Enrollment Trends at Franklin

The student population at Franklin University is 9,457 (6,188 undergraduate and 3,269 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 4,355 (85.36%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Franklin is 65.43% which is increased by 2,067 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 2,288 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 55 male students for every 100 female students, down from 77 in 2015.
8,801 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 131.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,480 where 9,457 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 9,457 students in 2025 and was lowest at 4,753 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 5,102 to 9,457 students, a net gain of 4,355 (85.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,102	4,121	1,821	2,300	981	399	582
2016-17	5,006 -96	3,921 -200	1,705 -116	2,216 -84	1,085 104	441 42	644 62
2017-18	4,753 -253	3,509 -412	1,598 -107	1,911 -305	1,244 159	504 63	740 96
2018-19	4,970 217	3,557 48	1,635 37	1,922 11	1,413 169	557 53	856 116
2019-20	6,031 1,061	4,261 704	2,021 386	2,240 318	1,770 357	687 130	1,083 227
2020-21	5,926 -105	4,008 -253	1,801 -220	2,207 -33	1,918 148	734 47	1,184 101
2021-22	6,815 889	4,740 732	1,900 99	2,840 633	2,075 157	718 -16	1,357 173
2022-23	8,044 1,229	5,647 907	2,179 279	3,468 628	2,397 322	882 164	1,515 158
2023-24	8,697 653	5,815 168	2,202 23	3,613 145	2,882 485	1,048 166	1,834 319
2024-25	9,457 760	6,188 373	2,280 78	3,908 295	3,269 387	1,087 39	2,182 348
Average	6,480	4,577	1,914	2,663	1,903	706	1,198

Franklin University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,577 where 6,188 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 Franklin University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,121	1,309	570	739	2,812	1,251	1,561
2016-17	3,921	1,252	546	706	2,669	1,159	1,510
2017-18	3,509	1,097	502	595	2,412	1,096	1,316
2018-19	3,557	935	418	517	2,622	1,217	1,405
2019-20	4,261	1,490	715	775	2,771	1,306	1,465
2020-21	4,008	1,204	489	715	2,804	1,312	1,492
2021-22	4,740	1,430	565	865	3,310	1,335	1,975
2022-23	5,647	1,990	734	1,256	3,657	1,445	2,212
2023-24	5,815	1,977	761	1,216	3,838	1,441	2,397
2024-25	6,188	2,275	800	1,475	3,913	1,480	2,433
Average	4,577	4,577	610	886	4,577	1,304	1,777

Franklin University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,903 where 3,269 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 Franklin University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	981	718	287	431	263	112	151
2016-17	1,085	734	298	436	351	143	208
2017-18	1,244	906	361	545	338	143	195
2018-19	1,413	1,058	434	624	355	123	232
2019-20	1,770	1,179	468	711	591	219	372
2020-21	1,918	1,173	459	714	745	275	470
2021-22	2,075	1,160	392	768	915	326	589
2022-23	2,397	1,401	522	879	996	360	636
2023-24	2,882	1,710	647	1,063	1,172	401	771
2024-25	3,269	2,071	701	1,370	1,198	386	812
Average	1,903	1,903	457	754	1,903	249	444

Franklin University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 52.90%. The percentage was 64.74% 10 years ago and Franklin still has a high percentage of white students. 3.68% of enrolled students is Asian and 21.55% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.97% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 64.74% to 52.90%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.45% to 3.68%. Black student enrollment increased from 19.11% to 21.55%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.78% to 6.97%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6666 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5413 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Franklin 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	15	125	975	142	7	3,303	208
2016-17	24	106	893	135	8	3,047	195
2017-18	31	119	870	112	3	2,748	196
2018-19	44	111	827	89	5	2,783	156
2019-20	72	139	983	104	4	3,212	135
2020-21	67	160	963	208	5	3,016	159
2021-22	58	190	1,182	371	8	3,684	204
2022-23	65	264	1,527	569	16	4,460	242
2023-24	57	287	1,704	623	12	4,664	279
2024-25	59	348	2,038	659	14	5,003	281
Average	49	185	1,196	301	8	3,592	206

Franklin University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

8,801 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 93% of total students. The number of online students has increased 131.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Franklin University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	5,102	3,810	500	792
2016-17	5,006	3,507	769	730
2017-18	4,753	3,652	485	616
2018-19	4,970	3,663	398	909
2019-20	6,031	4,099	710	1,222
2020-21	5,926	5,926	0	0
2021-22	6,815	6,358	100	357
2022-23	8,044	7,395	277	372
2023-24	8,697	7,918	424	355
2024-25	9,457	8,801	298	358
Average	6,480	5,513	396	571

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Enrollment Trends at Franklin

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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