Enrollment Trends at ONU

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,056 where 3,140 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

86.18% of total students is undergraduate students and 13.82% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 305 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 403 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.89 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more male students enrolled in ONU than female students.

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

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,395 where 2,706 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 Northern University since 2015.

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 662 where 434 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 Northern University since 2015.

The percentage of white students is 77.17%. The percentage was 81.38% 10 years ago and ONU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.82% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.03% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.89% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 81.38% to 77.17%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.54% to 1.82%. Black student enrollment decreased from 3.30% to 3.03%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.11% to 3.89%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3998 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3355 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ohio Northern University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

50 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 105.93% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ohio Northern University from 2015 to 2025.