Enrollment Trends at Quinnipiac

The student population at Quinnipiac University is 9,424 (6,557 undergraduate and 2,867 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 230 (2.38%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Quinnipiac is 69.58% which is decreased by 425 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 195 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 61 male students for every 100 female students, down from 62 in 2015.
984 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 1.23% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 9,576 where 9,424 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 10,207 students in 2019 and was lowest at 8,788 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 9,654 to 9,424 students, a net loss of 230 (2.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	9,654	6,982	2,729	4,253	2,672	978	1,694
2016-17	9,900 246	7,099 117	2,802 73	4,297 44	2,801 129	1,004 26	1,797 103
2017-18	10,200 300	7,305 206	2,849 47	4,456 159	2,895 94	986 -18	1,909 112
2018-19	10,207 7	7,425 120	2,885 36	4,540 84	2,782 -113	950 -36	1,832 -77
2019-20	9,708 -499	6,845 -580	2,675 -210	4,170 -370	2,863 81	904 -46	1,959 127
2020-21	9,746 38	6,843 -2	2,606 -69	4,237 67	2,903 40	944 40	1,959
2021-22	9,217 -529	6,298 -545	2,364 -242	3,934 -303	2,919 16	952 8	1,967 8
2022-23	8,788 -429	6,073 -225	2,340 -24	3,733 -201	2,715 -204	844 -108	1,871 -96
2023-24	8,918 130	6,248 175	2,459 119	3,789 56	2,670 -45	848 4	1,822 -49
2024-25	9,424 506	6,557 309	2,627 168	3,930 141	2,867 197	939 91	1,928 106
Average	9,576	6,768	2,634	4,134	2,809	935	1,874

Quinnipiac University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,768 where 6,557 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 Quinnipiac University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	6,982	6,703	2,636	4,067	279	93	186
2016-17	7,099	6,784	2,673	4,111	315	129	186
2017-18	7,305	6,959	2,721	4,238	346	128	218
2018-19	7,425	7,051	2,744	4,307	374	141	233
2019-20	6,845	6,543	2,569	3,974	302	106	196
2020-21	6,843	6,482	2,477	4,005	361	129	232
2021-22	6,298	5,985	2,254	3,731	313	110	203
2022-23	6,073	5,847	2,240	3,607	226	100	126
2023-24	6,248	6,070	2,386	3,684	178	73	105
2024-25	6,557	6,405	2,551	3,854	152	76	76
Average	6,768	6,768	2,525	3,958	6,768	109	176

Quinnipiac University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,809 where 2,867 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 Quinnipiac University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,672	1,359	531	828	1,313	447	866
2016-17	2,801	1,445	565	880	1,356	439	917
2017-18	2,895	1,563	591	972	1,332	395	937
2018-19	2,782	1,573	590	983	1,209	360	849
2019-20	2,863	1,655	566	1,089	1,208	338	870
2020-21	2,903	1,652	577	1,075	1,251	367	884
2021-22	2,919	1,774	619	1,155	1,145	333	812
2022-23	2,715	1,732	612	1,120	983	232	751
2023-24	2,670	1,682	585	1,097	988	263	725
2024-25	2,867	1,832	636	1,196	1,035	303	732
Average	2,809	2,809	587	1,040	2,809	348	834

Quinnipiac University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.35%. The percentage was 74.59% 10 years ago and Quinnipiac still has a high percentage of white students. 4.73% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.02% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 11.97% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 74.59% to 70.35%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.19% to 4.73%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.12% to 5.02%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.81% to 11.97%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4852 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4336 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Quinnipiac 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	17	308	494	754	7	7,201	167
2016-17	14	333	490	782	1	7,284	209
2017-18	8	360	470	859	2	7,433	232
2018-19	10	468	479	876	3	7,608	223
2019-20	9	423	423	863	3	7,203	219
2020-21	12	398	483	893	3	7,220	236
2021-22	10	378	418	850	3	6,635	225
2022-23	7	396	395	864	3	6,357	215
2023-24	9	404	412	978	6	6,307	246
2024-25	10	446	473	1,128	6	6,630	261
Average	11	391	454	885	4	6,988	223

Quinnipiac University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

984 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 1.23% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Quinnipiac University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	9,654	972	663	8,019
2016-17	9,900	864	950	8,086
2017-18	10,200	1,013	868	8,319
2018-19	10,207	1,019	1,074	8,114
2019-20	9,708	913	1,243	7,552
2020-21	9,746	1,155	6,058	2,533
2021-22	9,217	774	4,129	4,314
2022-23	8,788	746	2,674	5,368
2023-24	8,918	1,115	3,136	4,667
2024-25	9,424	984	3,168	5,272
Average	9,576	956	2,396	6,224

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Enrollment Trends at Quinnipiac

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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