Enrollment Trends at ONU

The student population at Ohio Northern University is 3,140 (2,706 undergraduate and 434 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 98 (3.03%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at ONU is 86.18% which is increased by 305 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 403 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 113 male students for every 100 female students, up from 100 in 2015.
50 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 4,900.00% since 2015. (Note: The high increase/decrease may be due to the pandemic)

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Student Population Changes

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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 3,238 students in 2016 and was lowest at 2,817 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,238 to 3,140 students, a net loss of 98 (3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,238	2,401	1,311	1,090	837	310	527
2016-17	3,108 -130	2,274 -127	1,261 -50	1,013 -77	834 -3	308 -2	526 -1
2017-18	3,088 -20	2,312 38	1,287 26	1,025 12	776 -58	289 -19	487 -39
2018-19	3,039 -49	2,297 -15	1,260 -27	1,037 12	742 -34	287 -2	455 -32
2019-20	2,958 -81	2,239 -58	1,199 -61	1,040 3	719 -23	291 4	428 -27
2020-21	2,817 -141	2,130 -109	1,178 -21	952 -88	687 -32	286 -5	401 -27
2021-22	3,116 299	2,426 296	1,346 168	1,080 128	690 3	267 -19	423 22
2022-23	3,015 -101	2,569 143	1,388 42	1,181 101	446 -244	177 -90	269 -154
2023-24	3,042 27	2,592 23	1,418 30	1,174 -7	450 4	181 4	269
2024-25	3,140 98	2,706 114	1,477 59	1,229 55	434 -16	188 7	246 -23
Average	3,056	2,395	1,313	1,082	662	258	403

Ohio Northern University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,401	2,143	1,184	959	258	127	131
2016-17	2,274	2,065	1,154	911	209	107	102
2017-18	2,312	2,092	1,166	926	220	121	99
2018-19	2,297	2,118	1,165	953	179	95	84
2019-20	2,239	2,095	1,126	969	144	73	71
2020-21	2,130	2,037	1,135	902	93	43	50
2021-22	2,426	2,158	1,208	950	268	138	130
2022-23	2,569	2,368	1,289	1,079	201	99	102
2023-24	2,592	2,348	1,295	1,053	244	123	121
2024-25	2,706	2,465	1,347	1,118	241	130	111
Average	2,395	2,395	1,207	982	2,395	106	100

Ohio Northern University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

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.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	837	831	309	522	6	1	5
2016-17	834	823	304	519	11	4	7
2017-18	776	745	281	464	31	8	23
2018-19	742	728	278	450	14	9	5
2019-20	719	708	283	425	11	8	3
2020-21	687	681	281	400	6	5	1
2021-22	690	688	267	421	2	0	2
2022-23	446	439	175	264	7	2	5
2023-24	450	439	174	265	11	7	4
2024-25	434	380	164	216	54	24	30
Average	662	662	252	395	662	7	9

Ohio Northern University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

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).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	7	50	107	36	1	2,635	95
2016-17	7	56	115	40	1	2,445	84
2017-18	5	60	118	35	2	2,365	87
2018-19	5	59	109	30	2	2,341	82
2019-20	4	69	104	26	4	2,223	98
2020-21	5	67	99	22	5	2,143	112
2021-22	6	67	106	16	7	2,455	128
2022-23	6	58	95	13	8	2,370	141
2023-24	5	70	92	115	78	2,336	136
2024-25	2	57	95	122	4	2,423	141
Average	5	61	104	46	11	2,374	110

Ohio Northern University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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 4,900.00% since 2020. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ohio Northern University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,238	0	135	3,103
2016-17	3,108	0	101	3,007
2017-18	3,088	0	121	2,967
2018-19	3,039	0	36	3,003
2019-20	2,958	0	144	2,814
2020-21	2,817	1	789	2,027
2021-22	3,116	0	399	2,717
2022-23	3,015	2	339	2,674
2023-24	3,042	1	314	2,727
2024-25	3,140	50	278	2,812
Average	3,056	5	266	2,785

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Enrollment Trends at ONU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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