	2,710	1,066	1,644	138	61	77
2019-20	2,891	2,722	1,039	1,683	169	64	105
2020-21	2,838	2,687	1,003	1,684	151	62	89
2021-22	2,914	2,689	1,011	1,678	225	111	114
2022-23	3,027	2,831	1,075	1,756	196	95	101
Average	2,899	2,899	1,065	1,667	2,899	72	95

Elmhurst University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 509 where 704 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 Elmhurst University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	246	18	7	11	228	91	137
2013-14	310	46	10	36	264	93	171
2014-15	404	85	14	71	319	119	200
2015-16	458	83	6	77	375	150	225
2016-17	547	124	14	110	423	176	247
2017-18	606	150	18	132	456	183	273
2018-19	578	161	21	140	417	171	246
2019-20	562	164	24	140	398	160	238
2020-21	583	190	35	155	393	149	244
2021-22	604	176	32	144	428	172	256
2022-23	704	260	46	214	444	205	239
Average	509	509	21	112	509	152	225

Elmhurst University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 49.77% and the percentage of black students is 5.66% at Elmhurst University. 6.94% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Elmhurst 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	11	147	171	352	12	2,429	68
2013-14	9	151	163	377	6	2,314	83
2014-15	4	155	154	458	6	2,288	94
2015-16	1	187	169	514	5	2,238	98
2016-17	4	185	190	570	3	2,242	101
2017-18	5	181	175	647	4	2,237	105
2018-19	6	182	162	726	3	2,135	97
2019-20	7	204	176	762	4	2,061	80
2020-21	6	235	195	833	7	1,961	80
2021-22	5	235	198	845	3	1,955	84
2022-23	5	259	211	945	3	1,857	95
Average	6	193	179	639	5	2,156	90

Elmhurst University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

611 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 476.42% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Elmhurst University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,257	106	202	2,949
2015-16	3,298	153	331	2,814
2016-17	3,403	115	330	2,958
2017-18	3,481	128	299	3,054
2018-19	3,426	135	366	2,925
2019-20	3,453	166	510	2,777
2020-21	3,421	454	2,487	480
2021-22	3,518	377	1,642	1,499
2022-23	3,731	611	1,416	1,704
Average	3,443	249	843	2,351

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