Enrollment Trends at Naropa

The student population at Naropa University is 1,094 (339 undergraduate and 755 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 153 (16.26%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Naropa is 30.99% which is decreased by 57 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 210 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 39 male students for every 100 female students, down from 46 in 2015.
365 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 860.53% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 979 where 1,094 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 1,117 students in 2024 and was lowest at 855 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 941 to 1,094 students, a net gain of 153 (16.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	941	396	140	256	545	156	389
2016-17	931 -10	382 -14	127 -13	255 -1	549 4	167 11	382 -7
2017-18	966 35	397 15	140 13	257 2	569 20	150 -17	419 37
2018-19	953 -13	419 22	139 -1	280 23	534 -35	134 -16	400 -19
2019-20	904 -49	381 -38	113 -26	268 -12	523 -11	138 4	385 -15
2020-21	855 -49	320 -61	96 -17	224 -44	535 12	137 -1	398 13
2021-22	964 109	325 5	86 -10	239 15	639 104	161 24	478 80
2022-23	1,065 101	343 18	101 15	242 3	722 83	189 28	533 55
2023-24	1,117 52	368 25	106 5	262 20	749 27	192 3	557 24
2024-25	1,094 -23	339 -29	101 -5	238 -24	755 6	208 16	547 -10
Average	979	367	115	252	612	163	449

Naropa University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 367 where 339 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 Naropa University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	396	367	129	238	29	11	18
2016-17	382	348	113	235	34	14	20
2017-18	397	368	129	239	29	11	18
2018-19	419	387	127	260	32	12	20
2019-20	381	354	104	250	27	9	18
2020-21	320	294	86	208	26	10	16
2021-22	325	287	73	214	38	13	25
2022-23	343	306	84	222	37	17	20
2023-24	368	333	94	239	35	12	23
2024-25	339	307	91	216	32	10	22
Average	367	367	103	232	367	12	20

Naropa University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 612 where 755 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 Naropa University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	545	371	117	254	174	39	135
2016-17	549	373	103	270	176	64	112
2017-18	569	396	102	294	173	48	125
2018-19	534	380	91	289	154	43	111
2019-20	523	334	88	246	189	50	139
2020-21	535	338	97	241	197	40	157
2021-22	639	358	97	261	281	64	217
2022-23	722	372	101	271	350	88	262
2023-24	749	336	85	251	413	107	306
2024-25	755	360	116	244	395	92	303
Average	612	612	100	262	612	64	187

Naropa University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.47%. The percentage was 70.24% 10 years ago and Naropa still has a high percentage of white students. 2.93% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.19% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.05% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.24% to 69.47%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.49% to 2.93%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.06% to 2.19%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.40% to 10.05%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5031 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4922 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Naropa 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	8	14	10	79	0	661	78
2016-17	7	17	12	89	0	647	57
2017-18	6	17	19	104	2	642	63
2018-19	3	17	18	100	1	672	56
2019-20	1	17	16	111	0	648	48
2020-21	4	19	18	82	0	632	47
2021-22	4	23	16	92	0	699	62
2022-23	3	30	19	95	2	778	58
2023-24	1	29	23	103	1	780	65
2024-25	2	32	24	110	0	760	58
Average	4	22	18	97	1	692	59

Naropa University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

365 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 33% of total students. The number of online students has increased 860.53% since 2016. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Naropa University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	941	0	49	892
2016-17	931	38	16	877
2017-18	966	0	73	893
2018-19	953	0	75	878
2019-20	904	0	79	825
2020-21	855	0	71	784
2021-22	964	43	237	684
2022-23	1,065	328	108	629
2023-24	1,117	379	154	584
2024-25	1,094	365	502	227
Average	979	115	136	727

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Enrollment Trends at Naropa

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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