Enrollment Trends at John Brown

The student population at John Brown University is 2,350 (1,948 undergraduate and 402 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 431 (15.50%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at John Brown is 82.89% which is decreased by 178 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 253 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 72 male students for every 100 female students, up from 69 in 2015.
321 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1.26% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,476 where 2,350 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 2,781 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,319 in 2020. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,781 to 2,350 students, a net loss of 431 (15.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,781	2,126	921	1,205	655	214	441
2016-17	2,708 -73	2,017 -109	854 -67	1,163 -42	691 36	223 9	468 27
2017-18	2,613 -95	1,972 -45	847 -7	1,125 -38	641 -50	202 -21	439 -29
2018-19	2,516 -97	1,903 -69	830 -17	1,073 -52	613 -28	191 -11	422 -17
2019-20	2,319 -197	1,777 -126	735 -95	1,042 -31	542 -71	182 -9	360 -62
2020-21	2,343 24	1,820 43	724 -11	1,096 54	523 -19	177 -5	346 -14
2021-22	2,459 116	1,774 -46	724	1,050 -46	685 162	185 8	500 154
2022-23	2,326 -133	1,801 27	749 25	1,052 2	525 -160	143 -42	382 -118
2023-24	2,341 15	1,882 81	806 57	1,076 24	459 -66	121 -22	338 -44
2024-25	2,350 9	1,948 66	882 76	1,066 -10	402 -57	98 -23	304 -34
Average	2,476	1,902	807	1,095	574	174	400

John Brown University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,902 where 1,948 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 John Brown University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,126	1,529	642	887	597	279	318
2016-17	2,017	1,522	628	894	495	226	269
2017-18	1,972	1,489	608	881	483	239	244
2018-19	1,903	1,430	593	837	473	237	236
2019-20	1,777	1,341	538	803	436	197	239
2020-21	1,820	1,326	521	805	494	203	291
2021-22	1,774	1,285	525	760	489	199	290
2022-23	1,801	1,271	523	748	530	226	304
2023-24	1,882	1,327	563	764	555	243	312
2024-25	1,948	1,405	635	770	543	247	296
Average	1,902	1,902	578	815	1,902	230	280

John Brown University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 574 where 402 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 John Brown University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	655	182	57	125	473	157	316
2016-17	691	215	53	162	476	170	306
2017-18	641	223	56	167	418	146	272
2018-19	613	200	47	153	413	144	269
2019-20	542	138	43	95	404	139	265
2020-21	523	140	42	98	383	135	248
2021-22	685	127	38	89	558	147	411
2022-23	525	111	28	83	414	115	299
2023-24	459	103	24	79	356	97	259
2024-25	402	115	21	94	287	77	210
Average	574	574	41	115	574	133	286

John Brown University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.19%. The percentage was 75.19% 10 years ago and John Brown still has a high percentage of white students. 2.00% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.87% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.19% to 67.19%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.65% to 2.00%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.35% to 3.87%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.68% to 11.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5293 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4277 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at John Brown 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	53	46	121	158	2	2,091	95
2016-17	30	48	144	127	3	2,016	157
2017-18	53	55	108	157	3	1,956	98
2018-19	51	47	105	180	5	1,852	110
2019-20	35	37	77	160	4	1,725	107
2020-21	29	38	84	181	2	1,710	115
2021-22	32	42	76	179	1	1,650	124
2022-23	33	46	78	202	5	1,598	123
2023-24	34	47	82	234	5	1,589	130
2024-25	24	47	91	274	5	1,579	141
Average	37	45	97	185	4	1,777	120

John Brown University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

321 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 14% of total students. The number of online students has increased 1.26% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at John Brown University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,781	317	574	1,890
2016-17	2,708	334	286	2,088
2017-18	2,613	428	308	1,877
2018-19	2,516	479	358	1,679
2019-20	2,319	451	320	1,548
2020-21	2,343	555	505	1,283
2021-22	2,459	622	437	1,400
2022-23	2,326	424	460	1,442
2023-24	2,341	384	553	1,404
2024-25	2,350	321	477	1,552
Average	2,476	432	428	1,616

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Enrollment Trends at John Brown

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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