Enrollment Trends at JU

The student population at Jacksonville University is 4,247 (2,946 undergraduate and 1,301 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 199 (4.92%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at JU is 69.37% which is decreased by 86 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 285 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 65 male students for every 100 female students, up from 52 in 2015.
433 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -62.15% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,080 where 4,247 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 4,247 students in 2025 and was lowest at 3,837 in 2023. Overall, enrollment rose from 4,048 to 4,247 students, a net gain of 199 (4.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,048	3,032	1,110	1,922	1,016	271	745
2016-17	4,060 12	2,889 -143	1,104 -6	1,785 -137	1,171 155	300 29	871 126
2017-18	4,222 162	2,877 -12	1,131 27	1,746 -39	1,345 174	367 67	978 107
2018-19	4,213 -9	2,920 43	1,146 15	1,774 28	1,293 -52	355 -12	938 -40
2019-20	4,164 -49	2,928 8	1,187 41	1,741 -33	1,236 -57	342 -13	894 -44
2020-21	4,053 -111	2,771 -157	1,086 -101	1,685 -56	1,282 46	311 -31	971 77
2021-22	3,995 -58	2,646 -125	1,036 -50	1,610 -75	1,349 67	327 16	1,022 51
2022-23	3,837 -158	2,563 -83	974 -62	1,589 -21	1,274 -75	340 13	934 -88
2023-24	3,957 120	2,662 99	1,074 100	1,588 -1	1,295 21	342 2	953 19
2024-25	4,247 290	2,946 284	1,307 233	1,639 51	1,301 6	361 19	940 -13
Average	4,080	2,823	1,116	1,708	1,256	332	925

Jacksonville University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,823 where 2,946 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 Jacksonville University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,032	2,065	943	1,122	967	167	800
2016-17	2,889	2,113	959	1,154	776	145	631
2017-18	2,877	2,180	986	1,194	697	145	552
2018-19	2,920	2,292	1,002	1,290	628	144	484
2019-20	2,928	2,391	1,066	1,325	537	121	416
2020-21	2,771	2,354	989	1,365	417	97	320
2021-22	2,646	2,398	967	1,431	248	69	179
2022-23	2,563	2,336	907	1,429	227	67	160
2023-24	2,662	2,454	999	1,455	208	75	133
2024-25	2,946	2,777	1,253	1,524	169	54	115
Average	2,823	2,823	1,007	1,329	2,823	108	379

Jacksonville University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,256 where 1,301 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 Jacksonville University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,016	300	107	193	716	164	552
2016-17	1,171	377	137	240	794	163	631
2017-18	1,345	435	170	265	910	197	713
2018-19	1,293	410	138	272	883	217	666
2019-20	1,236	442	138	304	794	204	590
2020-21	1,282	458	112	346	824	199	625
2021-22	1,349	631	155	476	718	172	546
2022-23	1,274	653	178	475	621	162	459
2023-24	1,295	692	190	502	603	152	451
2024-25	1,301	697	194	503	604	167	437
Average	1,256	1,256	152	358	1,256	180	567

Jacksonville University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 50.69%. The percentage was 48.99% 10 years ago and JU still has a high percentage of white students. 2.52% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.67% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 15.00% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 48.99% to 50.69%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.20% to 2.52%. Black student enrollment decreased from 14.38% to 12.67%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.66% to 15.00%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7021 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7327 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Jacksonville 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	89	582	310	10	1,983	73
2016-17	22	108	587	340	14	1,992	89
2017-18	12	122	804	429	15	2,471	106
2018-19	18	125	810	469	14	2,366	117
2019-20	19	113	792	452	16	2,239	131
2020-21	11	110	766	504	10	2,121	166
2021-22	11	113	728	505	13	2,101	167
2022-23	12	119	645	498	11	2,019	151
2023-24	9	107	572	584	10	2,108	152
2024-25	11	107	538	637	8	2,153	174
Average	14	111	682	473	12	2,155	133

Jacksonville University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

433 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -62.15% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Jacksonville University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,048	1,144	229	2,675
2016-17	4,060	997	60	3,003
2017-18	4,222	1,003	389	2,830
2018-19	4,213	930	827	2,456
2019-20	4,164	643	61	3,460
2020-21	4,053	793	1,798	1,462
2021-22	3,995	589	1,447	1,959
2022-23	3,837	670	106	3,061
2023-24	3,957	449	1,048	2,460
2024-25	4,247	433	1,537	2,277
Average	4,080	765	750	2,564

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Enrollment Trends at JU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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