Enrollment Trends at Waldorf

The student population at Waldorf University is 2,225 (1,834 undergraduate and 391 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 224 (11.19%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at Waldorf is 82.43% which is increased by 56 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 168 and it has been increasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 163 male students for every 100 female students, down from 165 in 2015.
1,638 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 22.88% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,613 where 2,225 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 3,150 students in 2019 and was lowest at 2,001 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 2,001 to 2,225 students, a net gain of 224 (11.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,001	1,778	1,090	688	223	156	67
2016-17	2,227 226	1,913 135	1,230 140	683 -5	314 91	214 58	100 33
2017-18	2,487 260	2,126 213	1,334 104	792 109	361 47	225 11	136 36
2018-19	3,150 663	2,636 510	1,636 302	1,000 208	514 153	337 112	177 41
2019-20	3,071 -79	2,552 -84	1,510 -126	1,042 42	519 5	309 -28	210 33
2020-21	3,025 -46	2,523 -29	1,512 2	1,011 -31	502 -17	314 5	188 -22
2021-22	2,520 -505	2,088 -435	1,285 -227	803 -208	432 -70	269 -45	163 -25
2022-23	2,763 243	2,295 207	1,443 158	852 49	468 36	260 -9	208 45
2023-24	2,657 -106	2,196 -99	1,351 -92	845 -7	461 -7	288 28	173 -35
2024-25	2,225 -432	1,834 -362	1,155 -196	679 -166	391 -70	223 -65	168 -5
Average	2,613	2,194	1,355	840	419	260	159

Waldorf University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,194 where 1,834 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 Waldorf University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,778	1,334	798	536	444	292	152
2016-17	1,913	1,415	868	547	498	362	136
2017-18	2,126	1,482	909	573	644	425	219
2018-19	2,636	1,735	1,036	699	901	600	301
2019-20	2,552	1,619	937	682	933	573	360
2020-21	2,523	1,578	906	672	945	606	339
2021-22	2,088	1,452	848	604	636	437	199
2022-23	2,295	1,577	945	632	718	498	220
2023-24	2,196	1,500	890	610	696	461	235
2024-25	1,834	1,255	755	500	579	400	179
Average	2,194	2,194	889	606	2,194	465	234

Waldorf University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 419 where 391 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 Waldorf University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	223	223	156	67	0	0	0
2016-17	314	314	214	100	0	0	0
2017-18	361	361	225	136	0	0	0
2018-19	514	514	337	177	0	0	0
2019-20	519	519	309	210	0	0	0
2020-21	502	45	30	15	457	284	173
2021-22	432	29	18	11	403	251	152
2022-23	468	195	117	78	273	143	130
2023-24	461	158	103	55	303	185	118
2024-25	391	153	86	67	238	137	101
Average	419	419	160	92	419	100	67

Waldorf University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.08%. The percentage was 66.72% 10 years ago and Waldorf still has a high percentage of white students. 1.53% of enrolled students is Asian and 16.18% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 3.60% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 66.72% to 57.08%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.70% to 1.53%. Black student enrollment increased from 16.04% to 16.18%. Hispanic student representation contracted from 7.65% to 3.60%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6451 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5228 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Waldorf 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	11	34	321	153	5	1,335	29
2016-17	23	48	363	179	3	1,415	26
2017-18	20	49	364	220	4	1,617	29
2018-19	34	59	372	161	5	1,549	37
2019-20	10	4	187	101	17	813	20
2020-21	9	21	195	68	22	908	13
2021-22	20	40	247	79	13	1,135	47
2022-23	19	39	308	80	14	1,306	73
2023-24	16	36	326	55	23	1,344	63
2024-25	18	34	360	80	24	1,270	77
Average	18	36	304	118	13	1,269	41

Waldorf University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,638 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 74% of total students. The number of online students has increased 22.88% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Waldorf University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	2,001	1,333	19	649
2016-17	2,227	1,632	72	523
2017-18	2,487	1,883	66	538
2018-19	3,150	2,515	36	599
2019-20	3,071	2,469	0	602
2020-21	3,025	2,343	0	682
2021-22	2,520	1,867	0	653
2022-23	2,763	2,096	0	667
2023-24	2,657	1,992	0	665
2024-25	2,225	1,638	0	587
Average	2,613	1,977	19	617

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Enrollment Trends at Waldorf

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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