Enrollment Trends at Roanoke

The student population at Roanoke College is 1,804 (1,793 undergraduate and 11 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 197 (9.85%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Roanoke is 99.39% which is decreased by 208 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 11 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 92 male students for every 100 female students, up from 68 in 2015.
All students have enrolled in on-campus classes (Roanoke 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 1,929 where 1,804 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 2,035 students in 2018 and was lowest at 1,804 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,001 to 1,804 students, a net loss of 197 (9.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,001	2,001	812	1,189	0	0	0
2016-17	1,984 -17	1,984 -17	817 5	1,167 -22	0	0	0
2017-18	2,035 51	2,035 51	859 42	1,176 9	0	0	0
2018-19	2,014 -21	2,014 -21	845 -14	1,169 -7	0	0	0
2019-20	2,003 -11	2,003 -11	850 5	1,153 -16	0	0	0
2020-21	1,920 -83	1,920 -83	833 -17	1,087 -66	0	0	0
2021-22	1,863 -57	1,863 -57	854 21	1,009 -78	0	0	0
2022-23	1,826 -37	1,826 -37	840 -14	986 -23	0	0	0
2023-24	1,835 9	1,824 -2	837 -3	987 1	11 11	9 9	2 2
2024-25	1,804 -31	1,793 -31	855 18	938 -49	11	7 -2	4 2
Average	1,929	1,926	840	1,086	2	2	1

Roanoke College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,926 where 1,793 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 Roanoke College since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,001	1,942	786	1,156	59	26	33
2016-17	1,984	1,933	798	1,135	51	19	32
2017-18	2,035	1,973	833	1,140	62	26	36
2018-19	2,014	1,956	825	1,131	58	20	38
2019-20	2,003	1,942	817	1,125	61	33	28
2020-21	1,920	1,883	817	1,066	37	16	21
2021-22	1,863	1,817	829	988	46	25	21
2022-23	1,826	1,759	802	957	67	38	29
2023-24	1,824	1,768	809	959	56	28	28
2024-25	1,793	1,742	825	917	51	30	21
Average	1,926	1,926	814	1,057	1,926	26	29

Roanoke College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2 where 11 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 Roanoke College since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	0	0	0	0	0
2023-24	11	11	9	2	0
2024-25	11	11	7	4	0
Average	2	2	2	1	2

Roanoke College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.39%. The percentage was 81.56% 10 years ago and Roanoke still has a high percentage of white students. 1.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.26% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.87% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 81.56% to 75.39%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.40% to 1.61%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.65% to 7.26%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.00% to 6.87%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4194 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3284 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Roanoke 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	9	28	113	80	2	1,632	76
2016-17	6	25	110	86	1	1,624	71
2017-18	2	20	115	95	2	1,626	95
2018-19	4	22	106	106	1	1,630	90
2019-20	3	27	106	105	1	1,623	82
2020-21	5	30	100	105	1	1,568	78
2021-22	6	35	94	107	1	1,513	67
2022-23	8	34	94	117	3	1,456	61
2023-24	6	33	116	119	2	1,415	71
2024-25	4	29	131	124	3	1,360	81
Average	5	28	109	104	2	1,545	77

Roanoke College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

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Enrollment Trends at Roanoke

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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