Enrollment Trends at Trine

The student population at Trine University is 4,646 (4,373 undergraduate and 273 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,251 (36.85%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Trine is 94.12% which is increased by 1,243 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 8 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 94 male students for every 100 female students, down from 148 in 2015.
279 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 3,387.50% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,050 where 4,646 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 4,646 students in 2025 and was lowest at 3,395 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 3,395 to 4,646 students, a net gain of 1,251 (36.8%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,395	3,130	1,817	1,313	265	211	54
2016-17	3,712 317	3,354 224	1,913 96	1,441 128	358 93	283 72	75 21
2017-18	4,296 584	4,098 744	2,265 352	1,833 392	198 -160	127 -156	71 -4
2018-19	4,320 24	4,190 92	2,301 36	1,889 56	130 -68	45 -82	85 14
2019-20	3,970 -350	3,808 -382	2,031 -270	1,777 -112	162 32	50 5	112 27
2020-21	3,573 -397	3,370 -438	1,899 -132	1,471 -306	203 41	64 14	139 27
2021-22	4,024 451	3,811 441	2,015 116	1,796 325	213 10	57 -7	156 17
2022-23	4,088 64	3,819 8	2,009 -6	1,810 14	269 56	67 10	202 46
2023-24	4,471 383	4,157 338	2,203 194	1,954 144	314 45	81 14	233 31
2024-25	4,646 175	4,373 216	2,178 -25	2,195 241	273 -41	69 -12	204 -29
Average	4,050	3,811	2,063	1,748	239	105	133

Trine University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,811 where 4,373 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 Trine University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,130	1,696	1,225	471	1,434	592	842
2016-17	3,354	1,717	1,239	478	1,637	674	963
2017-18	4,098	1,938	1,363	575	2,160	902	1,258
2018-19	4,190	2,054	1,394	660	2,136	907	1,229
2019-20	3,808	2,125	1,399	726	1,683	632	1,051
2020-21	3,370	2,259	1,464	795	1,111	435	676
2021-22	3,811	2,259	1,421	838	1,552	594	958
2022-23	3,819	2,260	1,416	844	1,559	593	966
2023-24	4,157	2,341	1,465	876	1,816	738	1,078
2024-25	4,373	2,321	1,426	895	2,052	752	1,300
Average	3,811	3,811	1,381	716	3,811	682	1,032

Trine University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 239 where 273 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 Trine University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	265	258	204	54	7	7	0
2016-17	358	321	248	73	37	35	2
2017-18	198	150	84	66	48	43	5
2018-19	130	130	45	85	0	0	0
2019-20	162	159	49	110	3	1	2
2020-21	203	200	63	137	3	1	2
2021-22	213	208	55	153	5	2	3
2022-23	269	249	65	184	20	2	18
2023-24	314	273	63	210	41	18	23
2024-25	273	241	60	181	32	9	23
Average	239	239	94	125	239	12	8

Trine University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.40%. The percentage was 71.10% 10 years ago and Trine still has a high percentage of white students. 2.32% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.52% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.10% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 71.10% to 79.40%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.56% to 2.32%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.12% to 4.52%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 7.39% to 7.10%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3610 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4868 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Trine 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	53	106	251	3	2,414	101
2016-17	10	71	206	258	7	2,476	122
2017-18	17	104	181	337	4	3,150	125
2018-19	13	110	180	318	4	3,109	317
2019-20	8	90	145	294	0	3,107	149
2020-21	6	76	142	218	0	2,846	125
2021-22	8	96	137	264	1	3,193	109
2022-23	9	78	136	237	2	3,229	117
2023-24	9	110	234	322	3	3,528	127
2024-25	14	108	210	330	3	3,689	140
Average	10	90	168	283	3	3,074	143

Trine University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

279 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 3,387.50% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Trine University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	3,395	8	660	2,727
2016-17	3,712	71	630	3,011
2017-18	4,296	49	527	3,720
2018-19	4,320	36	747	3,537
2019-20	3,970	114	761	3,095
2020-21	3,573	73	852	2,648
2021-22	4,024	141	942	2,941
2022-23	4,088	460	1,000	2,628
2023-24	4,471	333	1,096	3,042
2024-25	4,646	279	1,158	3,209
Average	4,050	156	837	3,056

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Enrollment Trends at Trine

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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