Enrollment Trends at Providence

The student population at University of Providence is 763 (590 undergraduate and 173 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 371 (32.72%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Providence is 77.33% which is decreased by 464 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 93 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 52 male students for every 100 female students, up from 50 in 2015.
332 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -28.91% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 948 where 763 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 1,134 students in 2016 and was lowest at 677 in 2024. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,134 to 763 students, a net loss of 371 (32.7%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,134	1,054	353	701	80	26	54
2016-17	957 -177	883 -171	277 -76	606 -95	74 -6	20 -6	54
2017-18	1,066 109	930 47	282 5	648 42	136 62	23 3	113 59
2018-19	1,038 -28	876 -54	297 15	579 -69	162 26	29 6	133 20
2019-20	998 -40	785 -91	262 -35	523 -56	213 51	54 25	159 26
2020-21	1,005 7	790 5	242 -20	548 25	215 2	59 5	156 -3
2021-22	888 -117	665 -125	243 1	422 -126	223 8	46 -13	177 21
2022-23	955 67	593 -72	217 -26	376 -46	362 139	79 33	283 106
2023-24	677 -278	562 -31	216 -1	346 -30	115 -247	24 -55	91 -192
2024-25	763 86	590 28	224 8	366 20	173 58	38 14	135 44
Average	948	773	261	512	175	40	136

University of Providence Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 773 where 590 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 Providence since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,054	610	275	335	444	78	366
2016-17	883	484	204	280	399	73	326
2017-18	930	469	202	267	461	80	381
2018-19	876	453	212	241	423	85	338
2019-20	785	484	201	283	301	61	240
2020-21	790	528	194	334	262	48	214
2021-22	665	530	212	318	135	31	104
2022-23	593	454	182	272	139	35	104
2023-24	562	479	197	282	83	19	64
2024-25	590	478	199	279	112	25	87
Average	773	773	208	289	773	54	222

University of Providence Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 175 where 173 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 Providence since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	80	35	11	24	45	15	30
2016-17	74	21	5	16	53	15	38
2017-18	136	51	7	44	85	16	69
2018-19	162	64	14	50	98	15	83
2019-20	213	194	51	143	19	3	16
2020-21	215	194	55	139	21	4	17
2021-22	223	210	42	168	13	4	9
2022-23	362	148	32	116	214	47	167
2023-24	115	95	22	73	20	2	18
2024-25	173	95	26	69	78	12	66
Average	175	175	27	84	175	13	51

University of Providence Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.33%. The percentage was 73.28% 10 years ago and Providence still has a high percentage of white students. 4.46% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.24% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.93% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 73.28% to 69.33%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.38% to 4.46%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.47% to 5.24%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 5.38% to 3.93%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5125 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4561 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 Providence 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	22	27	28	61	7	831	56
2016-17	17	36	23	88	7	677	22
2017-18	11	39	28	122	6	726	33
2018-19	11	38	43	40	6	795	0
2019-20	19	39	46	37	7	755	0
2020-21	20	45	57	40	8	756	0
2021-22	28	44	55	36	15	645	0
2022-23	24	47	55	46	14	702	0
2023-24	18	27	37	22	12	518	0
2024-25	17	34	40	30	7	529	0
Average	19	38	41	52	9	693	11

University of Providence Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

332 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 44% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -28.91% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Providence from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	1,134	467	255	412
2016-17	957	406	224	327
2017-18	1,066	529	261	276
2018-19	1,038	466	107	465
2019-20	998	549	0	449
2020-21	1,005	604	401	0
2021-22	888	490	398	0
2022-23	955	572	383	0
2023-24	677	259	383	35
2024-25	763	332	94	337
Average	948	467	251	230

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Enrollment Trends at Providence

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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