Enrollment Trends at Rivier

The student population at Rivier University is 2,777 (1,252 undergraduate and 1,525 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 178 (6.85%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Rivier is 45.08% which is decreased by 144 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 322 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 60 male students for every 100 female students, up from 46 in 2015.
634 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -2.31% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,513 where 2,777 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 2,879 students in 2024 and was lowest at 2,178 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,599 to 2,777 students, a net gain of 178 (6.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,599	1,396	275	1,121	1,203	540	663
2016-17	2,635 36	1,396	287 12	1,109 -12	1,239 36	482 -58	757 94
2017-18	2,431 -204	1,426 30	271 -16	1,155 46	1,005 -234	262 -220	743 -14
2018-19	2,319 -112	1,445 19	309 38	1,136 -19	874 -131	162 -100	712 -31
2019-20	2,332 13	1,438 -7	300 -9	1,138 2	894 20	168 6	726 14
2020-21	2,178 -154	1,296 -142	250 -50	1,046 -92	882 -12	175 7	707 -19
2021-22	2,424 246	1,454 158	334 84	1,120 74	970 88	230 55	740 33
2022-23	2,551 127	1,340 -114	330 -4	1,010 -110	1,211 241	486 256	725 -15
2023-24	2,879 328	1,335 -5	361 31	974 -36	1,544 333	747 261	797 72
2024-25	2,777 -102	1,252 -83	343 -18	909 -65	1,525 -19	703 -44	822 25
Average	2,513	1,378	306	1,072	1,135	396	739

Rivier University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,378 where 1,252 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 Rivier University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,396	778	216	562	618	59	559
2016-17	1,396	839	233	606	557	54	503
2017-18	1,426	908	217	691	518	54	464
2018-19	1,445	946	229	717	499	80	419
2019-20	1,438	943	211	732	495	89	406
2020-21	1,296	868	190	678	428	60	368
2021-22	1,454	942	259	683	512	75	437
2022-23	1,340	946	288	658	394	42	352
2023-24	1,335	994	320	674	341	41	300
2024-25	1,252	975	312	663	277	31	246
Average	1,378	1,378	248	666	1,378	59	405

Rivier University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,135 where 1,525 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 Rivier University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,203	602	396	206	601	144	457
2016-17	1,239	488	303	185	751	179	572
2017-18	1,005	221	81	140	784	181	603
2018-19	874	162	50	112	712	112	600
2019-20	894	147	40	107	747	128	619
2020-21	882	150	47	103	732	128	604
2021-22	970	220	109	111	750	121	629
2022-23	1,211	585	393	192	626	93	533
2023-24	1,544	945	623	322	599	124	475
2024-25	1,525	891	548	343	634	155	479
Average	1,135	1,135	259	182	1,135	137	557

Rivier University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 51.28%. The percentage was 64.76% 10 years ago and Rivier still has a high percentage of white students. 27.44% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.73% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 4.43% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 64.76% to 51.28%. Asian enrollment grew from 21.78% to 27.44%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.58% to 6.73%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.62% to 4.43%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6550 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5317 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rivier 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	10	566	67	68	2	1,683	39
2016-17	11	516	83	74	0	1,701	91
2017-18	10	220	92	79	2	1,775	53
2018-19	11	122	110	93	3	1,742	51
2019-20	10	121	117	100	1	1,745	44
2020-21	4	127	155	94	2	1,574	36
2021-22	9	201	198	107	3	1,696	44
2022-23	6	547	215	94	5	1,488	40
2023-24	12	837	233	80	8	1,465	48
2024-25	12	762	187	123	1	1,424	44
Average	10	402	146	91	3	1,629	49

Rivier University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

634 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -2.31% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Rivier University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,599	649	597	1,353
2016-17	2,635	834	869	932
2017-18	2,431	648	867	916
2018-19	2,319	750	282	1,287
2019-20	2,332	294	1,282	756
2020-21	2,178	733	336	1,109
2021-22	2,424	733	543	1,148
2022-23	2,551	580	702	1,269
2023-24	2,879	649	448	1,782
2024-25	2,777	634	475	1,668
Average	2,513	650	640	1,222

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Enrollment Trends at Rivier

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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