Enrollment Trends at PU

The student population at Pacific University is 3,559 (1,639 undergraduate and 1,920 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 142 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at PU is 46.05% which is decreased by 78 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 220 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.10 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

182 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 230.91% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 3,740 where 3,559 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

46.05% of total students is undergraduate students and 53.95% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 78 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 220 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.10 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in PU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,417	1,717	738	979	1,700	552	1,148
2013-14	3,583 166	1,785 68	746 8	1,039 60	1,798 98	557 5	1,241 93
2014-15	3,640 57	1,840 55	757 11	1,083 44	1,800 2	576 19	1,224 -17
2015-16	3,810 170	1,924 84	778 21	1,146 63	1,886 86	601 25	1,285 61
2016-17	3,909 99	1,930 6	788 10	1,142 -4	1,979 93	572 -29	1,407 122
2017-18	3,893 -16	1,876 -54	752 -36	1,124 -18	2,017 38	593 21	1,424 17
2018-19	3,938 45	1,894 18	714 -38	1,180 56	2,044 27	572 -21	1,472 48
2019-20	3,832 -106	1,864 -30	675 -39	1,189 9	1,968 -76	542 -30	1,426 -46
2020-21	3,808 -24	1,758 -106	638 -37	1,120 -69	2,050 82	540 -2	1,510 84
2021-22	3,751 -57	1,741 -17	663 25	1,078 -42	2,010 -40	527 -13	1,483 -27
2022-23	3,559 -192	1,639 -102	654 -9	985 -93	1,920 -90	494 -33	1,426 -57
Average	3,740	1,815	718	1,097	1,925	557	1,368

Pacific University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,815 where 1,639 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 Pacific University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,717	1,658	721	937	59	17	42
2013-14	1,785	1,729	728	1,001	56	18	38
2014-15	1,840	1,797	732	1,065	43	25	18
2015-16	1,924	1,881	758	1,123	43	20	23
2016-17	1,930	1,857	761	1,096	73	27	46
2017-18	1,876	1,818	731	1,087	58	21	37
2018-19	1,894	1,809	689	1,120	85	25	60
2019-20	1,864	1,759	648	1,111	105	27	78
2020-21	1,758	1,687	611	1,076	71	27	44
2021-22	1,741	1,624	618	1,006	117	45	72
2022-23	1,639	1,510	615	895	129	39	90
Average	1,815	1,815	692	1,047	1,815	26	50

Pacific University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 1,925 where 1,920 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 Pacific University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,700	1,519	500	1,019	181	52	129
2013-14	1,798	1,587	497	1,090	211	60	151
2014-15	1,800	1,629	523	1,106	171	53	118
2015-16	1,886	1,727	557	1,170	159	44	115
2016-17	1,979	1,807	520	1,287	172	52	120
2017-18	2,017	1,885	543	1,342	132	50	82
2018-19	2,044	1,916	541	1,375	128	31	97
2019-20	1,968	1,854	508	1,346	114	34	80
2020-21	2,050	1,868	494	1,374	182	46	136
2021-22	2,010	1,811	474	1,337	199	53	146
2022-23	1,920	1,705	434	1,271	215	60	155
Average	1,925	1,925	508	1,247	1,925	49	121

Pacific University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 47.06% and the percentage of black students is 1.69% at Pacific University. 13.46% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pacific 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	26	451	42	226	40	2,095	173
2013-14	29	494	47	256	48	2,119	221
2014-15	24	507	58	288	56	2,086	267
2015-16	29	519	67	347	60	2,095	279
2016-17	31	527	73	389	58	2,095	273
2017-18	28	532	79	402	50	2,069	309
2018-19	25	470	74	415	49	1,929	312
2019-20	19	429	59	401	35	1,712	295
2020-21	15	356	51	361	39	1,559	297
2021-22	15	447	66	470	46	1,745	298
2022-23	16	479	60	501	54	1,675	277
Average	23	474	61	369	49	1,925	273

Pacific University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

182 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has increased 230.91% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Pacific University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,640	55	267	3,318
2015-16	3,810	43	285	3,482
2016-17	3,909	69	243	3,597
2017-18	3,893	84	257	3,552
2018-19	3,938	101	286	3,551
2019-20	3,832	100	585	3,147
2020-21	3,808	427	2,498	883
2021-22	3,751	182	1,316	2,253
2022-23	3,559	182	1,072	2,305
Average	3,793	138	757	2,899

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