Enrollment Trends at ODU

The student population at Ohio Dominican University is 1,209 (843 undergraduate and 366 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,325 (52.29%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at ODU is 69.73% which is decreased by 1,008 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 317 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 81 male students for every 100 female students, up from 76 in 2015.
151 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -42.15% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,650 where 1,209 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 2,534 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,209 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,534 to 1,209 students, a net loss of 1,325 (52.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,534	1,851	853	998	683	241	442
2016-17	2,406 -128	1,796 -55	794 -59	1,002 4	610 -73	204 -37	406 -36
2017-18	1,714 -692	1,177 -619	530 -264	647 -355	537 -73	191 -13	346 -60
2018-19	1,716 2	1,188 11	542 12	646 -1	528 -9	181 -10	347 1
2019-20	1,640 -76	1,080 -108	494 -48	586 -60	560 32	166 -15	394 47
2020-21	1,415 -225	951 -129	452 -42	499 -87	464 -96	144 -22	320 -74
2021-22	1,335 -80	907 -44	447 -5	460 -39	428 -36	129 -15	299 -21
2022-23	1,276 -59	846 -61	406 -41	440 -20	430 2	118 -11	312 13
2023-24	1,258 -18	894 48	414 8	480 40	364 -66	119 1	245 -67
2024-25	1,209 -49	843 -51	419 5	424 -56	366 2	123 4	243 -2
Average	1,650	1,153	535	618	497	162	335

Ohio Dominican University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,153 where 843 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 Dominican University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,851	1,147	542	605	704	311	393
2016-17	1,796	1,040	484	556	756	310	446
2017-18	1,177	957	452	505	220	78	142
2018-19	1,188	952	462	490	236	80	156
2019-20	1,080	920	436	484	160	58	102
2020-21	951	851	412	439	100	40	60
2021-22	907	766	383	383	141	64	77
2022-23	846	753	365	388	93	41	52
2023-24	894	742	363	379	152	51	101
2024-25	843	728	372	356	115	47	68
Average	1,153	1,153	427	459	1,153	108	160

Ohio Dominican University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 497 where 366 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 Dominican University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	683	508	188	320	175	53	122
2016-17	610	192	80	112	418	124	294
2017-18	537	175	67	108	362	124	238
2018-19	528	162	57	105	366	124	242
2019-20	560	165	55	110	395	111	284
2020-21	464	164	54	110	300	90	210
2021-22	428	161	55	106	267	74	193
2022-23	430	157	58	99	273	60	213
2023-24	364	201	67	134	163	52	111
2024-25	366	215	75	140	151	48	103
Average	497	497	76	134	497	86	201

Ohio Dominican University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.43%. The percentage was 65.15% 10 years ago and ODU still has a high percentage of white students. 3.06% of enrolled students is Asian and 23.90% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.22% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.15% to 53.43%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.05% to 3.06%. Black student enrollment increased from 16.42% to 23.90%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.51% to 4.22%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6534 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5459 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ohio Dominican 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	6	52	416	89	3	1,651	81
2016-17	6	39	362	78	2	1,591	73
2017-18	6	25	300	57	0	1,030	67
2018-19	10	22	342	64	1	975	78
2019-20	13	25	328	71	6	962	76
2020-21	16	24	266	58	0	826	60
2021-22	11	27	271	76	0	733	54
2022-23	9	24	256	69	0	729	52
2023-24	4	36	267	61	1	704	53
2024-25	3	37	289	51	2	646	43
Average	8	31	310	67	2	985	64

Ohio Dominican University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

151 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -42.15% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ohio Dominican University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,534	261	216	2,057
2016-17	2,406	303	285	1,818
2017-18	1,714	277	221	1,216
2018-19	1,716	310	383	1,023
2019-20	1,640	342	319	979
2020-21	1,415	9	0	1,406
2021-22	1,335	180	0	1,155
2022-23	1,276	208	498	570
2023-24	1,258	173	524	561
2024-25	1,209	151	478	580
Average	1,650	221	292	1,137

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Enrollment Trends at ODU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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