Enrollment Trends at Niagara

The student population at Niagara University is 4,033 (2,692 undergraduate and 1,341 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 95 (2.30%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Niagara is 66.75% which is decreased by 522 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 427 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 50 male students for every 100 female students, down from 59 in 2015.
841 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 236.40% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,894 where 4,033 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 4,221 students in 2024 and was lowest at 3,544 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,128 to 4,033 students, a net loss of 95 (2.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,128	3,214	1,235	1,979	914	291	623
2016-17	4,017 -111	3,136 -78	1,193 -42	1,943 -36	881 -33	283 -8	598 -25
2017-18	3,949 -68	2,994 -142	1,138 -55	1,856 -87	955 74	290 7	665 67
2018-19	3,763 -186	2,816 -178	1,041 -97	1,775 -81	947 -8	314 24	633 -32
2019-20	3,723 -40	2,808 -8	1,016 -25	1,792 17	915 -32	318 4	597 -36
2020-21	3,544 -179	2,726 -82	982 -34	1,744 -48	818 -97	268 -50	550 -47
2021-22	3,708 164	2,785 59	991 9	1,794 50	923 105	305 37	618 68
2022-23	3,858 150	2,709 -76	950 -41	1,759 -35	1,149 226	413 108	736 118
2023-24	4,221 363	2,747 38	932 -18	1,815 56	1,474 325	456 43	1,018 282
2024-25	4,033 -188	2,692 -55	899 -33	1,793 -22	1,341 -133	444 -12	897 -121
Average	3,894	2,863	1,038	1,825	1,032	338	694

Niagara University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,863 where 2,692 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 Niagara University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,214	2,862	1,127	1,735	352	108	244
2016-17	3,136	2,950	1,120	1,830	186	73	113
2017-18	2,994	2,827	1,075	1,752	167	63	104
2018-19	2,816	2,670	987	1,683	146	54	92
2019-20	2,808	2,692	973	1,719	116	43	73
2020-21	2,726	2,654	942	1,712	72	40	32
2021-22	2,785	2,706	960	1,746	79	31	48
2022-23	2,709	2,660	930	1,730	49	20	29
2023-24	2,747	2,685	907	1,778	62	25	37
2024-25	2,692	2,631	878	1,753	61	21	40
Average	2,863	2,863	990	1,744	2,863	48	81

Niagara University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,032 where 1,341 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 Niagara University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	914	508	187	321	406	104	302
2016-17	881	450	168	282	431	115	316
2017-18	955	477	163	314	478	127	351
2018-19	947	510	191	319	437	123	314
2019-20	915	512	198	314	403	120	283
2020-21	818	465	172	293	353	96	257
2021-22	923	565	204	361	358	101	257
2022-23	1,149	751	267	484	398	146	252
2023-24	1,474	1,068	325	743	406	131	275
2024-25	1,341	915	295	620	426	149	277
Average	1,032	1,032	217	405	1,032	121	288

Niagara University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.81%. The percentage was 65.46% 10 years ago and Niagara still has a high percentage of white students. 1.56% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.36% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.46% to 53.81%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.31% to 1.56%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.01% to 5.36%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.88% to 4.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7048 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5669 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Niagara 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	23	54	207	160	1	2,702	88
2016-17	23	50	192	158	2	2,778	88
2017-18	23	58	191	161	0	2,682	100
2018-19	23	64	176	174	3	2,452	100
2019-20	22	56	198	163	3	2,358	88
2020-21	19	58	186	163	2	2,288	85
2021-22	15	54	199	157	2	2,322	77
2022-23	14	51	209	137	2	2,412	64
2023-24	16	62	240	171	4	2,299	82
2024-25	21	63	216	188	4	2,170	74
Average	20	57	201	163	2	2,446	85

Niagara University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

841 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 236.40% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Niagara University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,128	250	660	3,218
2016-17	4,017	235	679	3,103
2017-18	3,949	310	807	2,832
2018-19	3,763	300	813	2,650
2019-20	3,723	297	840	2,586
2020-21	3,544	756	2,326	462
2021-22	3,708	758	1,786	1,164
2022-23	3,858	693	1,310	1,855
2023-24	4,221	1,042	1,339	1,840
2024-25	4,033	841	1,634	1,558
Average	3,894	548	1,219	2,127

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Enrollment Trends at Niagara

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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