Enrollment Trends at U of Dubuque

The student population at University of Dubuque is 1,776 (1,444 undergraduate and 332 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 235 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Dubuque is 81.31% which is decreased by 231 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 4 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 0.80 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

51 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 71.13% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 2,149 where 1,776 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

81.31% of total students is undergraduate students and 18.69% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 231 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 4 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.80 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in U of Dubuque than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	2,011	1,675	966	709	336	170	166
2013-14	2,023 12	1,694 19	972 6	722 13	329 -7	170 0	159 -7
2014-15	2,121 98	1,775 81	1,026 54	749 27	346 17	164 -6	182 23
2015-16	2,179 58	1,842 67	1,080 54	762 13	337 -9	164 0	173 -9
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 0	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 0	169 0	233 0
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
Average	2,149	1,778	1,026	752	371	168	203

University of Dubuque Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 1,778 where 1,444 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 Dubuque since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	1,675	1,518	900	618	157	66	91
2013-14	1,694	1,544	918	626	150	54	96
2014-15	1,775	1,589	943	646	186	83	103
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
Average	1,778	1,778	922	609	1,778	103	143

University of Dubuque Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 371 where 332 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 Dubuque since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	336	159	81	78	177	89	88
2013-14	329	210	106	104	119	64	55
2014-15	346	240	115	125	106	49	57
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
Average	371	371	113	143	371	55	61

University of Dubuque Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 64.53%. The percentage was 70.06% 10 years ago and U of Dubuque still has a high percentage of white students. 0.90% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.81% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Dubuque 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	22	29	222	18	4	1,409	31
2013-14	17	24	225	127	4	1,304	50
2014-15	11	41	226	142	4	1,408	60
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
Average	10	31	266	143	6	1,376	54

University of Dubuque Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

51 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 71.13% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Dubuque from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,121	0	142	1,979
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
Average	2,178	30	273	1,875

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