Enrollment Trends at Goodwin

The student population at Goodwin University is 2,970 (2,855 undergraduate and 115 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 579 (16.31%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Goodwin is 96.13% which is decreased by 694 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 115 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 19 male students for every 100 female students, down from 24 in 2015.
1,510 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 215.90% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,293 where 2,970 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 3,549 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,970 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,549 to 2,970 students, a net loss of 579 (16.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,549	3,549	681	2,868	0	0	0
2016-17	3,546 -3	3,546 -3	640 -41	2,906 38	0	0	0
2017-18	3,410 -136	3,394 -152	606 -34	2,788 -118	16 16	4 4	12 12
2018-19	3,397 -13	3,330 -64	660 54	2,670 -118	67 51	17 13	50 38
2019-20	3,297 -100	3,208 -122	661 1	2,547 -123	89 22	18 1	71 21
2020-21	3,312 15	3,213 5	576 -85	2,637 90	99 10	23 5	76 5
2021-22	3,258 -54	3,156 -57	557 -19	2,599 -38	102 3	23	79 3
2022-23	3,158 -100	3,031 -125	465 -92	2,566 -33	127 25	26 3	101 22
2023-24	3,034 -124	2,911 -120	439 -26	2,472 -94	123 -4	26	97 -4
2024-25	2,970 -64	2,855 -56	454 15	2,401 -71	115 -8	26	89 -8
Average	3,293	3,219	574	2,645	74	16	58

Goodwin University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,219 where 2,855 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 Goodwin University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,549	558	138	420	2,991	543	2,448
2016-17	3,546	501	125	376	3,045	515	2,530
2017-18	3,394	401	95	306	2,993	511	2,482
2018-19	3,330	416	132	284	2,914	528	2,386
2019-20	3,208	453	158	295	2,755	503	2,252
2020-21	3,213	416	111	305	2,797	465	2,332
2021-22	3,156	411	121	290	2,745	436	2,309
2022-23	3,031	325	111	214	2,706	354	2,352
2023-24	2,911	339	120	219	2,572	319	2,253
2024-25	2,855	427	151	276	2,428	303	2,125
Average	3,219	3,219	126	299	3,219	448	2,347

Goodwin University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 74 where 115 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 Goodwin University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	16	0	0	0	16	4	12
2018-19	67	0	0	0	67	17	50
2019-20	89	9	0	9	80	18	62
2020-21	99	13	1	12	86	22	64
2021-22	102	10	2	8	92	21	71
2022-23	127	23	4	19	104	22	82
2023-24	123	27	6	21	96	20	76
2024-25	115	23	3	20	92	23	69
Average	74	74	2	9	74	15	49

Goodwin University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 33.03% and the percentage of black students is 28.11% at Goodwin University. 3.10% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 15.45% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 51.45% to 33.03%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.37% to 3.10%. Black student enrollment increased from 23.25% to 28.11%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 19.30% to 15.45%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7731 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6429 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Goodwin 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	12	84	825	685	7	1,826	78
2016-17	10	78	788	784	1	1,770	77
2017-18	9	73	764	849	3	1,603	58
2018-19	10	103	690	751	3	1,727	66
2019-20	14	101	649	723	2	1,675	66
2020-21	9	85	661	692	12	1,546	98
2021-22	9	78	695	725	6	1,521	127
2022-23	12	78	767	797	6	1,306	113
2023-24	19	89	793	749	7	1,122	27
2024-25	27	92	835	459	3	981	349
Average	13	86	747	721	5	1,508	106

Goodwin University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,510 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 51% of total students. The number of online students has increased 215.90% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Goodwin University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,549	478	1,289	1,782
2016-17	3,546	584	1,380	1,582
2017-18	3,410	674	1,238	1,498
2018-19	3,397	832	1,193	1,372
2019-20	3,297	823	1,007	1,467
2020-21	3,312	1,500	928	884
2021-22	3,258	1,454	914	890
2022-23	3,158	1,614	895	649
2023-24	3,034	1,739	714	581
2024-25	2,970	1,510	658	802
Average	3,293	1,121	1,022	1,151

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Enrollment Trends at Goodwin

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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