Enrollment Trends at Elmhurst

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,563 where 3,997 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

80.39% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.61% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 373 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 326 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.62 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 2015.

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,944 where 3,213 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 Elmhurst University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 619 where 784 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 Elmhurst University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 44.38% and the percentage of black students is 5.55% at Elmhurst University. 7.91% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 28.10% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.86% to 44.38%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.67% to 7.91%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.12% to 5.55%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 15.59% to 28.10%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7140 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5085 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Elmhurst University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

604 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 294.77% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Elmhurst University from 2015 to 2025.