Enrollment Trends at Olivet Nazarene

The student population at Olivet Nazarene University is 3,255 (2,519 undergraduate and 736 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,257 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Olivet Nazarene is 77.39% which is decreased by 677 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 580 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.48 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

833 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 12.57% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 4,381 where 3,255 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

77.39% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.61% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 677 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 580 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.48 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Olivet Nazarene than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Olivet Nazarene University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	4,512	3,196	1,155	2,041	1,316	322	994
2013-14	4,579 67	3,335 139	1,224 69	2,111 70	1,244 -72	260 -62	984 -10
2014-15	4,861 282	3,521 186	1,324 100	2,197 86	1,340 96	234 -26	1,106 122
2015-16	4,892 31	3,403 -118	1,332 8	2,071 -126	1,489 149	266 32	1,223 117
2016-17	4,907 15	3,358 -45	1,351 19	2,007 -64	1,549 60	304 38	1,245 22
2017-18	4,986 79	3,371 13	1,382 31	1,989 -18	1,615 66	310 6	1,305 60
2018-19	4,655 -331	3,231 -140	1,329 -53	1,902 -87	1,424 -191	283 -27	1,141 -164
2019-20	4,317 -338	3,110 -121	1,285 -44	1,825 -77	1,207 -217	232 -51	975 -166
2020-21	3,764 -553	2,802 -308	1,149 -136	1,653 -172	962 -245	220 -12	742 -233
2021-22	3,462 -302	2,643 -159	1,125 -24	1,518 -135	819 -143	188 -32	631 -111
2022-23	3,255 -207	2,519 -124	1,111 -14	1,408 -110	736 -83	201 13	535 -96
Average	4,381	3,135	1,252	1,884	1,246	256	989

Olivet Nazarene University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 3,135 where 2,519 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Olivet Nazarene University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,196	2,694	1,056	1,638	502	99	403
2013-14	3,335	2,905	1,142	1,763	430	82	348
2014-15	3,521	3,082	1,214	1,868	439	110	329
2015-16	3,403	3,043	1,230	1,813	360	102	258
2016-17	3,358	3,019	1,253	1,766	339	98	241
2017-18	3,371	3,113	1,310	1,803	258	72	186
2018-19	3,231	2,946	1,261	1,685	285	68	217
2019-20	3,110	2,855	1,216	1,639	255	69	186
2020-21	2,802	2,562	1,079	1,483	240	70	170
2021-22	2,643	2,508	1,086	1,422	135	39	96
2022-23	2,519	2,407	1,074	1,333	112	37	75
Average	3,135	3,135	1,175	1,656	3,135	77	228

Olivet Nazarene University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,246 where 736 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Olivet Nazarene University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,316	295	87	208	1,021	235	786
2013-14	1,244	280	61	219	964	199	765
2014-15	1,340	502	68	434	838	166	672
2015-16	1,489	616	76	540	873	190	683
2016-17	1,549	469	88	381	1,080	216	864
2017-18	1,615	959	183	776	656	127	529
2018-19	1,424	288	63	225	1,136	220	916
2019-20	1,207	118	33	85	1,089	199	890
2020-21	962	70	25	45	892	195	697
2021-22	819	54	20	34	765	168	597
2022-23	736	42	17	25	694	184	510
Average	1,246	1,246	66	270	1,246	191	719

Olivet Nazarene University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.84%. The percentage was 79.83% 10 years ago and Olivet Nazarene still has a high percentage of white students. 3.04% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.22% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Olivet Nazarene University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	13	92	517	216	3	3,602	37
2013-14	15	119	528	250	7	3,563	52
2014-15	15	168	489	310	8	3,762	71
2015-16	13	155	482	334	7	3,762	71
2016-17	9	152	441	368	7	3,806	73
2017-18	14	167	439	385	6	3,793	105
2018-19	10	141	390	410	4	3,396	131
2019-20	7	116	384	381	4	3,060	134
2020-21	9	101	310	381	4	2,650	119
2021-22	10	97	271	408	15	2,408	114
2022-23	8	99	300	376	37	2,143	119
Average	11	128	414	347	9	3,268	93

Olivet Nazarene University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

833 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 26% of total students. The number of online students has increased 12.57% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Olivet Nazarene University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,861	740	315	3,806
2015-16	4,892	1,130	183	3,579
2016-17	4,907	1,486	197	3,224
2017-18	4,986	1,696	249	3,041
2018-19	4,655	1,577	232	2,846
2019-20	4,317	1,413	1,092	1,812
2020-21	3,764	1,209	1,044	1,511
2021-22	3,462	949	724	1,789
2022-23	3,255	833	778	1,644
Average	4,344	1,226	535	2,584

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