Enrollment Trends at Rockford

The student population at Rockford University is 1,241 (983 undergraduate and 258 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 33 (2.59%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Rockford is 79.21% which is decreased by 71 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 38 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 86 male students for every 100 female students, up from 71 in 2015.
63 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -59.35% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,240 where 1,241 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 1,287 students in 2017 and was lowest at 1,181 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,274 to 1,241 students, a net loss of 33 (2.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,274	1,054	426	628	220	105	115
2016-17	1,287 13	1,075 21	458 32	617 -11	212 -8	100 -5	112 -3
2017-18	1,262 -25	1,062 -13	478 20	584 -33	200 -12	85 -15	115 3
2018-19	1,203 -59	994 -68	445 -33	549 -35	209 9	90 5	119 4
2019-20	1,204 1	982 -12	426 -19	556 7	222 13	96 6	126 7
2020-21	1,272 68	1,019 37	440 14	579 23	253 31	94 -2	159 33
2021-22	1,231 -41	987 -32	435 -5	552 -27	244 -9	92 -2	152 -7
2022-23	1,181 -50	951 -36	442 7	509 -43	230 -14	91 -1	139 -13
2023-24	1,249 68	968 17	450 8	518 9	281 51	105 14	176 37
2024-25	1,241 -8	983 15	479 29	504 -14	258 -23	94 -11	164 -12
Average	1,240	1,008	448	560	233	95	138

Rockford University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,008 where 983 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 Rockford University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,054	925	372	553	129	54	75
2016-17	1,075	943	404	539	132	54	78
2017-18	1,062	918	421	497	144	57	87
2018-19	994	888	403	485	106	42	64
2019-20	982	912	406	506	70	20	50
2020-21	1,019	948	408	540	71	32	39
2021-22	987	899	400	499	88	35	53
2022-23	951	871	405	466	80	37	43
2023-24	968	890	422	468	78	28	50
2024-25	983	933	462	471	50	17	33
Average	1,008	1,008	410	502	1,008	38	57

Rockford University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 233 where 258 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 Rockford University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	220	67	34	33	153	71	82
2016-17	212	61	34	27	151	66	85
2017-18	200	48	23	25	152	62	90
2018-19	209	48	25	23	161	65	96
2019-20	222	62	33	29	160	63	97
2020-21	253	89	36	53	164	58	106
2021-22	244	67	28	39	177	64	113
2022-23	230	74	39	35	156	52	104
2023-24	281	89	46	43	192	59	133
2024-25	258	81	42	39	177	52	125
Average	233	233	34	35	233	61	103

Rockford University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 45.29% and the percentage of black students is 15.95% at Rockford University. 2.82% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 20.63% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 65.93% to 45.29%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.33% to 2.82%. Black student enrollment increased from 8.08% to 15.95%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 12.48% to 20.63%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7248 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5422 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rockford 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	1	17	103	159	0	840	36
2016-17	2	22	114	160	1	861	35
2017-18	2	33	110	170	0	779	35
2018-19	2	28	109	188	0	726	41
2019-20	3	29	110	214	0	684	43
2020-21	2	19	141	218	0	673	36
2021-22	1	18	139	204	1	580	43
2022-23	2	19	128	170	1	474	32
2023-24	5	29	167	206	0	535	33
2024-25	4	35	198	256	2	562	45
Average	2	25	132	195	1	671	38

Rockford University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

63 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -59.35% since 2022. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Rockford University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,274	0	0	1,274
2016-17	1,287	0	0	1,287
2017-18	1,262	0	0	1,262
2018-19	1,203	0	0	1,203
2019-20	1,204	0	0	1,204
2020-21	1,272	0	0	1,272
2021-22	1,231	0	0	1,231
2022-23	1,181	155	612	414
2023-24	1,249	284	483	482
2024-25	1,241	63	782	396
Average	1,240	50	188	1,003

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Enrollment Trends at Rockford

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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