Enrollment Trends at Roosevelt

The student population at Roosevelt University is 4,281 (2,868 undergraduate and 1,413 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,071 (20.01%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Roosevelt is 66.99% which is decreased by 371 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 700 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 58 male students for every 100 female students, up from 52 in 2015.
463 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 10.24% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,374 where 4,281 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 5,352 students in 2016 and was lowest at 3,725 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 5,352 to 4,281 students, a net loss of 1,071 (20%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,352	3,239	1,166	2,073	2,113	661	1,452
2016-17	4,700 -652	2,805 -434	1,014 -152	1,791 -282	1,895 -218	614 -47	1,281 -171
2017-18	4,457 -243	2,578 -227	941 -73	1,637 -154	1,879 -16	646 32	1,233 -48
2018-19	4,329 -128	2,513 -65	848 -93	1,665 28	1,816 -63	586 -60	1,230 -3
2019-20	4,071 -258	2,381 -132	817 -31	1,564 -101	1,690 -126	519 -67	1,171 -59
2020-21	4,680 609	3,068 687	1,209 392	1,859 295	1,612 -78	482 -37	1,130 -41
2021-22	4,127 -553	2,656 -412	1,041 -168	1,615 -244	1,471 -141	395 -87	1,076 -54
2022-23	3,725 -402	2,413 -243	956 -85	1,457 -158	1,312 -159	346 -49	966 -110
2023-24	4,015 290	2,605 192	1,003 47	1,602 145	1,410 98	505 159	905 -61
2024-25	4,281 266	2,868 263	1,062 59	1,806 204	1,413 3	518 13	895 -10
Average	4,374	2,713	1,006	1,707	1,661	527	1,134

Roosevelt University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,713 where 2,868 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 Roosevelt University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,239	2,569	947	1,622	670	219	451
2016-17	2,805	2,268	828	1,440	537	186	351
2017-18	2,578	2,117	781	1,336	461	160	301
2018-19	2,513	2,067	700	1,367	446	148	298
2019-20	2,381	1,965	651	1,314	416	166	250
2020-21	3,068	2,614	1,070	1,544	454	139	315
2021-22	2,656	2,248	910	1,338	408	131	277
2022-23	2,413	2,060	850	1,210	353	106	247
2023-24	2,605	2,307	920	1,387	298	83	215
2024-25	2,868	2,518	974	1,544	350	88	262
Average	2,713	2,713	863	1,410	2,713	143	297

Roosevelt University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,661 where 1,413 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 Roosevelt University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,113	1,072	353	719	1,041	308	733
2016-17	1,895	967	333	634	928	281	647
2017-18	1,879	1,018	358	660	861	288	573
2018-19	1,816	1,015	339	676	801	247	554
2019-20	1,690	1,012	324	688	678	195	483
2020-21	1,612	987	299	688	625	183	442
2021-22	1,471	896	248	648	575	147	428
2022-23	1,312	740	222	518	572	124	448
2023-24	1,410	925	391	534	485	114	371
2024-25	1,413	1,001	405	596	412	113	299
Average	1,661	1,661	327	636	1,661	200	498

Roosevelt University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 25.74% and the percentage of black students is 18.41% at Roosevelt University. 5.05% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 28.66% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 45.37% to 25.74%. Asian enrollment declined from 6.15% to 5.05%. Black student enrollment increased from 18.05% to 18.41%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 17.83% to 28.66%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8143 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.7253 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Roosevelt 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	329	966	954	11	2,428	150
2016-17	10	308	881	842	10	2,107	124
2017-18	11	298	796	819	7	1,967	134
2018-19	23	305	706	782	7	1,836	137
2019-20	17	303	632	845	6	1,742	128
2020-21	16	299	904	1,171	4	1,786	108
2021-22	13	256	730	1,148	3	1,516	125
2022-23	14	220	717	1,070	3	1,245	124
2023-24	18	224	748	1,146	4	1,117	130
2024-25	11	216	788	1,227	3	1,102	124
Average	14	276	787	1,000	6	1,685	128

Roosevelt University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

463 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 10.24% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Roosevelt University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	5,352	420	943	3,989
2016-17	4,700	330	974	3,396
2017-18	4,457	379	1,073	3,005
2018-19	4,329	426	1,325	2,578
2019-20	4,071	377	1,415	2,279
2020-21	4,680	616	2,258	1,806
2021-22	4,127	615	1,651	1,861
2022-23	3,725	536	1,540	1,649
2023-24	4,015	392	1,732	1,891
2024-25	4,281	463	2,086	1,732
Average	4,374	455	1,500	2,419

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Enrollment Trends at Roosevelt

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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