Enrollment Trends at Otterbein

The student population at Otterbein University is 2,332 (2,211 undergraduate and 121 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 476 (16.95%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Otterbein is 94.81% which is decreased by 132 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 344 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 64 male students for every 100 female students, up from 58 in 2015.
12 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -91.89% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,682 where 2,332 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,936 students in 2018 and was lowest at 2,332 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,808 to 2,332 students, a net loss of 476 (17%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,808	2,343	904	1,439	465	126	339
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
2023-24	2,357 -101	2,119 -54	829 -41	1,290 -13	238 -47	73 -20	165 -27
2024-25	2,332 -25	2,211 92	875 46	1,336 46	121 -117	39 -34	82 -83
Average	2,682	2,336	909	1,427	345	99	246

Otterbein University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,336 where 2,211 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 Otterbein University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,119	1,990	778	1,212	129	51	78
2024-25	2,211	2,076	818	1,258	135	57	78
Average	2,336	2,336	847	1,320	2,336	62	107

Otterbein University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 345 where 121 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 Otterbein University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	238	77	33	44	161	40	121
2024-25	121	46	13	33	75	26	49
Average	345	345	25	35	345	74	211

Otterbein University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.21%. The percentage was 76.35% 10 years ago and Otterbein still has a high percentage of white students. 3.56% of enrolled students is Asian and 12.48% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.02% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 76.35% to 69.21%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.10% to 3.56%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.56% to 12.48%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 1.60% to 5.02%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4986 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4120 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Otterbein 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	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
2023-24	2	87	252	124	12	1,624	117
2024-25	2	83	291	117	12	1,614	127
Average	5	78	214	105	5	1,991	123

Otterbein University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

12 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -91.89% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Otterbein University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	2,357	24	413	1,920
2024-25	2,332	12	350	1,970
Average	2,682	72	484	2,125

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Enrollment Trends at Otterbein

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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