Enrollment Trends at Nazareth

The student population at Nazareth University is 2,401 (1,882 undergraduate and 519 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 470 (16.37%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Nazareth is 78.38% which is decreased by 226 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 244 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 37 male students for every 100 female students, up from 36 in 2015.
81 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 102.50% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,741 where 2,401 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 2,987 students in 2019 and was lowest at 2,401 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,871 to 2,401 students, a net loss of 470 (16.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,871	2,108	620	1,488	763	143	620
2016-17	2,883 12	2,159 51	594 -26	1,565 77	724 -39	143	581 -39
2017-18	2,900 17	2,194 35	568 -26	1,626 61	706 -18	142 -1	564 -17
2018-19	2,987 87	2,269 75	582 14	1,687 61	718 12	143 1	575 11
2019-20	2,979 -8	2,282 13	607 25	1,675 -12	697 -21	122 -21	575
2020-21	2,791 -188	2,147 -135	577 -30	1,570 -105	644 -53	121 -1	523 -52
2021-22	2,639 -152	2,057 -90	540 -37	1,517 -53	582 -62	111 -10	471 -52
2022-23	2,522 -117	1,987 -70	551 11	1,436 -81	535 -47	100 -11	435 -36
2023-24	2,439 -83	1,900 -87	526 -25	1,374 -62	539 4	98 -2	441 6
2024-25	2,401 -38	1,882 -18	541 15	1,341 -33	519 -20	104 6	415 -26
Average	2,741	2,099	571	1,528	643	123	520

Nazareth University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,099 where 1,882 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 Nazareth University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,108	1,974	577	1,397	134	43	91
2016-17	2,159	2,045	560	1,485	114	34	80
2017-18	2,194	2,099	544	1,555	95	24	71
2018-19	2,269	2,176	561	1,615	93	21	72
2019-20	2,282	2,180	580	1,600	102	27	75
2020-21	2,147	2,063	552	1,511	84	25	59
2021-22	2,057	1,995	521	1,474	62	19	43
2022-23	1,987	1,927	534	1,393	60	17	43
2023-24	1,900	1,844	508	1,336	56	18	38
2024-25	1,882	1,827	517	1,310	55	24	31
Average	2,099	2,099	545	1,468	2,099	25	60

Nazareth University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 643 where 519 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 Nazareth University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	763	397	73	324	366	70	296
2016-17	724	363	68	295	361	75	286
2017-18	706	370	70	300	336	72	264
2018-19	718	389	86	303	329	57	272
2019-20	697	372	70	302	325	52	273
2020-21	644	387	82	305	257	39	218
2021-22	582	362	71	291	220	40	180
2022-23	535	346	61	285	189	39	150
2023-24	539	362	67	295	177	31	146
2024-25	519	351	68	283	168	36	132
Average	643	643	72	298	643	51	222

Nazareth University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.72%. The percentage was 74.23% 10 years ago and Nazareth still has a high percentage of white students. 2.46% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.12% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.46% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 74.23% to 78.72%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.58% to 2.46%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.37% to 5.12%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.35% to 7.46%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3706 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4422 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Nazareth 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	74	183	125	1	2,131	44
2016-17	3	84	178	153	1	2,200	49
2017-18	5	85	178	158	1	2,255	60
2018-19	5	88	161	163	1	2,305	68
2019-20	5	94	168	163	1	2,274	75
2020-21	4	72	162	158	0	2,147	75
2021-22	8	61	129	159	0	2,089	73
2022-23	7	61	127	161	0	1,993	75
2023-24	4	61	135	182	0	1,914	67
2024-25	3	59	123	179	0	1,890	74
Average	5	74	154	160	1	2,120	66

Nazareth University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

81 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 102.50% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Nazareth University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,871	40	445	2,386
2016-17	2,883	46	653	2,184
2017-18	2,900	40	633	2,227
2018-19	2,987	27	601	2,359
2019-20	2,979	68	587	2,324
2020-21	2,791	174	290	2,327
2021-22	2,639	9	693	1,937
2022-23	2,522	66	22	2,434
2023-24	2,439	31	513	1,895
2024-25	2,401	81	583	1,737
Average	2,741	58	502	2,181

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Enrollment Trends at Nazareth

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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