Enrollment Trends at Dean

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,246 where 1,092 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 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,363 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,092 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,363 to 1,092 students, a net loss of 271 (19.9%).

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	1,363	695	668
2016-17	1,339 -24	631 -64	708 40
2017-18	1,301 -38	597 -34	704 -4
2018-19	1,320 19	634 37	686 -18
2019-20	1,320	640 6	680 -6
2020-21	1,180 -140	580 -60	600 -80
2021-22	1,206 26	610 30	596 -4
2022-23	1,189 -17	594 -16	595 -1
2023-24	1,151 -38	558 -36	593 -2
2024-25	1,092 -59	538 -20	554 -39
Average	1,246	608	638

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.73%. The percentage was 45.63% 10 years ago and Dean still has a high percentage of white students. 1.65% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.26% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.36% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 45.63% to 62.73%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.32% to 1.65%. Black student enrollment decreased from 16.07% to 11.26%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.53% to 12.36%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5760 which indicates that moderately diverse. This decreased from 0.7607 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

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

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• 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	2	18	219	89	4	622	37
2016-17	4	12	201	104	4	653	62
2017-18	7	20	181	100	3	696	47
2018-19	5	16	178	130	2	736	51
2019-20	4	20	185	119	2	754	58
2020-21	5	15	136	100	2	733	46
2021-22	5	20	169	115	1	726	49
2022-23	4	17	147	139	0	725	52
2023-24	3	15	139	131	1	732	54
2024-25	2	18	123	135	1	685	52
Average	4	17	168	116	2	706	51