Enrollment Trends at ORU

The student population at Oral Roberts University is 5,936 (5,017 undergraduate and 919 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,325 (64.39%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at ORU is 84.52% which is increased by 1,963 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 362 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 79 male students for every 100 female students, up from 77 in 2015.
2,588 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 756.95% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,498 where 5,936 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment increased every year from 2016 to 2025, growing from 3,611 to 5,936 students, a gain of 2,325 (64.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,611	3,054	1,289	1,765	557	278	279
2016-17	3,852 241	3,288 234	1,324 35	1,964 199	564 7	281 3	283 4
2017-18	3,919 67	3,381 93	1,374 50	2,007 43	538 -26	267 -14	271 -12
2018-19	4,053 134	3,529 148	1,420 46	2,109 102	524 -14	248 -19	276 5
2019-20	4,160 107	3,581 52	1,432 12	2,149 40	579 55	268 20	311 35
2020-21	4,317 157	3,682 101	1,448 16	2,234 85	635 56	291 23	344 33
2021-22	4,711 394	4,009 327	1,589 141	2,420 186	702 67	315 24	387 43
2022-23	5,051 340	4,289 280	1,740 151	2,549 129	762 60	371 56	391 4
2023-24	5,365 314	4,565 276	1,950 210	2,615 66	800 38	384 13	416 25
2024-25	5,936 571	5,017 452	2,176 226	2,841 226	919 119	441 57	478 62
Average	4,498	3,840	1,574	2,265	658	314	344

Oral Roberts University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,840 where 5,017 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 Oral Roberts University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,054	2,510	1,078	1,432	544	211	333
2016-17	3,288	2,603	1,050	1,553	685	274	411
2017-18	3,381	2,866	1,145	1,721	515	229	286
2018-19	3,529	2,851	1,141	1,710	678	279	399
2019-20	3,581	2,714	1,091	1,623	867	341	526
2020-21	3,682	2,667	1,071	1,596	1,015	377	638
2021-22	4,009	2,752	1,048	1,704	1,257	541	716
2022-23	4,289	2,755	1,089	1,666	1,534	651	883
2023-24	4,565	2,833	1,154	1,679	1,732	796	936
2024-25	5,017	2,808	1,171	1,637	2,209	1,005	1,204
Average	3,840	3,840	1,104	1,632	3,840	470	633

Oral Roberts University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 658 where 919 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 Oral Roberts University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	557	344	174	170	213	104	109
2016-17	564	355	182	173	209	99	110
2017-18	538	354	181	173	184	86	98
2018-19	524	336	163	173	188	85	103
2019-20	579	445	205	240	134	63	71
2020-21	635	496	220	276	139	71	68
2021-22	702	555	255	300	147	60	87
2022-23	762	571	277	294	191	94	97
2023-24	800	613	287	326	187	97	90
2024-25	919	480	235	245	439	206	233
Average	658	658	218	237	658	97	107

Oral Roberts University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 34.40% and the percentage of black students is 11.99% at Oral Roberts University. 3.94% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 13.48% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 47.41% to 34.40%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.24% to 3.94%. Black student enrollment decreased from 16.01% to 11.99%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.45% to 13.48%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8450 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7400 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Oral Roberts 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	106	81	578	269	0	1,712	186
2016-17	99	90	601	326	0	1,732	209
2017-18	103	85	515	442	0	1,575	174
2018-19	111	68	604	453	23	1,692	177
2019-20	113	94	609	462	0	1,625	169
2020-21	115	119	647	475	0	1,564	150
2021-22	107	132	676	503	0	1,483	169
2022-23	143	213	676	630	0	1,782	192
2023-24	164	206	651	718	0	1,980	205
2024-25	186	234	712	800	14	2,042	236
Average	125	132	627	508	4	1,719	187

Oral Roberts University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,588 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 44% of total students. The number of online students has increased 756.95% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Oral Roberts University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,611	302	4	3,305
2016-17	3,852	392	0	3,460
2017-18	3,919	422	0	3,497
2018-19	4,053	565	0	3,488
2019-20	4,160	622	0	3,538
2020-21	4,317	857	0	3,460
2021-22	4,711	903	0	3,808
2022-23	5,051	1,852	442	2,757
2023-24	5,365	2,109	0	3,256
2024-25	5,936	2,588	579	2,769
Average	4,498	1,061	103	3,334

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Enrollment Trends at ORU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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