Enrollment Trends at JC

The student population at University of Jamestown is 1,376 (1,049 undergraduate and 327 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 371 (36.92%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at JC is 76.24% which is increased by 160 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 211 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 108 male students for every 100 female students, up from 90 in 2015.
291 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 4,750.00% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,174 where 1,376 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 1,376 students in 2025 and was lowest at 1,005 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 1,005 to 1,376 students, a net gain of 371 (36.9%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,005	889	428	461	116	47	69
2016-17	1,137 132	955 66	479 51	476 15	182 66	71 24	111 42
2017-18	1,135 -2	914 -41	458 -21	456 -20	221 39	81 10	140 29
2018-19	1,089 -46	893 -21	457 -1	436 -20	196 -25	66 -15	130 -10
2019-20	1,115 26	908 15	494 37	414 -22	207 11	68 2	139 9
2020-21	1,147 32	912 4	522 28	390 -24	235 28	80 12	155 16
2021-22	1,276 129	1,018 106	582 60	436 46	258 23	92 12	166 11
2022-23	1,242 -34	978 -40	550 -32	428 -8	264 6	96 4	168 2
2023-24	1,215 -27	964 -14	554 4	410 -18	251 -13	93 -3	158 -10
2024-25	1,376 161	1,049 85	590 36	459 49	327 76	124 31	203 45
Average	1,174	948	511	437	226	82	144

University of Jamestown Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 948 where 1,049 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 Jamestown since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	889	847	407	440	42	21	21
2016-17	955	914	455	459	41	24	17
2017-18	914	871	439	432	43	19	24
2018-19	893	868	444	424	25	13	12
2019-20	908	887	479	408	21	15	6
2020-21	912	875	504	371	37	18	19
2021-22	1,018	967	544	423	51	38	13
2022-23	978	942	529	413	36	21	15
2023-24	964	899	530	369	65	24	41
2024-25	1,049	982	565	417	67	25	42
Average	948	948	490	416	948	22	21

University of Jamestown Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 226 where 327 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 Jamestown since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	116	115	46	69	1	1	0
2016-17	182	181	70	111	1	1	0
2017-18	221	219	81	138	2	0	2
2018-19	196	193	65	128	3	1	2
2019-20	207	203	65	138	4	3	1
2020-21	235	112	44	68	123	36	87
2021-22	258	118	47	71	140	45	95
2022-23	264	112	49	63	152	47	105
2023-24	251	249	92	157	2	1	1
2024-25	327	319	122	197	8	2	6
Average	226	226	68	114	226	14	30

University of Jamestown Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.58%. The percentage was 79.80% 10 years ago and JC still has a high percentage of white students. 0.87% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.05% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.32% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 79.80% to 71.58%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.59% to 0.87%. Black student enrollment decreased from 5.27% to 3.05%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.07% to 6.32%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4814 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3563 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 Jamestown 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	16	53	61	8	802	2
2016-17	14	14	51	70	10	867	8
2017-18	6	13	37	69	11	889	0
2018-19	3	12	44	97	5	834	26
2019-20	1	11	63	93	5	837	28
2020-21	6	7	52	94	5	882	24
2021-22	7	10	41	104	6	980	23
2022-23	7	13	39	97	2	923	37
2023-24	4	5	30	87	2	819	31
2024-25	8	12	42	87	4	985	46
Average	7	11	45	86	6	882	23

University of Jamestown Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

291 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 4,750.00% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Jamestown from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,005	6	5	994
2016-17	1,137	29	0	1,108
2017-18	1,135	66	0	1,069
2018-19	1,089	56	0	1,033
2019-20	1,115	103	0	1,012
2020-21	1,147	150	147	850
2021-22	1,276	170	170	936
2022-23	1,242	182	170	890
2023-24	1,215	228	187	800
2024-25	1,376	291	124	961
Average	1,174	128	80	965

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Enrollment Trends at JC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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