Enrollment Trends at Ripon

The student population at Ripon College is 709 (696 undergraduate and 13 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 85 (10.71%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Ripon is 98.17% which is decreased by 98 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 13 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 121 male students for every 100 female students, up from 99 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Ripon College does not offer online degree/certificate program).

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 777 where 709 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 816 students in 2021 and was lowest at 709 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 794 to 709 students, a net loss of 85 (10.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	794	794	394	400	0	0	0
2016-17	793 -1	793 -1	383 -11	410 10	0	0	0
2017-18	756 -37	756 -37	349 -34	407 -3	0	0	0
2018-19	807 51	807 51	381 32	426 19	0	0	0
2019-20	787 -20	787 -20	361 -20	426	0	0	0
2020-21	816 29	816 29	383 22	433 7	0	0	0
2021-22	810 -6	810 -6	407 24	403 -30	0	0	0
2022-23	766 -44	766 -44	389 -18	377 -26	0	0	0
2023-24	734 -32	734 -32	400 11	334 -43	0	0	0
2024-25	709 -25	696 -38	379 -21	317 -17	13 13	9 9	4 4
Average	777	776	383	393	1	1	0

Ripon College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 776 where 696 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 Ripon College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	794	785	389	396	9	5	4
2016-17	793	783	379	404	10	4	6
2017-18	756	739	342	397	17	7	10
2018-19	807	788	367	421	19	14	5
2019-20	787	772	355	417	15	6	9
2020-21	816	801	376	425	15	7	8
2021-22	810	794	400	394	16	7	9
2022-23	766	760	387	373	6	2	4
2023-24	734	720	394	326	14	6	8
2024-25	696	682	373	309	14	6	8
Average	776	776	376	386	776	6	7

Ripon College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1 where 13 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 Ripon College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023-24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2024-25	13	12	9	3	1	0	1
Average	1	1	1	0	1	0	0

Ripon College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.42%. The percentage was 83.63% 10 years ago and Ripon still has a high percentage of white students. 1.27% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.39% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 10.44% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 83.63% to 78.42%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.26% to 1.27%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.77% to 3.39%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.79% to 10.44%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3725 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.2961 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ripon College 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	3	10	22	46	0	664	12
2016-17	2	8	19	49	0	657	18
2017-18	2	7	28	65	0	603	20
2018-19	3	11	32	71	1	634	22
2019-20	1	15	32	77	1	613	22
2020-21	1	13	28	78	1	646	27
2021-22	1	14	29	73	2	651	20
2022-23	1	14	29	82	3	605	19
2023-24	0	9	33	82	0	569	18
2024-25	0	9	24	74	0	556	12
Average	1	11	28	70	1	620	19

Ripon College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Ripon

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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