Enrollment Trends at Villanova

The student population at Villanova University is 10,383 (6,989 undergraduate and 3,394 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 200 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Villanova is 67.31% which is decreased by 111 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 89 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.16 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,267 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 30.75% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 10,791 where 10,383 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

67.31% of total students is undergraduate students and 32.69% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 111 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 89 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.16 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Villanova than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	10,583	7,100	3,479	3,621	3,483	1,772	1,711
2013-14	10,696 113	7,042 -58	3,415 -64	3,627 6	3,654 171	1,821 49	1,833 122
2014-15	10,735 39	7,118 76	3,400 -15	3,718 91	3,617 -37	1,793 -28	1,824 -9
2015-16	10,711 -24	6,977 -141	3,309 -91	3,668 -50	3,734 117	1,853 60	1,881 57
2016-17	10,842 131	6,999 22	3,273 -36	3,726 58	3,843 109	1,917 64	1,926 45
2017-18	10,967 125	6,950 -49	3,273 0	3,677 -49	4,017 174	1,983 66	2,034 108
2018-19	11,030 63	6,917 -33	3,218 -55	3,699 22	4,113 96	2,020 37	2,093 59
2019-20	10,848 -182	6,865 -52	3,256 38	3,609 -90	3,983 -130	1,894 -126	2,089 -4
2020-21	11,032 184	7,037 172	3,292 36	3,745 136	3,995 12	1,885 -9	2,110 21
2021-22	10,870 -162	7,032 -5	3,208 -84	3,824 79	3,838 -157	1,789 -96	2,049 -61
2022-23	10,383 -487	6,989 -43	3,235 27	3,754 -70	3,394 -444	1,565 -224	1,829 -220
Average	10,791	7,002	3,305	3,697	3,788	1,845	1,944

Villanova University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 7,002 where 6,989 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 Villanova University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,100	6,584	3,198	3,386	516	281	235
2013-14	7,042	6,547	3,163	3,384	495	252	243
2014-15	7,118	6,554	3,145	3,409	564	255	309
2015-16	6,977	6,400	3,044	3,356	577	265	312
2016-17	6,999	6,490	3,055	3,435	509	218	291
2017-18	6,950	6,525	3,073	3,452	425	200	225
2018-19	6,917	6,565	3,071	3,494	352	147	205
2019-20	6,865	6,528	3,077	3,451	337	179	158
2020-21	7,037	6,793	3,159	3,634	244	133	111
2021-22	7,032	6,812	3,096	3,716	220	112	108
2022-23	6,989	6,756	3,100	3,656	233	135	98
Average	7,002	7,002	3,107	3,488	7,002	198	209

Villanova University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,788 where 3,394 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 Villanova University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,483	1,352	714	638	2,131	1,058	1,073
2013-14	3,654	1,329	685	644	2,325	1,136	1,189
2014-15	3,617	1,298	667	631	2,319	1,126	1,193
2015-16	3,734	1,281	638	643	2,453	1,215	1,238
2016-17	3,843	1,268	647	621	2,575	1,270	1,305
2017-18	4,017	1,261	626	635	2,756	1,357	1,399
2018-19	4,113	1,311	647	664	2,802	1,373	1,429
2019-20	3,983	1,310	593	717	2,673	1,301	1,372
2020-21	3,995	1,392	663	729	2,603	1,222	1,381
2021-22	3,838	1,380	640	740	2,458	1,149	1,309
2022-23	3,394	1,540	672	868	1,854	893	961
Average	3,788	3,788	654	685	3,788	1,191	1,259

Villanova University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.78%. The percentage was 74.49% 10 years ago and Villanova still has a high percentage of white students. 6.94% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.73% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Villanova University 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	8	563	477	642	7	7,883	188
2013-14	6	624	551	670	12	7,849	194
2014-15	12	666	580	699	9	7,869	209
2015-16	10	649	625	713	9	7,674	207
2016-17	12	649	604	708	6	7,674	223
2017-18	13	630	592	766	6	7,687	246
2018-19	7	568	566	764	6	7,688	253
2019-20	5	583	584	800	3	7,829	306
2020-21	6	646	564	886	6	7,931	336
2021-22	7	688	615	917	6	7,694	378
2022-23	8	721	595	971	8	7,141	375
Average	9	635	578	776	7	7,720	265

Villanova University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,267 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 12% of total students. The number of online students has increased 30.75% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Villanova University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	10,735	969	612	9,154
2015-16	10,711	1,467	571	8,673
2016-17	10,842	1,554	794	8,494
2017-18	10,967	1,625	1,299	8,043
2018-19	11,030	1,576	1,222	8,232
2019-20	10,848	1,428	1,057	8,363
2020-21	11,032	2,825	7,660	547
2021-22	10,870	1,551	1,266	8,053
2022-23	10,383	1,267	1,132	7,984
Average	10,824	1,585	1,735	7,505

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