Enrollment Trends at Johnson

The student population at Johnson University is 978 (746 undergraduate and 232 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 193 (16.48%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Johnson is 76.28% which is decreased by 146 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 47 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 102 male students for every 100 female students, down from 118 in 2015.
239 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -16.14% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,044 where 978 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 1,171 students in 2016 and was lowest at 939 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,171 to 978 students, a net loss of 193 (16.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,171	892	463	429	279	170	109
2016-17	1,140 -31	865 -27	456 -7	409 -20	275 -4	175 5	100 -9
2017-18	1,153 13	814 -51	431 -25	383 -26	339 64	185 10	154 54
2018-19	1,088 -65	753 -61	420 -11	333 -50	335 -4	178 -7	157 3
2019-20	1,037 -51	725 -28	381 -39	344 11	312 -23	165 -13	147 -10
2020-21	1,039 2	720 -5	354 -27	366 22	319 7	181 16	138 -9
2021-22	942 -97	658 -62	319 -35	339 -27	284 -35	147 -34	137 -1
2022-23	939 -3	669 11	314 -5	355 16	270 -14	145 -2	125 -12
2023-24	950 11	708 39	323 9	385 30	242 -28	125 -20	117 -8
2024-25	978 28	746 38	376 53	370 -15	232 -10	119 -6	113 -4
Average	1,044	755	384	371	289	159	130

Johnson University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 755 where 746 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 University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	892	799	407	392	93	56	37
2016-17	865	690	353	337	175	103	72
2017-18	814	690	354	336	124	77	47
2018-19	753	632	339	293	121	81	40
2019-20	725	601	313	288	124	68	56
2020-21	720	631	309	322	89	45	44
2021-22	658	570	268	302	88	51	37
2022-23	669	605	280	325	64	34	30
2023-24	708	626	281	345	82	42	40
2024-25	746	677	336	341	69	40	29
Average	755	755	324	328	755	60	43

Johnson University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 289 where 232 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 University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	279	128	71	57	151	99	52
2016-17	275	125	80	45	150	95	55
2017-18	339	138	66	72	201	119	82
2018-19	335	148	75	73	187	103	84
2019-20	312	116	60	56	196	105	91
2020-21	319	135	68	67	184	113	71
2021-22	284	124	55	69	160	92	68
2022-23	270	121	56	65	149	89	60
2023-24	242	113	51	62	129	74	55
2024-25	232	107	42	65	125	77	48
Average	289	289	62	63	289	97	67

Johnson University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.12%. The percentage was 84.37% 10 years ago and Johnson still has a high percentage of white students. 1.33% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.49% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.13% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 84.37% to 69.12%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.85% to 1.33%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.33% to 8.49%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.79% to 6.13%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5105 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2864 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Johnson 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	3	10	39	21	2	988	16
2016-17	3	5	38	27	0	948	18
2017-18	4	5	44	27	1	938	23
2018-19	3	8	54	29	0	873	19
2019-20	2	5	53	24	0	841	22
2020-21	3	6	74	21	0	833	25
2021-22	2	6	71	28	1	742	23
2022-23	2	8	68	33	0	735	24
2023-24	3	12	69	44	0	715	18
2024-25	0	13	83	60	0	676	23
Average	3	8	59	31	0	829	21

Johnson University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

239 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 24% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -16.14% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Johnson University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,171	285	223	663
2016-17	1,140	334	141	665
2017-18	1,153	372	111	670
2018-19	1,088	353	39	696
2019-20	1,037	349	147	541
2020-21	1,039	328	192	519
2021-22	942	308	130	504
2022-23	939	284	163	492
2023-24	950	269	158	523
2024-25	978	239	196	543
Average	1,044	312	150	582

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Enrollment Trends at Johnson

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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