Enrollment Trends at Niagara

The student population at Niagara University is 3,858 (2,709 undergraduate and 1,149 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 187 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Niagara is 70.22% which is decreased by 466 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 279 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.83 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

693 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 217.89% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,891 where 3,858 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

70.22% of total students is undergraduate students and 29.78% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 466 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 279 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.83 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Niagara than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Niagara University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,045	3,175	1,258	1,917	870	298	572
2013-14	4,054 9	3,227 52	1,293 35	1,934 17	827 -43	295 -3	532 -40
2014-15	4,015 -39	3,176 -51	1,241 -52	1,935 1	839 12	277 -18	562 30
2015-16	4,128 113	3,214 38	1,235 -6	1,979 44	914 75	291 14	623 61
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
Average	3,891	2,979	1,122	1,857	913	305	608

Niagara University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,979 where 2,709 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Niagara University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,175	2,810	1,149	1,661	365	109	256
2013-14	3,227	2,865	1,183	1,682	362	110	252
2014-15	3,176	2,833	1,153	1,680	343	88	255
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
Average	2,979	2,979	1,054	1,721	2,979	67	136

Niagara University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 913 where 1,149 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Niagara University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	870	544	199	345	326	99	227
2013-14	827	477	173	304	350	122	228
2014-15	839	452	173	279	387	104	283
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
Average	913	913	190	329	913	114	279

Niagara University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.52%. The percentage was 62.97% 10 years ago and Niagara still has a high percentage of white students. 1.32% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.42% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Niagara University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	30	42	181	108	2	2,547	23
2013-14	30	47	198	143	2	2,597	51
2014-15	23	69	218	149	0	2,770	69
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
Average	22	55	196	152	2	2,537	76

Niagara University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

693 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 217.89% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Niagara University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,015	218	576	3,221
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
Average	3,856	424	1,089	2,343

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