Enrollment Trends at NDNU

The student population at Notre Dame de Namur University is 306 (33 undergraduate and 273 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,549 (83.50%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at NDNU is 10.78% which is decreased by 1,064 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 485 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 28 male students for every 100 female students, down from 39 in 2015.
89 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 97.78% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 954 where 306 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 1,855 students in 2016 and was lowest at 201 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,855 to 306 students, a net loss of 1,549 (83.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Notre Dame de Namur University since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,855	1,097	364	733	758	161	597
2016-17	1,691 -164	982 -115	335 -29	647 -86	709 -49	160 -1	549 -48
2017-18	1,605 -86	924 -58	308 -27	616 -31	681 -28	172 12	509 -40
2018-19	1,492 -113	871 -53	293 -15	578 -38	621 -60	148 -24	473 -36
2019-20	1,363 -129	795 -76	289 -4	506 -72	568 -53	119 -29	449 -24
2020-21	585 -778	211 -584	77 -212	134 -372	374 -194	85 -34	289 -160
2021-22	203 -382	0 -211	0 -77	0 -134	203 -171	52 -33	151 -138
2022-23	201 -2	0	0	0	201 -2	50 -2	151
2023-24	237 36	14 14	7 7	7 7	223 22	53 3	170 19
2024-25	306 69	33 19	8 1	25 18	273 50	59 6	214 44
Average	954	493	168	325	461	106	355

Notre Dame de Namur University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 493 where 33 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 Notre Dame de Namur University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,097	788	266	522	309	98	211
2016-17	982	740	255	485	242	80	162
2017-18	924	718	244	474	206	64	142
2018-19	871	669	239	430	202	54	148
2019-20	795	590	224	366	205	65	140
2020-21	211	129	41	88	82	36	46
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023-24	14	10	4	6	4	3	1
2024-25	33	22	6	16	11	2	9
Average	493	493	128	239	493	40	86

Notre Dame de Namur University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 461 where 273 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 Notre Dame de Namur University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	758	225	46	179	533	115	418
2016-17	709	242	43	199	467	117	350
2017-18	681	163	26	137	518	146	372
2018-19	621	153	27	126	468	121	347
2019-20	568	167	28	139	401	91	310
2020-21	374	162	32	130	212	53	159
2021-22	203	53	9	44	150	43	107
2022-23	201	54	8	46	147	42	105
2023-24	223	75	13	62	148	40	108
2024-25	273	87	15	72	186	44	142
Average	461	461	25	113	461	81	242

Notre Dame de Namur University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 38.89% and the percentage of black students is 4.58% at Notre Dame de Namur University. 14.38% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 27.78% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 32.67% to 38.89%. Asian enrollment grew from 12.40% to 14.38%. Black student enrollment decreased from 6.15% to 4.58%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 31.43% to 27.78%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7484 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7727 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Notre Dame de Namur 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	14	230	114	583	47	606	83
2016-17	8	207	102	541	37	523	80
2017-18	5	181	86	555	34	465	83
2018-19	7	196	72	524	30	405	72
2019-20	6	153	75	494	31	362	68
2020-21	4	79	35	186	8	171	21
2021-22	1	24	10	59	2	76	9
2022-23	2	24	6	58	3	75	7
2023-24	3	22	15	69	2	87	6
2024-25	1	44	14	85	2	119	6
Average	5	116	53	315	20	289	44

Notre Dame de Namur University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

89 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 29% of total students. The number of online students has increased 97.78% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Notre Dame de Namur University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,855	45	1	1,809
2016-17	1,691	64	0	1,627
2017-18	1,605	62	62	1,481
2018-19	1,492	58	124	1,310
2019-20	1,363	58	191	1,114
2020-21	585	23	206	356
2021-22	203	5	126	72
2022-23	201	7	29	165
2023-24	237	32	88	117
2024-25	306	89	140	77
Average	954	44	97	813

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Enrollment Trends at NDNU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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