Enrollment Trends at Dubuque

The student population at University of Dubuque is 1,757 (1,440 undergraduate and 317 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 422 (19.37%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Dubuque is 81.96% which is decreased by 402 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 20 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 138 male students for every 100 female students, up from 133 in 2015.
98 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 444.44% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,104 where 1,757 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 2,385 students in 2019 and was lowest at 1,757 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,179 to 1,757 students, a net loss of 422 (19.4%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,179	1,842	1,080	762	337	164	173
2016-17	2,294 115	1,924 82	1,140 60	784 22	370 33	159 -5	211 38
2017-18	2,366 72	1,958 34	1,140	818 34	408 38	189 30	219 8
2018-19	2,385 19	1,969 11	1,100 -40	869 51	416 8	182 -7	234 15
2019-20	2,302 -83	1,900 -69	1,053 -47	847 -22	402 -14	169 -13	233 -1
2020-21	2,180 -122	1,778 -122	1,028 -25	750 -97	402	169	233
2021-22	2,001 -179	1,594 -184	927 -101	667 -83	407 5	176 7	231 -2
2022-23	1,776 -225	1,444 -150	852 -75	592 -75	332 -75	136 -40	196 -35
2023-24	1,795 19	1,477 33	874 22	603 11	318 -14	132 -4	186 -10
2024-25	1,757 -38	1,440 -37	873 -1	567 -36	317 -1	147 15	170 -16
Average	2,104	1,733	1,007	726	371	162	209

University of Dubuque Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,733 where 1,440 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 Dubuque since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,842	1,626	991	635	216	89	127
2016-17	1,924	1,679	1,035	644	245	105	140
2017-18	1,958	1,709	1,024	685	249	116	133
2018-19	1,969	1,674	974	700	295	126	169
2019-20	1,900	1,554	899	655	346	154	192
2020-21	1,778	1,456	890	566	322	138	184
2021-22	1,594	1,289	810	479	305	117	188
2022-23	1,444	1,207	762	445	237	90	147
2023-24	1,477	1,256	775	481	221	99	122
2024-25	1,440	1,256	782	474	184	91	93
Average	1,733	1,733	894	576	1,733	113	150

University of Dubuque Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 371 where 317 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 Dubuque since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	337	214	102	112	123	62	61
2016-17	370	227	94	133	143	65	78
2017-18	408	257	122	135	151	67	84
2018-19	416	231	90	141	185	92	93
2019-20	402	304	118	186	98	51	47
2020-21	402	334	146	188	68	23	45
2021-22	407	351	150	201	56	26	30
2022-23	332	284	116	168	48	20	28
2023-24	318	270	112	158	48	20	28
2024-25	317	265	117	148	52	30	22
Average	371	371	117	157	371	46	52

University of Dubuque Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.24%. The percentage was 63.29% 10 years ago and Dubuque still has a high percentage of white students. 1.25% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.65% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.41% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 63.29% to 68.24%. Asian enrollment declined from 2.07% to 1.25%. Black student enrollment decreased from 12.16% to 8.65%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 7.62% to 3.41%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5254 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.5776 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Dubuque 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	9	45	265	166	4	1,379	62
2016-17	9	45	284	172	5	1,450	69
2017-18	4	39	320	184	9	1,460	62
2018-19	9	25	347	176	8	1,488	60
2019-20	3	32	293	160	7	1,454	57
2020-21	7	25	300	169	9	1,363	59
2021-22	8	17	254	150	8	1,280	48
2022-23	6	16	192	112	4	1,146	33
2023-24	6	21	165	93	5	1,181	22
2024-25	10	22	152	60	7	1,199	11
Average	7	29	257	144	7	1,340	48

University of Dubuque Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

98 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 444.44% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Dubuque from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,179	18	232	1,929
2016-17	2,294	16	352	1,926
2017-18	2,366	37	336	1,993
2018-19	2,385	36	253	2,096
2019-20	2,302	18	267	2,017
2020-21	2,180	23	413	1,744
2021-22	2,001	74	215	1,712
2022-23	1,776	51	243	1,482
2023-24	1,795	59	291	1,445
2024-25	1,757	98	348	1,311
Average	2,104	43	295	1,766

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Enrollment Trends at Dubuque

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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