Enrollment Trends at Otterbein

The student population at Otterbein University is 2,458 (2,173 undergraduate and 285 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 526 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Otterbein is 88.41% which is decreased by 364 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 162 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.55 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

51 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -42.05% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,802 where 2,458 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

88.41% of total students is undergraduate students and 11.59% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 364 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 162 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.55 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Otterbein than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,984	2,537	970	1,567	447	108	339
2013-14	2,919 -65	2,479 -58	934 -36	1,545 -22	440 -7	98 -10	342 3
2014-15	2,791 -128	2,342 -137	915 -19	1,427 -118	449 9	112 14	337 -5
2015-16	2,808 17	2,343 1	904 -11	1,439 12	465 16	126 14	339 2
2016-17	2,928 120	2,475 132	967 63	1,508 69	453 -12	122 -4	331 -8
2017-18	2,936 8	2,480 5	942 -25	1,538 30	456 3	126 4	330 -1
2018-19	2,886 -50	2,494 14	958 16	1,536 -2	392 -64	107 -19	285 -45
2019-20	2,853 -33	2,501 7	966 8	1,535 -1	352 -40	100 -7	252 -33
2020-21	2,652 -201	2,313 -188	875 -91	1,438 -97	339 -13	103 3	236 -16
2021-22	2,605 -47	2,253 -60	905 30	1,348 -90	352 13	105 2	247 11
2022-23	2,458 -147	2,173 -80	870 -35	1,303 -45	285 -67	93 -12	192 -55
Average	2,802	2,399	928	1,471	403	109	294

Otterbein University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 2,399 where 2,173 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 Otterbein University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,537	2,259	853	1,406	278	117	161
2013-14	2,479	2,206	840	1,366	273	94	179
2014-15	2,342	2,128	828	1,300	214	87	127
2015-16	2,343	2,122	825	1,297	221	79	142
2016-17	2,475	2,279	891	1,388	196	76	120
2017-18	2,480	2,294	878	1,416	186	64	122
2018-19	2,494	2,284	878	1,406	210	80	130
2019-20	2,501	2,332	917	1,415	169	49	120
2020-21	2,313	2,138	823	1,315	175	52	123
2021-22	2,253	2,102	846	1,256	151	59	92
2022-23	2,173	2,053	813	1,240	120	57	63
Average	2,399	2,399	854	1,346	2,399	74	125

Otterbein University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 403 where 285 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 Otterbein University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	447	176	52	124	271	56	215
2013-14	440	205	59	146	235	39	196
2014-15	449	39	20	19	410	92	318
2015-16	465	45	21	24	420	105	315
2016-17	453	33	14	19	420	108	312
2017-18	456	49	19	30	407	107	300
2018-19	392	44	15	29	348	92	256
2019-20	352	60	26	34	292	74	218
2020-21	339	86	39	47	253	64	189
2021-22	352	80	35	45	272	70	202
2022-23	285	84	37	47	201	56	145
Average	403	403	31	51	403	78	242

Otterbein University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 72.38%. The percentage was 80.97% 10 years ago and Otterbein still has a high percentage of white students. 3.38% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.03% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Otterbein 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	9	38	194	73	5	2,416	59
2013-14	8	47	193	63	4	2,366	72
2014-15	9	45	143	39	4	2,018	64
2015-16	7	59	156	45	3	2,144	99
2016-17	5	70	180	62	1	2,299	117
2017-18	8	65	188	71	1	2,235	137
2018-19	7	74	211	96	1	2,168	138
2019-20	6	87	214	111	1	2,152	133
2020-21	5	86	199	137	2	1,996	124
2021-22	3	84	228	149	1	1,903	124
2022-23	2	83	222	137	12	1,779	117
Average	6	67	193	89	3	2,134	108

Otterbein University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

51 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -42.05% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Otterbein University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,791	88	155	2,548
2015-16	2,808	148	130	2,530
2016-17	2,928	17	381	2,530
2017-18	2,936	19	364	2,553
2018-19	2,886	124	94	2,668
2019-20	2,853	77	122	2,654
2020-21	2,652	146	1,994	512
2021-22	2,605	102	574	1,929
2022-23	2,458	51	420	1,987
Average	2,769	86	470	2,212

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