Enrollment Trends at OCU

The student population at Ohio Christian University is 1,431 (1,288 undergraduate and 143 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,859 (66.64%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at OCU is 90.01% which is decreased by 2,645 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 214 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 78 male students for every 100 female students, up from 62 in 2015.
884 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -64.04% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,854 where 1,431 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 1 year-over-year increase and 8 decreases. It peaked at 4,661 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,431 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,290 to 1,431 students, a net loss of 2,859 (66.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,290	3,933	1,485	2,448	357	161	196
2016-17	4,661 371	4,213 280	1,508 23	2,705 257	448 91	216 55	232 36
2017-18	4,483 -178	3,990 -223	1,392 -116	2,598 -107	493 45	241 25	252 20
2018-19	3,660 -823	3,222 -768	1,132 -260	2,090 -508	438 -55	208 -33	230 -22
2019-20	2,843 -817	2,531 -691	897 -235	1,634 -456	312 -126	150 -58	162 -68
2020-21	2,186 -657	1,961 -570	799 -98	1,162 -472	225 -87	102 -48	123 -39
2021-22	1,900 -286	1,711 -250	666 -133	1,045 -117	189 -36	101 -1	88 -35
2022-23	1,600 -300	1,439 -272	591 -75	848 -197	161 -28	85 -16	76 -12
2023-24	1,483 -117	1,340 -99	580 -11	760 -88	143 -18	68 -17	75 -1
2024-25	1,431 -52	1,288 -52	550 -30	738 -22	143	75 7	68 -7
Average	2,854	2,563	960	1,603	291	141	150

Ohio Christian University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,563 where 1,288 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 Ohio Christian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,933	2,485	903	1,582	1,448	582	866
2016-17	4,213	2,481	873	1,608	1,732	635	1,097
2017-18	3,990	2,429	839	1,590	1,561	553	1,008
2018-19	3,222	2,087	738	1,349	1,135	394	741
2019-20	2,531	1,627	584	1,043	904	313	591
2020-21	1,961	1,034	425	609	927	374	553
2021-22	1,711	860	376	484	851	290	561
2022-23	1,439	668	295	373	771	296	475
2023-24	1,340	566	247	319	774	333	441
2024-25	1,288	620	273	347	668	277	391
Average	2,563	2,563	555	930	2,563	405	672

Ohio Christian University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 291 where 143 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 Ohio Christian University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	357	290	134	156	67	27	40
2016-17	448	316	152	164	132	64	68
2017-18	493	401	194	207	92	47	45
2018-19	438	361	175	186	77	33	44
2019-20	312	234	112	122	78	38	40
2020-21	225	155	72	83	70	30	40
2021-22	189	142	77	65	47	24	23
2022-23	161	123	66	57	38	19	19
2023-24	143	103	51	52	40	17	23
2024-25	143	106	57	49	37	18	19
Average	291	291	109	114	291	32	36

Ohio Christian University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.19%. The percentage was 45.31% 10 years ago and OCU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.47% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.63% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.82% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 45.31% to 72.19%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.47% to 1.47%. Black student enrollment decreased from 27.58% to 16.63%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.96% to 4.82%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4473 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.7175 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ohio Christian 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	20	20	1,183	84	0	1,944	109
2016-17	15	23	1,250	109	0	2,228	127
2017-18	16	21	1,202	106	1	2,149	119
2018-19	15	29	965	94	1	1,847	104
2019-20	9	19	696	79	7	1,467	64
2020-21	10	15	427	66	2	1,071	53
2021-22	9	15	351	56	4	829	36
2022-23	3	13	256	51	11	778	33
2023-24	6	21	249	65	12	1,034	39
2024-25	3	21	238	69	11	1,033	52
Average	11	20	682	78	5	1,438	74

Ohio Christian University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

884 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 62% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -64.04% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ohio Christian University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	4,290	2,458	37	1,795
2016-17	4,661	2,986	1,129	546
2017-18	4,483	2,584	1,483	416
2018-19	3,660	2,036	1,166	458
2019-20	2,843	1,510	879	454
2020-21	2,186	1,547	0	639
2021-22	1,900	1,543	0	357
2022-23	1,600	1,287	82	231
2023-24	1,483	901	0	582
2024-25	1,431	884	107	440
Average	2,854	1,774	488	592

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Enrollment Trends at OCU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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