Enrollment Trends at IPFW

The student population at Purdue University Fort Wayne is 7,206 (6,489 undergraduate and 717 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 5,513 (43.34%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at IPFW is 90.05% which is decreased by 5,671 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 158 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 102 male students for every 100 female students, up from 81 in 2015.
584 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -18.44% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,703 where 7,206 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 12,719 students in 2016 and was lowest at 7,206 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 12,719 to 7,206 students, a net loss of 5,513 (43.3%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,719	12,160	5,467	6,693	559	236	323
2016-17	12,010 -709	11,453 -707	5,026 -441	6,427 -266	557 -2	229 -7	328 5
2017-18	10,414 -1,596	9,957 -1,496	4,406 -620	5,551 -876	457 -100	210 -19	247 -81
2018-19	10,139 -275	9,664 -293	4,449 43	5,215 -336	475 18	221 11	254 7
2019-20	10,208 69	9,697 33	4,487 38	5,210 -5	511 36	252 31	259 5
2020-21	8,093 -2,115	7,584 -2,113	3,582 -905	4,002 -1,208	509 -2	250 -2	259
2021-22	8,298 205	7,768 184	3,767 185	4,001 -1	530 21	247 -3	283 24
2022-23	9,069 771	8,390 622	4,027 260	4,363 362	679 149	325 78	354 71
2023-24	8,874 -195	8,110 -280	3,983 -44	4,127 -236	764 85	363 38	401 47
2024-25	7,206 -1,668	6,489 -1,621	3,327 -656	3,162 -965	717 -47	320 -43	397 -4
Average	9,703	9,127	4,252	4,875	576	265	311

Purdue University Fort Wayne Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 9,127 where 6,489 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 Purdue University Fort Wayne since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	12,160	6,656	3,071	3,585	5,504	2,396	3,108
2016-17	11,453	6,384	2,828	3,556	5,069	2,198	2,871
2017-18	9,957	5,913	2,636	3,277	4,044	1,770	2,274
2018-19	9,664	5,702	2,698	3,004	3,962	1,751	2,211
2019-20	9,697	5,370	2,579	2,791	4,327	1,908	2,419
2020-21	7,584	5,161	2,517	2,644	2,423	1,065	1,358
2021-22	7,768	4,752	2,395	2,357	3,016	1,372	1,644
2022-23	8,390	4,533	2,320	2,213	3,857	1,707	2,150
2023-24	8,110	4,607	2,391	2,216	3,503	1,592	1,911
2024-25	6,489	4,711	2,441	2,270	1,778	886	892
Average	9,127	9,127	2,588	2,791	9,127	1,665	2,084

Purdue University Fort Wayne Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 576 where 717 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 Purdue University Fort Wayne since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	559	139	76	63	420	160	260
2016-17	557	131	70	61	426	159	267
2017-18	457	111	66	45	346	144	202
2018-19	475	136	86	50	339	135	204
2019-20	511	171	107	64	340	145	195
2020-21	509	163	87	76	346	163	183
2021-22	530	220	115	105	310	132	178
2022-23	679	307	166	141	372	159	213
2023-24	764	379	211	168	385	152	233
2024-25	717	330	182	148	387	138	249
Average	576	576	117	92	576	149	218

Purdue University Fort Wayne Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.49%. The percentage was 82.00% 10 years ago and IPFW still has a high percentage of white students. 4.98% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.23% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.07% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.00% to 67.49%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.66% to 4.98%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.28% to 6.23%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.39% to 10.07%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5262 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3214 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Purdue University Fort Wayne 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	32	338	544	686	4	10,430	332
2016-17	26	334	522	687	6	9,746	347
2017-18	16	335	514	646	5	8,288	355
2018-19	21	337	562	772	7	7,778	372
2019-20	17	372	554	777	8	7,715	442
2020-21	9	315	506	698	4	5,950	340
2021-22	15	359	456	664	5	6,162	324
2022-23	16	415	498	802	3	6,565	362
2023-24	18	433	537	838	2	6,177	359
2024-25	15	359	449	726	4	4,863	308
Average	19	360	514	730	5	7,367	354

Purdue University Fort Wayne Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

584 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -18.44% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Purdue University Fort Wayne from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	12,719	716	3,374	8,629
2016-17	12,010	663	3,604	7,743
2017-18	10,414	566	2,822	7,026
2018-19	10,139	513	3,075	6,551
2019-20	10,208	482	2,785	6,941
2020-21	8,093	854	4,360	2,879
2021-22	8,298	652	2,908	4,738
2022-23	9,069	692	2,785	5,592
2023-24	8,874	662	2,726	5,486
2024-25	7,206	584	2,845	3,777
Average	9,703	638	3,128	5,936

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Enrollment Trends at IPFW

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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