Enrollment Trends at Hamline

The student population at Hamline University is 2,565 (1,806 undergraduate and 759 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,693 (39.76%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Hamline is 70.41% which is decreased by 423 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,270 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 52 male students for every 100 female students, down from 62 in 2015.
429 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -2.28% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,245 where 2,565 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 4,258 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,432 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,258 to 2,565 students, a net loss of 1,693 (39.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,258	2,229	943	1,286	2,029	682	1,347
2016-17	3,852 -406	2,184 -45	877 -66	1,307 21	1,668 -361	499 -183	1,169 -178
2017-18	3,734 -118	2,168 -16	850 -27	1,318 11	1,566 -102	465 -34	1,101 -68
2018-19	3,526 -208	2,106 -62	800 -50	1,306 -12	1,420 -146	411 -54	1,009 -92
2019-20	3,404 -122	2,088 -18	776 -24	1,312 6	1,316 -104	406 -5	910 -99
2020-21	3,113 -291	1,925 -163	706 -70	1,219 -93	1,188 -128	332 -74	856 -54
2021-22	2,931 -182	1,817 -108	656 -50	1,161 -58	1,114 -74	326 -6	788 -68
2022-23	2,638 -293	1,765 -52	655 -1	1,110 -51	873 -241	235 -91	638 -150
2023-24	2,432 -206	1,710 -55	621 -34	1,089 -21	722 -151	217 -18	505 -133
2024-25	2,565 133	1,806 96	652 31	1,154 65	759 37	228 11	531 26
Average	3,245	1,980	754	1,226	1,266	380	885

Hamline University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,980 where 1,806 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 Hamline University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,229	2,121	889	1,232	108	54	54
2016-17	2,184	2,090	843	1,247	94	34	60
2017-18	2,168	2,082	813	1,269	86	37	49
2018-19	2,106	2,028	763	1,265	78	37	41
2019-20	2,088	2,008	743	1,265	80	33	47
2020-21	1,925	1,861	680	1,181	64	26	38
2021-22	1,817	1,747	628	1,119	70	28	42
2022-23	1,765	1,704	626	1,078	61	29	32
2023-24	1,710	1,634	587	1,047	76	34	42
2024-25	1,806	1,723	623	1,100	83	29	54
Average	1,980	1,980	720	1,180	1,980	34	46

Hamline University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,266 where 759 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 Hamline University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,029	300	117	183	1,729	565	1,164
2016-17	1,668	114	22	92	1,554	477	1,077
2017-18	1,566	105	31	74	1,461	434	1,027
2018-19	1,420	69	23	46	1,351	388	963
2019-20	1,316	65	26	39	1,251	380	871
2020-21	1,188	37	5	32	1,151	327	824
2021-22	1,114	41	13	28	1,073	313	760
2022-23	873	38	9	29	835	226	609
2023-24	722	42	11	31	680	206	474
2024-25	759	39	13	26	720	215	505
Average	1,266	1,266	27	58	1,266	353	827

Hamline University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.30%. The percentage was 57.98% 10 years ago and Hamline still has a high percentage of white students. 8.23% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.72% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.30% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 57.98% to 59.30%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.00% to 8.23%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.98% to 10.72%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.65% to 8.30%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6208 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.6554 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Hamline 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	17	213	212	198	2	2,469	146
2016-17	11	201	208	211	0	2,457	172
2017-18	11	238	267	238	2	2,398	156
2018-19	8	242	272	258	1	2,263	161
2019-20	11	246	289	265	1	2,168	172
2020-21	10	235	266	272	2	1,988	158
2021-22	13	216	264	253	3	1,821	155
2022-23	10	201	268	255	3	1,599	135
2023-24	12	199	259	251	2	1,446	113
2024-25	14	211	275	213	3	1,521	126
Average	12	220	258	241	2	2,013	149

Hamline University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

429 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -2.28% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Hamline University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,258	439	251	3,568
2016-17	3,852	549	238	3,065
2017-18	3,734	608	272	2,854
2018-19	3,526	437	122	2,967
2019-20	3,404	401	225	2,778
2020-21	3,113	832	1,779	502
2021-22	2,931	574	1,398	959
2022-23	2,638	471	682	1,485
2023-24	2,432	368	509	1,555
2024-25	2,565	429	575	1,561
Average	3,245	511	605	2,129

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Enrollment Trends at Hamline

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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