Enrollment Trends at Fresno Pacific

The student population at Fresno Pacific University is 2,879 (1,545 undergraduate and 1,334 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 463 (13.85%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Fresno Pacific is 53.66% which is decreased by 1,002 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 539 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 36 male students for every 100 female students, down from 45 in 2015.
713 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 769.51% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,595 where 2,879 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 4,300 students in 2020 and was lowest at 2,879 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,342 to 2,879 students, a net loss of 463 (13.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,342	2,547	773	1,774	795	258	537
2016-17	3,564 222	2,431 -116	697 -76	1,734 -40	1,133 338	304 46	829 292
2017-18	4,105 541	2,803 372	805 108	1,998 264	1,302 169	347 43	955 126
2018-19	4,292 187	2,906 103	791 -14	2,115 117	1,386 84	383 36	1,003 48
2019-20	4,300 8	2,947 41	784 -7	2,163 48	1,353 -33	357 -26	996 -7
2020-21	3,995 -305	2,711 -236	742 -42	1,969 -194	1,284 -69	350 -7	934 -62
2021-22	3,524 -471	2,686 -25	733 -9	1,953 -16	838 -446	221 -129	617 -317
2022-23	3,032 -492	1,744 -942	481 -252	1,263 -690	1,288 450	304 83	984 367
2023-24	2,921 -111	1,616 -128	457 -24	1,159 -104	1,305 17	295 -9	1,010 26
2024-25	2,879 -42	1,545 -71	420 -37	1,125 -34	1,334 29	343 48	991 -19
Average	3,595	2,394	668	1,725	1,202	316	886

Fresno Pacific University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,394 where 1,545 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 Fresno Pacific University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,547	2,020	587	1,433	527	186	341
2016-17	2,431	2,075	605	1,470	356	92	264
2017-18	2,803	2,342	685	1,657	461	120	341
2018-19	2,906	2,445	663	1,782	461	128	333
2019-20	2,947	2,442	624	1,818	505	160	345
2020-21	2,711	2,279	602	1,677	432	140	292
2021-22	2,686	1,395	422	973	1,291	311	980
2022-23	1,744	910	300	610	834	181	653
2023-24	1,616	958	333	625	658	124	534
2024-25	1,545	943	318	625	602	102	500
Average	2,394	2,394	514	1,267	2,394	154	458

Fresno Pacific University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,202 where 1,334 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 Fresno Pacific University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	795	292	109	183	503	149	354
2016-17	1,133	453	123	330	680	181	499
2017-18	1,302	510	125	385	792	222	570
2018-19	1,386	529	142	387	857	241	616
2019-20	1,353	545	138	407	808	219	589
2020-21	1,284	566	172	394	718	178	540
2021-22	838	382	89	293	456	132	324
2022-23	1,288	578	122	456	710	182	528
2023-24	1,305	640	143	497	665	152	513
2024-25	1,334	600	138	462	734	205	529
Average	1,202	1,202	130	379	1,202	186	506

Fresno Pacific University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 21.74% and the percentage of black students is 4.41% at Fresno Pacific University. 5.14% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 60.61% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 38.00% to 21.74%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.64% to 5.14%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.18% to 4.41%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 40.48% to 60.61%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5806 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6865 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Fresno Pacific 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	27	155	173	1,353	20	1,270	58
2016-17	30	169	156	1,593	20	1,329	58
2017-18	41	194	175	1,836	18	1,410	40
2018-19	51	221	194	2,023	12	1,417	20
2019-20	45	209	205	2,211	15	1,297	23
2020-21	31	218	207	2,183	13	1,117	15
2021-22	28	180	174	1,958	17	960	19
2022-23	25	174	161	1,741	14	727	23
2023-24	30	168	143	1,695	15	701	22
2024-25	22	148	127	1,745	20	626	26
Average	33	184	172	1,834	16	1,085	30

Fresno Pacific University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

713 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 25% of total students. The number of online students has increased 769.51% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Fresno Pacific University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,342	82	654	2,606
2016-17	3,564	369	1,029	2,166
2017-18	4,105	384	899	2,822
2018-19	4,292	639	1,841	1,812
2019-20	4,300	712	1,026	2,562
2020-21	3,995	3,995	0	0
2021-22	3,524	407	1,099	2,018
2022-23	3,032	446	1,093	1,493
2023-24	2,921	574	2,105	242
2024-25	2,879	713	1,598	568
Average	3,595	832	1,134	1,629

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Enrollment Trends at Fresno Pacific

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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