Enrollment Trends at USF

The student population at University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne is 1,763 (1,567 undergraduate and 196 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 477 (21.29%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at USF is 88.88% which is decreased by 237 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 240 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 48 male students for every 100 female students, up from 42 in 2015.
207 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -38.39% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,121 where 1,763 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 2,322 students in 2018 and was lowest at 1,763 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,240 to 1,763 students, a net loss of 477 (21.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne since 2015.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,240	1,804	526	1,278	436	139	297
2016-17	2,212 -28	1,810 6	509 -17	1,301 23	402 -34	133 -6	269 -28
2017-18	2,322 110	1,906 96	549 40	1,357 56	416 14	124 -9	292 23
2018-19	2,199 -123	1,778 -128	503 -46	1,275 -82	421 5	135 11	286 -6
2019-20	2,249 50	1,745 -33	526 23	1,219 -56	504 83	143 8	361 75
2020-21	2,271 22	1,753 8	539 13	1,214 -5	518 14	127 -16	391 30
2021-22	2,196 -75	1,726 -27	513 -26	1,213 -1	470 -48	123 -4	347 -44
2022-23	1,903 -293	1,576 -150	531 18	1,045 -168	327 -143	86 -37	241 -106
2023-24	1,852 -51	1,601 25	516 -15	1,085 40	251 -76	66 -20	185 -56
2024-25	1,763 -89	1,567 -34	513 -3	1,054 -31	196 -55	59 -7	137 -48
Average	2,121	1,727	523	1,204	394	114	281

University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,727 where 1,567 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 Saint Francis-Fort Wayne since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,804	1,502	475	1,027	302	51	251
2016-17	1,810	1,475	461	1,014	335	48	287
2017-18	1,906	1,523	500	1,023	383	49	334
2018-19	1,778	1,511	477	1,034	267	26	241
2019-20	1,745	1,497	501	996	248	25	223
2020-21	1,753	1,475	506	969	278	33	245
2021-22	1,726	1,516	495	1,021	210	18	192
2022-23	1,576	1,428	506	922	148	25	123
2023-24	1,601	1,450	501	949	151	15	136
2024-25	1,567	1,440	493	947	127	20	107
Average	1,727	1,727	492	990	1,727	31	214

University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 394 where 196 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 Saint Francis-Fort Wayne since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	436	215	61	154	221	78	143
2016-17	402	192	52	140	210	81	129
2017-18	416	199	58	141	217	66	151
2018-19	421	185	62	123	236	73	163
2019-20	504	242	70	172	262	73	189
2020-21	518	271	72	199	247	55	192
2021-22	470	173	45	128	297	78	219
2022-23	327	148	42	106	179	44	135
2023-24	251	106	27	79	145	39	106
2024-25	196	96	31	65	100	28	72
Average	394	394	52	131	394	62	150

University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 65.74%. The percentage was 81.38% 10 years ago and USF still has a high percentage of white students. 1.13% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.89% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.02% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 81.38% to 65.74%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.25% to 1.13%. Black student enrollment increased from 7.37% to 10.89%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.85% to 12.02%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5395 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3282 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 Saint Francis-Fort Wayne 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	28	165	131	6	1,823	47
2016-17	3	26	164	151	4	1,792	39
2017-18	1	33	164	160	4	1,837	64
2018-19	3	31	169	168	2	1,715	63
2019-20	4	41	197	197	0	1,687	71
2020-21	3	44	211	189	1	1,662	73
2021-22	6	35	173	187	1	1,521	55
2022-23	5	35	189	166	3	1,345	73
2023-24	11	24	168	208	2	1,137	70
2024-25	4	20	192	212	1	1,159	77
Average	5	32	179	177	2	1,568	63

University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

207 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -38.39% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,240	336	817	1,087
2016-17	2,212	318	833	1,061
2017-18	2,322	347	819	1,156
2018-19	2,199	268	772	1,159
2019-20	2,249	337	671	1,241
2020-21	2,271	423	1,359	489
2021-22	2,196	406	1,123	667
2022-23	1,903	356	963	584
2023-24	1,852	222	1,091	539
2024-25	1,763	207	1,047	509
Average	2,121	322	950	849

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Enrollment Trends at USF

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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