Enrollment Trends at DU

The student population at University of Denver is 13,734 (6,151 undergraduate and 7,583 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,078 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at DU is 44.79% which is increased by 757 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,321 and it has been increasing.

3,134 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 153.77% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 12,426 where 13,734 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

44.79% of total students is undergraduate students and 55.21% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 757 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,321 over past 10 years.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Denver since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	11,656	5,394	2,359	3,035	6,262	2,601	3,661
2013-14	11,778 122	5,517 123	2,499 140	3,018 -17	6,261 -1	2,629 28	3,632 -29
2014-15	11,809 31	5,643 126	2,623 124	3,020 2	6,166 -95	2,537 -92	3,629 -3
2015-16	11,797 -12	5,758 115	2,667 44	3,091 71	6,039 -127	2,467 -70	3,572 -57
2016-17	11,614 -183	5,754 -4	2,671 4	3,083 -8	5,860 -179	2,331 -136	3,529 -43
2017-18	11,434 -180	5,765 11	2,694 23	3,071 -12	5,669 -191	2,221 -110	3,448 -81
2018-19	11,952 518	5,801 36	2,656 -38	3,145 74	6,151 482	2,357 136	3,794 346
2019-20	12,931 979	5,774 -27	2,630 -26	3,144 -1	7,157 1,006	2,542 185	4,615 821
2020-21	13,856 925	5,699 -75	2,594 -36	3,105 -39	8,157 1,000	2,852 310	5,305 690
2021-22	14,130 274	5,867 168	2,629 35	3,238 133	8,263 106	2,795 -57	5,468 163
2022-23	13,734 -396	6,151 284	2,728 99	3,423 185	7,583 -680	2,503 -292	5,080 -388
Average	12,426	5,738	2,614	3,125	6,688	2,530	4,158

University of Denver Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 5,738 where 6,151 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Denver since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	5,394	4,965	2,234	2,731	429	125	304
2013-14	5,517	5,129	2,353	2,776	388	146	242
2014-15	5,643	5,304	2,500	2,804	339	123	216
2015-16	5,758	5,448	2,518	2,930	310	149	161
2016-17	5,754	5,491	2,545	2,946	263	126	137
2017-18	5,765	5,494	2,551	2,943	271	143	128
2018-19	5,801	5,563	2,538	3,025	238	118	120
2019-20	5,774	5,478	2,495	2,983	296	135	161
2020-21	5,699	5,362	2,434	2,928	337	160	177
2021-22	5,867	5,436	2,431	3,005	431	198	233
2022-23	6,151	5,666	2,508	3,158	485	220	265
Average	5,738	5,738	2,464	2,930	5,738	149	195

University of Denver Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 6,688 where 7,583 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Denver since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,262	3,341	1,303	2,038	2,921	1,298	1,623
2013-14	6,261	3,282	1,267	2,015	2,979	1,362	1,617
2014-15	6,166	3,298	1,258	2,040	2,868	1,279	1,589
2015-16	6,039	3,183	1,191	1,992	2,856	1,276	1,580
2016-17	5,860	3,101	1,155	1,946	2,759	1,176	1,583
2017-18	5,669	2,950	1,036	1,914	2,719	1,185	1,534
2018-19	6,151	2,965	971	1,994	3,186	1,386	1,800
2019-20	7,157	3,158	976	2,182	3,999	1,566	2,433
2020-21	8,157	3,334	1,048	2,286	4,823	1,804	3,019
2021-22	8,263	3,445	1,042	2,403	4,818	1,753	3,065
2022-23	7,583	2,971	816	2,155	4,612	1,687	2,925
Average	6,688	6,688	1,097	2,088	6,688	1,434	2,070

University of Denver Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.85%. The percentage was 68.99% 10 years ago and DU still has a high percentage of white students. 4.34% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.54% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Denver over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	55	388	395	861	11	8,041	304
2013-14	56	378	379	990	12	8,048	325
2014-15	52	390	406	1,023	14	7,958	328
2015-16	55	398	402	1,124	13	7,982	358
2016-17	47	433	405	1,138	8	7,881	390
2017-18	41	426	389	1,228	9	7,706	443
2018-19	40	439	396	1,346	15	7,811	480
2019-20	68	475	522	1,575	19	8,682	560
2020-21	67	550	577	1,833	22	9,285	650
2021-22	69	567	627	1,900	19	9,370	724
2022-23	69	596	623	1,872	15	8,906	705
Average	56	458	466	1,354	14	8,334	479

University of Denver Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,134 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 153.77% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Denver from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,809	1,235	507	10,067
2015-16	11,797	1,288	652	9,857
2016-17	11,614	1,244	527	9,843
2017-18	11,434	1,295	457	9,682
2018-19	11,952	1,604	627	9,721
2019-20	12,931	2,551	1,072	9,308
2020-21	13,856	4,907	7,372	1,577
2021-22	14,130	3,512	2,198	8,420
2022-23	13,734	3,134	1,865	8,735
Average	12,584	2,308	1,697	8,579

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