Enrollment Trends at Butler

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,418 where 5,746 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 5,763 students in 2024 and was lowest at 4,797 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 4,797 to 5,746 students, a net gain of 949 (19.8%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,797	4,028	1,622	2,406	769	328	441
2016-17	5,095 298	4,290 262	1,729 107	2,561 155	805 36	318 -10	487 46
2017-18	5,145 50	4,293 3	1,696 -33	2,597 36	852 47	281 -37	571 84
2018-19	5,495 350	4,698 405	1,894 198	2,804 207	797 -55	272 -9	525 -46
2019-20	5,515 20	4,685 -13	1,852 -42	2,833 29	830 33	311 39	519 -6
2020-21	5,544 29	4,492 -193	1,779 -73	2,713 -120	1,052 222	367 56	685 166
2021-22	5,559 15	4,537 45	1,815 36	2,722 9	1,022 -30	343 -24	679 -6
2022-23	5,525 -34	4,427 -110	1,785 -30	2,642 -80	1,098 76	384 41	714 35
2023-24	5,763 238	4,519 92	1,811 26	2,708 66	1,244 146	436 52	808 94
2024-25	5,746 -17	4,489 -30	1,772 -39	2,717 9	1,257 13	417 -19	840 32
Average	5,418	4,446	1,776	2,670	973	346	627

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,446 where 4,489 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 Butler University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,028	3,978	1,590	2,388	50	32	18
2016-17	4,290	4,199	1,691	2,508	91	38	53
2017-18	4,293	4,182	1,662	2,520	111	34	77
2018-19	4,698	4,520	1,840	2,680	178	54	124
2019-20	4,685	4,509	1,797	2,712	176	55	121
2020-21	4,492	4,347	1,734	2,613	145	45	100
2021-22	4,537	4,352	1,753	2,599	185	62	123
2022-23	4,427	4,259	1,729	2,530	168	56	112
2023-24	4,519	4,323	1,748	2,575	196	63	133
2024-25	4,489	4,282	1,701	2,581	207	71	136
Average	4,446	4,446	1,725	2,571	4,446	51	100

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 973 where 1,257 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 Butler University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	769	393	132	261	376	196	180
2016-17	805	445	147	298	360	171	189
2017-18	852	453	123	330	399	158	241
2018-19	797	435	131	304	362	141	221
2019-20	830	436	156	280	394	155	239
2020-21	1,052	468	167	301	584	200	384
2021-22	1,022	473	151	322	549	192	357
2022-23	1,098	437	130	307	661	254	407
2023-24	1,244	449	148	301	795	288	507
2024-25	1,257	446	113	333	811	304	507
Average	973	973	140	304	973	206	323

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.95%. The percentage was 81.99% 10 years ago and Butler still has a high percentage of white students. 4.19% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.69% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.94% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 81.99% to 75.95%. Asian enrollment grew from 2.84% to 4.19%. Black student enrollment increased from 3.96% to 5.69%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.77% to 6.94%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4118 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3235 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Butler University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

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• Interactive Chart
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Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	7	136	190	181	0	3,933	101
2016-17	9	156	198	190	1	4,192	129
2017-18	9	172	189	182	1	4,241	137
2018-19	7	191	189	233	1	4,486	181
2019-20	10	185	181	265	1	4,553	180
2020-21	10	184	189	302	0	4,592	168
2021-22	7	203	214	334	0	4,476	191
2022-23	9	218	253	328	0	4,411	181
2023-24	7	232	274	373	0	4,528	213
2024-25	4	241	327	399	0	4,364	229
Average	8	192	220	279	0	4,378	171