Enrollment Trends at Friends

The student population at Friends University is 1,961 (1,548 undergraduate and 413 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 32 (1.66%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Friends is 78.94% which is increased by 158 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 126 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 85 male students for every 100 female students, up from 75 in 2015.
250 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -39.17% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,795 where 1,961 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,961 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,628 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,929 to 1,961 students, a net gain of 32 (1.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,929	1,390	644	746	539	185	354
2016-17	1,676 -253	1,192 -198	554 -90	638 -108	484 -55	177 -8	307 -47
2017-18	1,628 -48	1,146 -46	504 -50	642 4	482 -2	165 -12	317 10
2018-19	1,926 298	1,356 210	576 72	780 138	570 88	188 23	382 65
2019-20	1,818 -108	1,291 -65	581 5	710 -70	527 -43	177 -11	350 -32
2020-21	1,671 -147	1,089 -202	525 -56	564 -146	582 55	187 10	395 45
2021-22	1,692 21	1,190 101	564 39	626 62	502 -80	161 -26	341 -54
2022-23	1,724 32	1,278 88	598 34	680 54	446 -56	124 -37	322 -19
2023-24	1,927 203	1,460 182	702 104	758 78	467 21	162 38	305 -17
2024-25	1,961 34	1,548 88	739 37	809 51	413 -54	160 -2	253 -52
Average	1,795	1,294	599	695	501	169	333

Friends University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,294 where 1,548 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 Friends University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,390	1,025	491	534	365	153	212
2016-17	1,192	920	434	486	272	120	152
2017-18	1,146	906	416	490	240	88	152
2018-19	1,356	886	415	471	470	161	309
2019-20	1,291	860	408	452	431	173	258
2020-21	1,089	850	409	441	239	116	123
2021-22	1,190	889	447	442	301	117	184
2022-23	1,278	922	466	456	356	132	224
2023-24	1,460	964	489	475	496	213	283
2024-25	1,548	1,034	521	513	514	218	296
Average	1,294	1,294	450	476	1,294	149	219

Friends University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 501 where 413 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 Friends University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	539	184	50	134	355	135	220
2016-17	484	185	48	137	299	129	170
2017-18	482	152	29	123	330	136	194
2018-19	570	145	33	112	425	155	270
2019-20	527	149	40	109	378	137	241
2020-21	582	146	34	112	436	153	283
2021-22	502	167	37	130	335	124	211
2022-23	446	145	30	115	301	94	207
2023-24	467	152	43	109	315	119	196
2024-25	413	202	68	134	211	92	119
Average	501	501	41	122	501	127	211

Friends University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.23%. The percentage was 65.06% 10 years ago and Friends still has a high percentage of white students. 3.01% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.47% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 17.39% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.06% to 55.23%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.38% to 3.01%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.94% to 8.47%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.94% to 17.39%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6517 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5581 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Friends 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	29	46	211	76	6	1,255	126
2016-17	31	32	211	88	3	1,071	98
2017-18	21	39	148	144	5	990	35
2018-19	26	40	168	147	5	1,201	37
2019-20	19	75	144	156	2	1,097	74
2020-21	35	55	184	219	9	1,005	0
2021-22	42	65	198	88	5	1,005	173
2022-23	11	35	169	269	4	951	115
2023-24	13	67	167	321	3	1,036	130
2024-25	24	59	166	341	4	1,083	137
Average	25	51	177	185	5	1,069	93

Friends University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

250 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -39.17% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Friends University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,929	411	612	906
2016-17	1,676	350	314	1,012
2017-18	1,628	296	378	954
2018-19	1,926	374	377	1,175
2019-20	1,818	335	480	1,003
2020-21	1,671	275	593	803
2021-22	1,692	251	569	872
2022-23	1,724	296	615	813
2023-24	1,927	226	648	1,053
2024-25	1,961	250	687	1,024
Average	1,795	306	527	962

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Enrollment Trends at Friends

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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