Enrollment Trends at Johnson & Wales University-Online

The student population at Johnson & Wales University-Online is 2,839 (2,209 undergraduate and 630 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,339 (467.80%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Johnson & Wales University-Online is 77.81% which is increased by 1,965 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 374 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 45 male students for every 100 female students, down from 53 in 2015.
2,839 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 467.80% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,817 where 2,839 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 500 to 2,839 students, a gain of 2,339 (467.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Johnson & Wales University-Online since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	500	244	86	158	256	87	169
2016-17	799 299	426 182	132 46	294 136	373 117	123 36	250 81
2017-18	1,172 373	688 262	209 77	479 185	484 111	154 31	330 80
2018-19	1,508 336	890 202	245 36	645 166	618 134	188 34	430 100
2019-20	1,752 244	1,070 180	290 45	780 135	682 64	218 30	464 34
2020-21	2,152 400	1,318 248	373 83	945 165	834 152	228 10	606 142
2021-22	2,349 197	1,571 253	456 83	1,115 170	778 -56	223 -5	555 -51
2022-23	2,505 156	1,843 272	554 98	1,289 174	662 -116	211 -12	451 -104
2023-24	2,597 92	1,990 147	596 42	1,394 105	607 -55	206 -5	401 -50
2024-25	2,839 242	2,209 219	684 88	1,525 131	630 23	201 -5	429 28
Average	1,817	1,225	363	862	592	184	409

Johnson & Wales University-Online Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,225 where 2,209 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 Johnson & Wales University-Online since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	244	90	24	66	154	62	92
2016-17	426	123	25	98	303	107	196
2017-18	688	212	52	160	476	157	319
2018-19	890	294	72	222	596	173	423
2019-20	1,070	340	89	251	730	201	529
2020-21	1,318	419	108	311	899	265	634
2021-22	1,571	500	129	371	1,071	327	744
2022-23	1,843	484	121	363	1,359	433	926
2023-24	1,990	512	115	397	1,478	481	997
2024-25	2,209	523	139	384	1,686	545	1,141
Average	1,225	1,225	87	262	1,225	275	600

Johnson & Wales University-Online Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 592 where 630 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 Johnson & Wales University-Online since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	256	181	59	122	75	28	47
2016-17	373	213	62	151	160	61	99
2017-18	484	218	65	153	266	89	177
2018-19	618	111	36	75	507	152	355
2019-20	682	121	41	80	561	177	384
2020-21	834	217	71	146	617	157	460
2021-22	778	221	71	150	557	152	405
2022-23	662	98	21	77	564	190	374
2023-24	607	93	26	67	514	180	334
2024-25	630	108	28	80	522	173	349
Average	592	592	48	110	592	136	298

Johnson & Wales University-Online Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.00% and the percentage of black students is 24.27% at Johnson & Wales University-Online. 3.38% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 18.92% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 59.40% to 46.00%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.20% to 3.38%. Black student enrollment increased from 18.20% to 24.27%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.20% to 18.92%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6925 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.6065 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Johnson & Wales University-Online 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	5	11	91	41	0	297	8
2016-17	5	24	177	72	2	427	18
2017-18	5	33	263	114	2	636	32
2018-19	9	46	341	164	1	802	35
2019-20	11	51	382	197	1	937	38
2020-21	11	58	476	257	2	1,154	30
2021-22	22	54	570	289	2	1,182	23
2022-23	21	80	584	391	0	1,193	17
2023-24	19	69	607	451	1	1,246	9
2024-25	18	96	689	537	7	1,306	8
Average	13	52	418	251	2	918	22

Johnson & Wales University-Online Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,839 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 100% of total students. The number of online students has increased 467.80% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Johnson & Wales University-Online from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
2015-16	500	500	0
2016-17	799	799	0
2017-18	1,172	1,172	0
2018-19	1,508	1,508	0
2019-20	1,752	1,752	0
2020-21	2,152	2,152	0
2021-22	2,349	2,349	0
2022-23	2,505	2,504	1
2023-24	2,597	2,597	0
2024-25	2,839	2,839	0
Average	1,817	1,817	0

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Enrollment Trends at Johnson & Wales University-Online

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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