Enrollment Trends at Rowan

The student population at Rowan University is 21,026 (16,100 undergraduate and 4,926 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 4,871 (30.15%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Rowan is 76.57% which is increased by 2,931 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,940 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 95 male students for every 100 female students, down from 103 in 2015.
2,733 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 149.59% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 19,005 where 21,026 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 8 year-over-year increases and 1 decrease. It peaked at 21,026 students in 2025 and was lowest at 16,155 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 16,155 to 21,026 students, a net gain of 4,871 (30.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	16,155	13,169	7,086	6,083	2,986	1,129	1,857
2016-17	17,372 1,217	14,345 1,176	7,775 689	6,570 487	3,027 41	1,142 13	1,885 28
2017-18	18,484 1,112	15,401 1,056	8,372 597	7,029 459	3,083 56	1,215 73	1,868 -17
2018-19	19,465 981	16,120 719	8,847 475	7,273 244	3,345 262	1,385 170	1,960 92
2019-20	19,618 153	16,011 -109	8,687 -160	7,324 51	3,607 262	1,521 136	2,086 126
2020-21	19,678 60	15,963 -48	8,435 -252	7,528 204	3,715 108	1,572 51	2,143 57
2021-22	19,052 -626	15,119 -844	7,940 -495	7,179 -349	3,933 218	1,643 71	2,290 147
2022-23	19,535 483	15,231 112	7,820 -120	7,411 232	4,304 371	1,791 148	2,513 223
2023-24	19,660 125	14,869 -362	7,681 -139	7,188 -223	4,791 487	2,047 256	2,744 231
2024-25	21,026 1,366	16,100 1,231	8,095 414	8,005 817	4,926 135	2,138 91	2,788 44
Average	19,005	15,233	8,074	7,159	3,772	1,558	2,213

Rowan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 15,233 where 16,100 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 Rowan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	13,169	11,710	6,405	5,305	1,459	681	778
2016-17	14,345	12,731	7,017	5,714	1,614	758	856
2017-18	15,401	13,634	7,545	6,089	1,767	827	940
2018-19	16,120	14,043	7,790	6,253	2,077	1,057	1,020
2019-20	16,011	14,055	7,742	6,313	1,956	945	1,011
2020-21	15,963	13,832	7,369	6,463	2,131	1,066	1,065
2021-22	15,119	13,061	6,958	6,103	2,058	982	1,076
2022-23	15,231	13,207	6,886	6,321	2,024	934	1,090
2023-24	14,869	13,010	6,800	6,210	1,859	881	978
2024-25	16,100	14,187	7,237	6,950	1,913	858	1,055
Average	15,233	15,233	7,175	6,172	15,233	899	987

Rowan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,772 where 4,926 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 Rowan University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,986	1,348	634	714	1,638	495	1,143
2016-17	3,027	1,477	695	782	1,550	447	1,103
2017-18	3,083	1,492	722	770	1,591	493	1,098
2018-19	3,345	1,618	790	828	1,727	595	1,132
2019-20	3,607	1,808	884	924	1,799	637	1,162
2020-21	3,715	1,969	952	1,017	1,746	620	1,126
2021-22	3,933	2,113	1,013	1,100	1,820	630	1,190
2022-23	4,304	2,533	1,252	1,281	1,771	539	1,232
2023-24	4,791	2,977	1,468	1,509	1,814	579	1,235
2024-25	4,926	3,118	1,532	1,586	1,808	606	1,202
Average	3,772	3,772	994	1,051	3,772	564	1,162

Rowan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 55.44%. The percentage was 67.43% 10 years ago and Rowan still has a high percentage of white students. 8.33% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.85% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.05% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.43% to 55.44%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.65% to 8.33%. Black student enrollment increased from 9.85% to 10.85%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.41% to 14.05%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6529 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5230 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rowan 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	30	912	1,592	1,520	16	10,894	370
2016-17	36	1,014	1,794	1,651	15	11,460	433
2017-18	27	1,122	1,848	1,789	17	11,960	459
2018-19	26	1,307	1,900	2,007	24	12,536	589
2019-20	22	1,450	1,942	2,156	22	12,722	652
2020-21	17	1,527	1,965	2,252	15	12,556	689
2021-22	22	1,537	1,930	2,248	15	11,967	647
2022-23	22	1,594	1,981	2,342	18	11,819	672
2023-24	18	1,618	2,023	2,477	13	11,418	708
2024-25	18	1,752	2,282	2,955	10	11,657	755
Average	24	1,383	1,926	2,140	17	11,899	597

Rowan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,733 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has increased 149.59% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Rowan University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	16,155	1,095	2,344	12,716
2016-17	17,372	1,116	3,324	12,932
2017-18	18,484	1,275	4,042	13,167
2018-19	19,465	1,524	4,688	13,253
2019-20	19,618	1,653	5,041	12,924
2020-21	19,654	2,063	9,565	8,026
2021-22	19,052	2,481	7,269	9,302
2022-23	19,535	2,486	8,291	8,758
2023-24	19,660	2,595	8,244	8,821
2024-25	21,026	2,733	8,490	9,803
Average	19,002	1,902	6,130	10,970

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Enrollment Trends at Rowan

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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