Enrollment Trends at Daemen

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,632 where 2,540 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

65.08% of total students is undergraduate students and 34.92% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 377 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 150 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.94 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Daemen than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Daemen 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	2,767	2,030	567	1,463	737	156	581
2016-17	2,760 -7	1,993 -37	571 4	1,422 -41	767 30	154 -2	613 32
2017-18	2,635 -125	1,801 -192	520 -51	1,281 -141	834 67	174 20	660 47
2018-19	2,574 -61	1,739 -62	523 3	1,216 -65	835 1	152 -22	683 23
2019-20	2,603 29	1,709 -30	517 -6	1,192 -24	894 59	179 27	715 32
2020-21	2,536 -67	1,631 -78	485 -32	1,146 -46	905 11	189 10	716 1
2021-22	2,642 106	1,781 150	478 -7	1,303 157	861 -44	170 -19	691 -25
2022-23	2,642	1,782 1	454 -24	1,328 25	860 -1	163 -7	697 6
2023-24	2,625 -17	1,806 24	472 18	1,334 6	819 -41	161 -2	658 -39
2024-25	2,540 -85	1,653 -153	439 -33	1,214 -120	887 68	206 45	681 23
Average	2,632	1,793	503	1,290	840	170	670

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,793 where 1,653 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 Daemen 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	2,030	1,678	497	1,181	352	70	282
2016-17	1,993	1,621	515	1,106	372	56	316
2017-18	1,801	1,560	470	1,090	241	50	191
2018-19	1,739	1,495	476	1,019	244	47	197
2019-20	1,709	1,480	458	1,022	229	59	170
2020-21	1,631	1,464	441	1,023	167	44	123
2021-22	1,781	1,566	423	1,143	215	55	160
2022-23	1,782	1,568	392	1,176	214	62	152
2023-24	1,806	1,657	436	1,221	149	36	113
2024-25	1,653	1,547	411	1,136	106	28	78
Average	1,793	1,793	452	1,112	1,793	51	178

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 840 where 887 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 Daemen 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	737	553	127	426	184	29	155
2016-17	767	615	123	492	152	31	121
2017-18	834	620	133	487	214	41	173
2018-19	835	567	112	455	268	40	228
2019-20	894	637	141	496	257	38	219
2020-21	905	629	140	489	276	49	227
2021-22	861	569	129	440	292	41	251
2022-23	860	608	129	479	252	34	218
2023-24	819	586	129	457	233	32	201
2024-25	887	622	155	467	265	51	214
Average	840	840	132	469	840	39	201

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.00%. The percentage was 74.49% 10 years ago and Daemen still has a high percentage of white students. 3.94% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.91% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.14% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 74.49% to 75.00%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.95% to 3.94%. Black student enrollment decreased from 10.12% to 7.91%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.46% to 6.14%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4255 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.4315 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

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

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	11	54	280	151	4	2,061	21
2016-17	9	62	253	152	2	2,101	26
2017-18	5	64	238	152	1	2,024	20
2018-19	5	64	214	150	2	1,998	17
2019-20	3	65	243	135	1	2,047	11
2020-21	8	71	232	140	0	1,954	28
2021-22	16	94	226	151	0	2,005	41
2022-23	16	105	248	145	0	1,993	45
2023-24	21	104	233	146	1	1,954	54
2024-25	14	100	201	156	0	1,905	51
Average	11	78	237	148	1	2,004	31