Enrollment Trends at DU

The student population at University of Denver is 12,813 (6,614 undergraduate and 6,199 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,016 (8.61%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at DU is 51.62% which is increased by 856 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 160 and it has been increasing.
2,787 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 116.38% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 12,765 where 12,813 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 14,130 students in 2022 and was lowest at 11,434 in 2018. Overall, enrollment rose from 11,797 to 12,813 students, a net gain of 1,016 (8.6%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	11,797	5,758	2,667	3,091	6,039	2,467	3,572
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
2023-24	13,387 -347	6,415 264	2,866 138	3,549 126	6,972 -611	2,326 -177	4,646 -434
2024-25	12,813 -574	6,614 199	2,942 76	3,672 123	6,199 -773	2,120 -206	4,079 -567
Average	12,765	5,960	2,708	3,252	6,805	2,451	4,354

University of Denver Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,960 where 6,614 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 University of Denver since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	6,415	5,755	2,563	3,192	660	303	357
2024-25	6,614	5,761	2,555	3,206	853	387	466
Average	5,960	5,960	2,514	3,032	5,960	194	221

University of Denver Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 6,805 where 6,199 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 University of Denver since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	6,972	2,799	842	1,957	4,173	1,484	2,689
2024-25	6,199	2,729	848	1,881	3,470	1,272	2,198
Average	6,805	6,805	993	2,071	6,805	1,459	2,283

University of Denver Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.82%. The percentage was 67.66% 10 years ago and DU still has a high percentage of white students. 4.12% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.41% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 14.21% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.66% to 62.82%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.37% to 4.12%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.41% to 5.41%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.53% to 14.21%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5778 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5299 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Denver 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	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
2023-24	65	546	633	1,796	15	8,546	698
2024-25	73	528	693	1,821	13	8,049	668
Average	59	496	527	1,563	15	8,422	568

University of Denver Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,787 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 116.38% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Denver from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	13,387	2,985	1,774	8,628
2024-25	12,813	2,787	1,447	8,579
Average	12,765	2,531	1,799	8,435

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Enrollment Trends at DU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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