Enrollment Trends at OUKC

The student population at Ottawa University-Kansas City is 528 (221 undergraduate and 307 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 144 (37.50%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at OUKC is 41.86% which is decreased by 100 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 244 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 36 male students for every 100 female students, down from 54 in 2015.
347 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -0.29% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 476 where 528 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 551 students in 2022 and was lowest at 384 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 384 to 528 students, a net gain of 144 (37.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Ottawa University-Kansas City since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	384	321	109	212	63	26	37
2016-17	431 47	379 58	121 12	258 46	52 -11	20 -6	32 -5
2017-18	396 -35	345 -34	109 -12	236 -22	51 -1	17 -3	34 2
2018-19	493 97	328 -17	77 -32	251 15	165 114	81 64	84 50
2019-20	546 53	306 -22	66 -11	240 -11	240 75	127 46	113 29
2020-21	532 -14	257 -49	50 -16	207 -33	275 35	152 25	123 10
2021-22	551 19	294 37	63 13	231 24	257 -18	136 -16	121 -2
2022-23	468 -83	275 -19	64 1	211 -20	193 -64	85 -51	108 -13
2023-24	431 -37	226 -49	43 -21	183 -28	205 12	96 11	109 1
2024-25	528 97	221 -5	42 -1	179 -4	307 102	97 1	210 101
Average	476	295	74	221	181	84	97

Ottawa University-Kansas City Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 295 where 221 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 Ottawa University-Kansas City since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	321	4	2	2	317	107	210
2016-17	379	1	0	1	378	121	257
2017-18	345	215	62	153	130	47	83
2018-19	328	196	39	157	132	38	94
2019-20	306	112	21	91	194	45	149
2020-21	257	94	16	78	163	34	129
2021-22	294	113	30	83	181	33	148
2022-23	275	83	19	64	192	45	147
2023-24	226	83	16	67	143	27	116
2024-25	221	90	15	75	131	27	104
Average	295	295	22	77	295	52	144

Ottawa University-Kansas City Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 181 where 307 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 Ottawa University-Kansas City since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	63	0	0	0	63	26	37
2016-17	52	0	0	0	52	20	32
2017-18	51	14	3	11	37	14	23
2018-19	165	2	1	1	163	80	83
2019-20	240	13	1	12	227	126	101
2020-21	275	23	4	19	252	148	104
2021-22	257	192	105	87	65	31	34
2022-23	193	146	69	77	47	16	31
2023-24	205	173	84	89	32	12	20
2024-25	307	264	76	188	43	21	22
Average	181	181	34	48	181	49	49

Ottawa University-Kansas City Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.48% and the percentage of black students is 15.34% at Ottawa University-Kansas City. 27.84% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 8.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.83% to 41.48%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.43% to 27.84%. Black student enrollment increased from 11.72% to 15.34%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.26% to 8.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7188 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.4820 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ottawa University-Kansas City 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	2	17	45	1	0	272	9
2016-17	6	16	48	0	0	321	16
2017-18	2	15	32	31	0	291	12
2018-19	7	105	38	24	0	290	7
2019-20	7	171	41	28	1	275	3
2020-21	6	194	28	22	1	251	2
2021-22	4	176	15	34	2	285	0
2022-23	7	100	37	45	2	252	16
2023-24	10	101	37	44	0	221	10
2024-25	8	147	81	46	0	219	9
Average	6	104	40	28	1	268	8

Ottawa University-Kansas City Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

347 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 66% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -0.29% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ottawa University-Kansas City from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	384	348	27	9
2016-17	431	411	8	12
2017-18	396	373	12	11
2018-19	493	379	114	0
2019-20	546	531	15	0
2020-21	532	505	27	0
2021-22	551	513	38	0
2022-23	468	303	152	13
2023-24	431	245	168	18
2024-25	528	347	139	42
Average	476	396	70	11

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Enrollment Trends at OUKC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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