Enrollment Trends at Rockhurst

The student population at Rockhurst University is 3,577 (2,303 undergraduate and 1,274 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 752 (26.62%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Rockhurst is 64.38% which is increased by 226 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 526 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 51 male students for every 100 female students, down from 68 in 2015.
775 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 5,861.54% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,265 where 3,577 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 3,688 students in 2021 and was lowest at 2,825 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,825 to 3,577 students, a net gain of 752 (26.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,825	2,077	821	1,256	748	323	425
2016-17	2,854 29	2,042 -35	794 -27	1,248 -8	812 64	340 17	472 47
2017-18	3,043 189	2,208 166	861 67	1,347 99	835 23	365 25	470 -2
2018-19	3,145 102	2,345 137	929 68	1,416 69	800 -35	343 -22	457 -13
2019-20	2,990 -155	2,185 -160	919 -10	1,266 -150	805 5	346 3	459 2
2020-21	3,688 698	2,746 561	951 32	1,795 529	942 137	327 -19	615 156
2021-22	3,626 -62	2,704 -42	921 -30	1,783 -12	922 -20	352 25	570 -45
2022-23	3,405 -221	2,545 -159	893 -28	1,652 -131	860 -62	306 -46	554 -16
2023-24	3,496 91	2,430 -115	897 4	1,533 -119	1,066 206	326 20	740 186
2024-25	3,577 81	2,303 -127	870 -27	1,433 -100	1,274 208	340 14	934 194
Average	3,265	2,359	886	1,473	906	337	570

Rockhurst University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,359 where 2,303 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 Rockhurst University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,077	1,442	628	814	635	193	442
2016-17	2,042	1,409	618	791	633	176	457
2017-18	2,208	1,445	630	815	763	231	532
2018-19	2,345	1,456	632	824	889	297	592
2019-20	2,185	1,454	658	796	731	261	470
2020-21	2,746	1,845	681	1,164	901	270	631
2021-22	2,704	1,779	633	1,146	925	288	637
2022-23	2,545	1,623	586	1,037	922	307	615
2023-24	2,430	1,633	620	1,013	797	277	520
2024-25	2,303	1,486	570	916	817	300	517
Average	2,359	2,359	626	932	2,359	260	541

Rockhurst University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 906 where 1,274 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 Rockhurst University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	748	403	127	276	345	196	149
2016-17	812	416	130	286	396	210	186
2017-18	835	404	126	278	431	239	192
2018-19	800	340	112	228	460	231	229
2019-20	805	325	96	229	480	250	230
2020-21	942	401	111	290	541	216	325
2021-22	922	387	107	280	535	245	290
2022-23	860	390	103	287	470	203	267
2023-24	1,066	426	108	318	640	218	422
2024-25	1,274	480	111	369	794	229	565
Average	906	906	113	284	906	224	286

Rockhurst University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 66.56%. The percentage was 75.04% 10 years ago and Rockhurst still has a high percentage of white students. 3.86% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.44% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.80% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 75.04% to 66.56%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.97% to 3.86%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.81% to 7.44%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.56% to 12.80%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5321 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4300 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rockhurst 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	5	84	136	157	4	2,120	66
2016-17	9	83	138	187	1	2,142	124
2017-18	13	110	172	215	4	2,234	88
2018-19	25	112	189	265	6	2,239	80
2019-20	30	121	166	267	11	2,153	59
2020-21	18	150	288	377	10	2,508	92
2021-22	12	156	272	406	4	2,427	128
2022-23	13	147	256	401	6	2,257	130
2023-24	11	131	268	450	2	2,328	134
2024-25	12	138	266	458	4	2,381	133
Average	15	123	215	318	5	2,279	103

Rockhurst University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

775 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 22% of total students. The number of online students has increased 5,861.54% since 2016. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Rockhurst University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,825	0	29	2,796
2016-17	2,854	13	40	2,801
2017-18	3,043	5	101	2,937
2018-19	3,145	19	185	2,941
2019-20	2,990	61	509	2,420
2020-21	3,688	830	1,972	886
2021-22	3,626	405	1,504	1,717
2022-23	3,405	388	1,071	1,946
2023-24	3,496	612	1,184	1,700
2024-25	3,577	775	1,961	841
Average	3,265	311	856	2,099

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Enrollment Trends at Rockhurst

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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