Enrollment Trends at HIU

The student population at Hope International University is 1,025 (564 undergraduate and 461 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 277 (21.27%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at HIU is 55.02% which is decreased by 311 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 34 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 62 male students for every 100 female students, down from 79 in 2015.
420 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -31.03% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,205 where 1,025 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 1,373 students in 2018 and was lowest at 1,025 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,302 to 1,025 students, a net loss of 277 (21.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,302	875	405	470	427	170	257
2016-17	1,372 70	961 86	394 -11	567 97	411 -16	152 -18	259 2
2017-18	1,373 1	868 -93	368 -26	500 -67	505 94	194 42	311 52
2018-19	1,253 -120	743 -125	318 -50	425 -75	510 5	192 -2	318 7
2019-20	1,130 -123	633 -110	285 -33	348 -77	497 -13	163 -29	334 16
2020-21	1,201 71	657 24	288 3	369 21	544 47	173 10	371 37
2021-22	1,138 -63	619 -38	275 -13	344 -25	519 -25	153 -20	366 -5
2022-23	1,116 -22	590 -29	256 -19	334 -10	526 7	136 -17	390 24
2023-24	1,140 24	549 -41	245 -11	304 -30	591 65	165 29	426 36
2024-25	1,025 -115	564 15	259 14	305 1	461 -130	135 -30	326 -100
Average	1,205	706	309	397	499	163	336

Hope International University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 706 where 564 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 Hope International University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	875	634	288	346	241	117	124
2016-17	961	726	293	433	235	101	134
2017-18	868	579	249	330	289	119	170
2018-19	743	597	244	353	146	74	72
2019-20	633	539	239	300	94	46	48
2020-21	657	529	231	298	128	57	71
2021-22	619	516	234	282	103	41	62
2022-23	590	503	215	288	87	41	46
2023-24	549	465	204	261	84	41	43
2024-25	564	500	230	270	64	29	35
Average	706	706	243	316	706	67	81

Hope International University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 499 where 461 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 Hope International University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	427	246	88	158	181	82	99
2016-17	411	237	85	152	174	67	107
2017-18	505	297	100	197	208	94	114
2018-19	510	322	105	217	188	87	101
2019-20	497	329	88	241	168	75	93
2020-21	544	398	111	287	146	62	84
2021-22	519	355	101	254	164	52	112
2022-23	526	365	86	279	161	50	111
2023-24	591	374	98	276	217	67	150
2024-25	461	355	104	251	106	31	75
Average	499	499	97	231	499	67	105

Hope International University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 34.63% and the percentage of black students is 6.63% at Hope International University. 7.80% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 24.29% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 42.63% to 34.63%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.84% to 7.80%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.84% to 6.63%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 17.28% to 24.29%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7901 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7713 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Hope International 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	7	63	89	225	11	555	130
2016-17	10	73	101	285	8	599	162
2017-18	17	93	89	303	10	597	154
2018-19	14	73	92	318	17	511	128
2019-20	11	70	78	267	20	473	115
2020-21	10	74	92	271	15	517	106
2021-22	9	74	89	245	16	469	133
2022-23	8	79	81	257	14	413	139
2023-24	9	75	64	257	13	414	176
2024-25	8	80	68	249	12	355	146
Average	10	75	84	268	14	490	139

Hope International University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

420 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 41% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -31.03% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Hope International University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,302	609	0	693
2016-17	1,372	600	0	772
2017-18	1,373	601	0	772
2018-19	1,253	601	0	652
2019-20	1,130	562	2	566
2020-21	1,201	615	0	586
2021-22	1,138	551	101	486
2022-23	1,116	514	241	361
2023-24	1,140	484	241	415
2024-25	1,025	420	264	341
Average	1,205	556	85	564

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Enrollment Trends at HIU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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