Enrollment Trends at Denver College of Nursing

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 922 where 811 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 1,084 students in 2023 and was lowest at 761 in 2017. Overall, enrollment rose from 807 to 811 students, a net gain of 4 (0.5%).

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

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• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
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Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	807	807	115	692	0	0	0
2016-17	761 -46	761 -46	111 -4	650 -42	0	0	0
2017-18	796 35	796 35	238 127	558 -92	0	0	0
2018-19	878 82	845 49	324 86	521 -37	33 33	1 1	32 32
2019-20	956 78	929 84	169 -155	760 239	27 -6	2 1	25 -7
2020-21	1,042 86	1,022 93	153 -16	869 109	20 -7	3 1	17 -8
2021-22	1,072 30	1,046 24	132 -21	914 45	26 6	1 -2	25 8
2022-23	1,084 12	1,034 -12	133 1	901 -13	50 24	9 8	41 16
2023-24	1,008 -76	949 -85	137 4	812 -89	59 9	5 -4	54 13
2024-25	811 -197	757 -192	109 -28	648 -164	54 -5	3 -2	51 -3
Average	922	895	162	733	27	2	25

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 895 where 757 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 Denver College of Nursing since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	807	807	115	692	0	0	0
2016-17	761	761	111	650	0	0	0
2017-18	796	796	238	558	0	0	0
2018-19	845	845	324	521	0	0	0
2019-20	929	929	169	760	0	0	0
2020-21	1,022	1,022	153	869	0	0	0
2021-22	1,046	1,046	132	914	0	0	0
2022-23	1,034	1,034	133	901	0	0	0
2023-24	949	949	137	812	0	0	0
2024-25	757	757	109	648	0	0	0
Average	895	895	162	733	895	0	0

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 27 where 54 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 Denver College of Nursing since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	33	33	1	32	0	0	0
2019-20	27	27	2	25	0	0	0
2020-21	20	20	3	17	0	0	0
2021-22	26	26	1	25	0	0	0
2022-23	50	50	9	41	0	0	0
2023-24	59	59	5	54	0	0	0
2024-25	54	54	3	51	0	0	0
Average	27	27	2	25	27	0	0

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 46.36% and the percentage of black students is 18.00% at Denver College of Nursing. 5.80% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 22.19% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 70.88% to 46.36%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.45% to 5.80%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.83% to 18.00%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.18% to 22.19%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6980 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4838 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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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	5	44	39	66	2	572	34
2016-17	4	45	30	75	7	527	37
2017-18	5	42	33	80	8	556	34
2018-19	6	46	41	114	6	568	40
2019-20	5	57	69	130	9	587	36
2020-21	5	58	101	134	7	614	40
2021-22	10	59	149	161	5	595	47
2022-23	9	74	151	196	4	560	56
2023-24	9	74	146	195	6	504	48
2024-25	7	47	146	180	6	376	35
Average	7	55	91	133	6	546	41