Enrollment Trends at Ottawa

The student population at Ottawa University-Ottawa is 999 (870 undergraduate and 129 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 335 (50.45%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Ottawa is 87.09% which is increased by 240 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 95 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 160 male students for every 100 female students, up from 150 in 2015.
22 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 29.41% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 824 where 999 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 1,055 students in 2024 and was lowest at 664 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 664 to 999 students, a net gain of 335 (50.5%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	664	630	381	249	34	17	17
2016-17	685 21	643 13	395 14	248 -1	42 8	23 6	19 2
2017-18	727 42	671 28	395	276 28	56 14	34 11	22 3
2018-19	754 27	706 35	413 18	293 17	48 -8	28 -6	20 -2
2019-20	731 -23	673 -33	413	260 -33	58 10	40 12	18 -2
2020-21	797 66	720 47	436 23	284 24	77 19	47 7	30 12
2021-22	879 82	786 66	474 38	312 28	93 16	66 19	27 -3
2022-23	953 74	853 67	541 67	312	100 7	61 -5	39 12
2023-24	1,055 102	936 83	590 49	346 34	119 19	64 3	55 16
2024-25	999 -56	870 -66	538 -52	332 -14	129 10	77 13	52 -3
Average	824	749	458	291	76	46	30

Ottawa University-Ottawa Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 749 where 870 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-Ottawa since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	630	614	372	242	16	9	7
2016-17	643	621	381	240	22	14	8
2017-18	671	646	375	271	25	20	5
2018-19	706	671	391	280	35	22	13
2019-20	673	645	392	253	28	21	7
2020-21	720	677	405	272	43	31	12
2021-22	786	728	428	300	58	46	12
2022-23	853	776	488	288	77	53	24
2023-24	936	888	558	330	48	32	16
2024-25	870	811	493	318	59	45	14
Average	749	749	428	279	749	29	12

Ottawa University-Ottawa Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 76 where 129 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-Ottawa since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	34	0	0	0	34	17	17
2016-17	42	0	0	0	42	23	19
2017-18	56	2	0	2	54	34	20
2018-19	48	1	1	0	47	27	20
2019-20	58	12	9	3	46	31	15
2020-21	77	14	10	4	63	37	26
2021-22	93	82	58	24	11	8	3
2022-23	100	92	55	37	8	6	2
2023-24	119	105	57	48	14	7	7
2024-25	129	123	74	49	6	3	3
Average	76	76	26	17	76	19	13

Ottawa University-Ottawa Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.75% and the percentage of black students is 15.02% at Ottawa University-Ottawa. 3.10% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 18.22% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 61.90% to 48.75%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.60% to 3.10%. Black student enrollment increased from 12.50% to 15.02%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.71% to 18.22%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7028 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5973 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-Ottawa 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	33	4	83	18	2	411	18
2016-17	28	4	81	34	3	460	25
2017-18	14	25	88	72	3	433	37
2018-19	19	9	107	91	4	414	23
2019-20	12	7	96	87	3	432	13
2020-21	11	8	92	118	4	446	12
2021-22	7	10	62	124	4	515	7
2022-23	13	12	161	156	10	482	64
2023-24	21	27	156	170	5	553	57
2024-25	26	31	150	182	4	487	46
Average	18	14	108	105	4	463	30

Ottawa University-Ottawa Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

22 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 29.41% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ottawa University-Ottawa from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	664	17	33	614
2016-17	685	32	49	604
2017-18	727	19	62	646
2018-19	754	17	737	0
2019-20	731	15	716	0
2020-21	797	36	761	0
2021-22	879	27	852	0
2022-23	953	28	219	706
2023-24	1,055	22	447	586
2024-25	999	22	528	449
Average	824	24	440	361

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Enrollment Trends at Ottawa

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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