Enrollment Trends at Marian

The student population at Marian University is 3,486 (2,378 undergraduate and 1,108 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 589 (20.33%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Marian is 68.22% which is increased by 282 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 307 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 66 male students for every 100 female students, up from 65 in 2015.
523 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 165.48% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,515 where 3,486 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 4,071 students in 2022 and was lowest at 2,897 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,897 to 3,486 students, a net gain of 589 (20.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,897	2,096	804	1,292	801	332	469
2016-17	3,165 268	2,147 51	838 34	1,309 17	1,018 217	462 130	556 87
2017-18	3,429 264	2,303 156	879 41	1,424 115	1,126 108	505 43	621 65
2018-19	3,592 163	2,428 125	897 18	1,531 107	1,164 38	490 -15	674 53
2019-20	3,519 -73	2,405 -23	883 -14	1,522 -9	1,114 -50	463 -27	651 -23
2020-21	3,706 187	2,566 161	892 9	1,674 152	1,140 26	482 19	658 7
2021-22	4,071 365	2,980 414	1,049 157	1,931 257	1,091 -49	439 -43	652 -6
2022-23	3,701 -370	2,633 -347	956 -93	1,677 -254	1,068 -23	414 -25	654 2
2023-24	3,586 -115	2,492 -141	969 13	1,523 -154	1,094 26	416 2	678 24
2024-25	3,486 -100	2,378 -114	998 29	1,380 -143	1,108 14	385 -31	723 45
Average	3,515	2,443	917	1,526	1,072	439	634

Marian University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,443 where 2,378 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 Marian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,096	1,686	706	980	410	98	312
2016-17	2,147	1,764	735	1,029	383	103	280
2017-18	2,303	1,961	784	1,177	342	95	247
2018-19	2,428	1,995	781	1,214	433	116	317
2019-20	2,405	2,039	780	1,259	366	103	263
2020-21	2,566	2,218	825	1,393	348	67	281
2021-22	2,980	2,385	928	1,457	595	121	474
2022-23	2,633	2,090	831	1,259	543	125	418
2023-24	2,492	2,153	887	1,266	339	82	257
2024-25	2,378	2,145	939	1,206	233	59	174
Average	2,443	2,443	820	1,224	2,443	97	302

Marian University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,072 where 1,108 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 Marian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	801	502	257	245	299	75	224
2016-17	1,018	677	354	323	341	108	233
2017-18	1,126	790	395	395	336	110	226
2018-19	1,164	854	404	450	310	86	224
2019-20	1,114	797	376	421	317	87	230
2020-21	1,140	813	389	424	327	93	234
2021-22	1,091	801	351	450	290	88	202
2022-23	1,068	775	330	445	293	84	209
2023-24	1,094	837	335	502	257	81	176
2024-25	1,108	821	287	534	287	98	189
Average	1,072	1,072	348	419	1,072	91	215

Marian University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.97%. The percentage was 70.83% 10 years ago and Marian still has a high percentage of white students. 4.93% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.49% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.93% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.83% to 56.97%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.69% to 4.93%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.49% to 14.49%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.94% to 11.93%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6355 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4830 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Marian 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	7	107	304	143	5	2,052	65
2016-17	6	129	323	143	3	2,228	83
2017-18	8	152	344	159	5	2,437	91
2018-19	4	172	345	198	4	2,461	118
2019-20	8	163	396	236	2	2,399	152
2020-21	7	174	468	256	5	2,410	181
2021-22	8	196	541	349	7	2,524	189
2022-23	2	182	509	377	5	2,234	182
2023-24	8	191	552	410	5	2,058	154
2024-25	4	172	505	416	3	1,986	166
Average	6	164	429	269	4	2,279	138

Marian University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

523 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 15% of total students. The number of online students has increased 165.48% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Marian University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,897	197	167	2,533
2016-17	3,165	260	165	2,740
2017-18	3,429	295	92	3,042
2018-19	3,592	365	87	3,140
2019-20	3,519	771	316	2,432
2020-21	3,706	976	2,253	477
2021-22	4,071	1,062	1,149	1,860
2022-23	3,701	877	862	1,962
2023-24	3,586	607	994	1,985
2024-25	3,486	523	751	2,212
Average	3,515	593	684	2,238

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Enrollment Trends at Marian

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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