Enrollment Trends at PU

The student population at Pacific University is 3,427 (1,589 undergraduate and 1,838 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 383 (10.05%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at PU is 46.37% which is decreased by 335 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 48 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 49 male students for every 100 female students, down from 57 in 2015.
339 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 688.37% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,741 where 3,427 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 3,938 students in 2019 and was lowest at 3,427 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 3,810 to 3,427 students, a net loss of 383 (10.1%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,810	1,924	778	1,146	1,886	601	1,285
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
2023-24	3,479 -80	1,613 -26	674 20	939 -46	1,866 -54	444 -50	1,422 -4
2024-25	3,427 -52	1,589 -24	680 6	909 -30	1,838 -28	451 7	1,387 -35
Average	3,741	1,783	702	1,081	1,958	534	1,424

Pacific University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,783 where 1,589 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 Pacific University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,613	1,473	622	851	140	52	88
2024-25	1,589	1,468	636	832	121	44	77
Average	1,783	1,783	669	1,020	1,783	33	62

Pacific University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,958 where 1,838 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 Pacific University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	1,866	1,651	389	1,262	215	55	160
2024-25	1,838	1,629	407	1,222	209	44	165
Average	1,958	1,958	487	1,299	1,958	47	126

Pacific University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.10% and the percentage of black students is 2.66% at Pacific University. 14.74% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 15.84% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 54.99% to 46.10%. Asian enrollment grew from 13.62% to 14.74%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.76% to 2.66%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.11% to 15.84%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7314 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.6648 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Pacific 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	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
2023-24	18	513	69	528	59	1,658	306
2024-25	22	505	91	543	65	1,580	308
Average	22	478	69	436	52	1,812	295

Pacific University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

339 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 10% of total students. The number of online students has increased 688.37% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Pacific University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	3,479	278	991	2,210
2024-25	3,427	339	985	2,103
Average	3,741	181	852	2,708

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Enrollment Trends at PU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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