Enrollment Trends at Ottawa

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

87.09% of total students is undergraduate students and 12.91% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 240 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 95 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.62 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Ottawa than female students.

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

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.

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.

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).

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.