Enrollment Trends at Friends

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.

78.94% of total students is undergraduate students and 21.06% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 158 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 126 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.18 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Friends than male students.

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

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.

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.

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).

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.