Enrollment Trends at Viterbo

The student population at Viterbo University is 2,094 (1,299 undergraduate and 795 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 662 (24.02%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Viterbo is 62.03% which is decreased by 571 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 91 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 35 male students for every 100 female students, up from 33 in 2015.
589 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 77.41% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,533 where 2,094 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,796 students in 2018 and was lowest at 2,094 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,756 to 2,094 students, a net loss of 662 (24%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,756	1,870	466	1,404	886	222	664
2016-17	2,699 -57	1,875 5	488 22	1,387 -17	824 -62	244 22	580 -84
2017-18	2,796 97	1,773 -102	466 -22	1,307 -80	1,023 199	267 23	756 176
2018-19	2,598 -198	1,714 -59	449 -17	1,265 -42	884 -139	228 -39	656 -100
2019-20	2,592 -6	1,751 37	476 27	1,275 10	841 -43	210 -18	631 -25
2020-21	2,516 -76	1,736 -15	442 -34	1,294 19	780 -61	219 9	561 -70
2021-22	2,520 4	1,660 -76	383 -59	1,277 -17	860 80	235 16	625 64
2022-23	2,456 -64	1,485 -175	354 -29	1,131 -146	971 111	227 -8	744 119
2023-24	2,301 -155	1,443 -42	387 33	1,056 -75	858 -113	172 -55	686 -58
2024-25	2,094 -207	1,299 -144	369 -18	930 -126	795 -63	178 6	617 -69
Average	2,533	1,661	428	1,233	872	220	652

Viterbo University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,661 where 1,299 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 Viterbo University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,870	1,465	381	1,084	405	85	320
2016-17	1,875	1,483	410	1,073	392	78	314
2017-18	1,773	1,394	385	1,009	379	81	298
2018-19	1,714	1,394	364	1,030	320	85	235
2019-20	1,751	1,433	382	1,051	318	94	224
2020-21	1,736	1,443	371	1,072	293	71	222
2021-22	1,660	1,336	315	1,021	324	68	256
2022-23	1,485	1,203	307	896	282	47	235
2023-24	1,443	1,200	344	856	243	43	200
2024-25	1,299	1,056	319	737	243	50	193
Average	1,661	1,661	358	983	1,661	70	250

Viterbo University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 872 where 795 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 Viterbo University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	886	402	112	290	484	110	374
2016-17	824	431	140	291	393	104	289
2017-18	1,023	432	139	293	591	128	463
2018-19	884	450	129	321	434	99	335
2019-20	841	443	112	331	398	98	300
2020-21	780	466	125	341	314	94	220
2021-22	860	538	139	399	322	96	226
2022-23	971	552	149	403	419	78	341
2023-24	858	487	103	384	371	69	302
2024-25	795	500	108	392	295	70	225
Average	872	872	126	345	872	95	308

Viterbo University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.66%. The percentage was 90.57% 10 years ago and Viterbo still has a high percentage of white students. 1.81% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.77% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 7.26% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 90.57% to 79.66%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.02% to 1.81%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.81% to 2.77%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.39% to 7.26%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3585 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.1785 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Viterbo University 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	6	28	50	66	2	2,496	48
2016-17	7	20	41	64	1	2,447	49
2017-18	6	31	53	82	2	2,482	56
2018-19	2	22	19	64	0	2,272	127
2019-20	2	35	85	93	1	2,230	53
2020-21	2	46	141	109	2	2,061	62
2021-22	2	45	189	122	2	2,005	63
2022-23	5	37	112	126	1	2,032	52
2023-24	8	36	67	160	0	1,879	53
2024-25	6	38	58	152	0	1,668	54
Average	5	34	82	104	1	2,157	62

Viterbo University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

589 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 28% of total students. The number of online students has increased 77.41% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Viterbo University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,756	332	322	2,102
2016-17	2,699	437	351	1,911
2017-18	2,796	320	371	2,105
2018-19	2,598	440	449	1,709
2019-20	2,592	349	460	1,783
2020-21	2,516	547	1,157	812
2021-22	2,520	571	717	1,232
2022-23	2,456	521	753	1,182
2023-24	2,301	520	718	1,063
2024-25	2,094	589	591	914
Average	2,533	463	589	1,481

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Enrollment Trends at Viterbo

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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