Enrollment Trends at Kettering

The student population at Kettering University is 1,466 (1,212 undergraduate and 254 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 786 (34.90%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Kettering is 82.67% which is decreased by 629 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 157 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 367 male students for every 100 female students, down from 410 in 2015.
184 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -38.87% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,015 where 1,466 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,326 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,466 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,252 to 1,466 students, a net loss of 786 (34.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,252	1,841	1,498	343	411	312	99
2016-17	2,326 74	1,904 63	1,557 59	347 4	422 11	319 7	103 4
2017-18	2,311 -15	1,889 -15	1,534 -23	355 8	422	329 10	93 -10
2018-19	2,315 4	1,880 -9	1,507 -27	373 18	435 13	323 -6	112 19
2019-20	2,221 -94	1,799 -81	1,424 -83	375 2	422 -13	318 -5	104 -8
2020-21	2,030 -191	1,659 -140	1,300 -124	359 -16	371 -51	267 -51	104
2021-22	1,858 -172	1,516 -143	1,198 -102	318 -41	342 -29	268 1	74 -30
2022-23	1,769 -89	1,422 -94	1,128 -70	294 -24	347 5	262 -6	85 11
2023-24	1,605 -164	1,290 -132	1,031 -97	259 -35	315 -32	227 -35	88 3
2024-25	1,466 -139	1,212 -78	964 -67	248 -11	254 -61	188 -39	66 -22
Average	2,015	1,641	1,314	327	374	281	93

Kettering University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,641 where 1,212 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 Kettering University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,841	1,760	1,428	332	81	70	11
2016-17	1,904	1,782	1,452	330	122	105	17
2017-18	1,889	1,807	1,468	339	82	66	16
2018-19	1,880	1,825	1,462	363	55	45	10
2019-20	1,799	1,720	1,353	367	79	71	8
2020-21	1,659	1,597	1,247	350	62	53	9
2021-22	1,516	1,452	1,149	303	64	49	15
2022-23	1,422	1,370	1,088	282	52	40	12
2023-24	1,290	1,233	983	250	57	48	9
2024-25	1,212	1,179	940	239	33	24	9
Average	1,641	1,641	1,257	316	1,641	57	12

Kettering University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 374 where 254 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 Kettering University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	411	32	24	8	379	288	91
2016-17	422	165	133	32	257	186	71
2017-18	422	168	135	33	254	194	60
2018-19	435	139	111	28	296	212	84
2019-20	422	137	112	25	285	206	79
2020-21	371	105	71	34	266	196	70
2021-22	342	110	88	22	232	180	52
2022-23	347	88	70	18	259	192	67
2023-24	315	108	79	29	207	148	59
2024-25	254	93	61	32	161	127	34
Average	374	374	88	26	374	193	67

Kettering University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.85%. The percentage was 70.52% 10 years ago and Kettering still has a high percentage of white students. 6.21% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.18% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.43% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.52% to 69.85%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.60% to 6.21%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.91% to 5.18%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.46% to 4.43%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5021 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4982 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Kettering 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	6	81	88	78	2	1,588	51
2016-17	9	91	77	99	1	1,630	58
2017-18	5	83	74	112	1	1,615	59
2018-19	3	102	61	107	1	1,654	67
2019-20	4	123	56	109	0	1,586	74
2020-21	2	124	64	92	1	1,513	65
2021-22	1	121	49	90	1	1,370	63
2022-23	2	106	63	76	1	1,276	67
2023-24	2	93	72	68	1	1,150	54
2024-25	2	91	76	65	1	1,024	56
Average	4	102	68	90	1	1,441	61

Kettering University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

184 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -38.87% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Kettering University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,252	301	89	1,862
2016-17	2,326	316	119	1,891
2017-18	2,311	316	31	1,964
2018-19	2,315	339	68	1,908
2019-20	2,221	352	24	1,845
2020-21	2,030	343	0	1,687
2021-22	1,858	292	1	1,565
2022-23	1,769	278	5	1,486
2023-24	1,605	239	100	1,266
2024-25	1,466	184	0	1,282
Average	2,015	296	44	1,676

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Enrollment Trends at Kettering

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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