Enrollment Trends at Grand View

The student population at Grand View University is 1,856 (1,500 undergraduate and 356 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 132 (6.64%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Grand View is 80.82% which is decreased by 421 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 289 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 72 male students for every 100 female students, down from 82 in 2015.
279 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 27,800.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,868 where 1,856 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 1,988 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,757 in 2022. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,988 to 1,856 students, a net loss of 132 (6.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,988	1,921	873	1,048	67	22	45
2016-17	1,971 -17	1,910 -11	860 -13	1,050 2	61 -6	26 4	35 -10
2017-18	1,836 -135	1,788 -122	789 -71	999 -51	48 -13	25 -1	23 -12
2018-19	1,886 50	1,761 -27	787 -2	974 -25	125 77	41 16	84 61
2019-20	1,889 3	1,800 39	825 38	975 1	89 -36	36 -5	53 -31
2020-21	1,874 -15	1,694 -106	774 -51	920 -55	180 91	61 25	119 66
2021-22	1,757 -117	1,561 -133	748 -26	813 -107	196 16	77 16	119
2022-23	1,827 70	1,556 -5	715 -33	841 28	271 75	87 10	184 65
2023-24	1,796 -31	1,483 -73	699 -16	784 -57	313 42	95 8	218 34
2024-25	1,856 60	1,500 17	679 -20	821 37	356 43	100 5	256 38
Average	1,868	1,697	775	923	171	57	114

Grand View University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,697 where 1,500 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 Grand View University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,921	1,634	754	880	287	119	168
2016-17	1,910	1,643	746	897	267	114	153
2017-18	1,788	1,574	712	862	214	77	137
2018-19	1,761	1,589	722	867	172	65	107
2019-20	1,800	1,591	739	852	209	86	123
2020-21	1,694	1,513	706	807	181	68	113
2021-22	1,561	1,399	677	722	162	71	91
2022-23	1,556	1,390	648	742	166	67	99
2023-24	1,483	1,363	662	701	120	37	83
2024-25	1,500	1,380	637	743	120	42	78
Average	1,697	1,697	700	807	1,697	75	115

Grand View University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 171 where 356 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 Grand View University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	67	10	7	3	57	15	42
2016-17	61	14	11	3	47	15	32
2017-18	48	18	14	4	30	11	19
2018-19	125	30	19	11	95	22	73
2019-20	89	30	18	12	59	18	41
2020-21	180	63	26	37	117	35	82
2021-22	196	99	48	51	97	29	68
2022-23	271	134	56	78	137	31	106
2023-24	313	157	59	98	156	36	120
2024-25	356	215	73	142	141	27	114
Average	171	171	33	44	171	24	70

Grand View University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.95%. The percentage was 71.78% 10 years ago and Grand View still has a high percentage of white students. 3.72% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.78% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.53% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 71.78% to 56.95%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.52% to 3.72%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.30% to 8.78%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.02% to 11.53%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6512 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4745 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Grand View 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	4	50	165	80	0	1,427	67
2016-17	7	55	161	84	4	1,366	85
2017-18	7	47	126	82	4	1,229	115
2018-19	4	60	134	80	5	1,249	136
2019-20	4	63	149	150	3	1,230	75
2020-21	9	58	154	174	3	1,218	77
2021-22	10	53	163	169	2	1,110	68
2022-23	7	60	164	189	2	1,120	71
2023-24	9	64	165	213	3	1,067	75
2024-25	6	69	163	214	4	1,057	85
Average	7	58	154	144	3	1,207	85

Grand View University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

279 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 27,800.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Grand View University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,988	1	18	1,969
2016-17	1,971	5	68	1,898
2017-18	1,836	61	221	1,554
2018-19	1,886	110	289	1,487
2019-20	1,889	162	345	1,382
2020-21	1,874	153	486	1,235
2021-22	1,757	211	478	1,068
2022-23	1,827	258	549	1,020
2023-24	1,796	274	615	907
2024-25	1,856	279	808	769
Average	1,868	151	388	1,329

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Enrollment Trends at Grand View

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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