Enrollment Trends at DePauw

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,974 where 1,917 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.01 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in DePauw.

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

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,265	1,038	1,227
2016-17	2,225 -40	1,046 8	1,179 -48
2017-18	2,158 -67	1,042 -4	1,116 -63
2018-19	2,156 -2	1,021 -21	1,135 19
2019-20	1,972 -184	946 -75	1,026 -109
2020-21	1,752 -220	845 -101	907 -119
2021-22	1,724 -28	852 7	872 -35
2022-23	1,752 28	862 10	890 18
2023-24	1,819 67	919 57	900 10
2024-25	1,917 98	954 35	963 63
Average	1,974	953	1,022

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 56.34%. The percentage was 69.49% 10 years ago and DePauw still has a high percentage of white students. 2.50% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.95% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.24% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.49% to 56.34%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.49% to 2.50%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.17% to 5.95%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.62% to 8.24%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.6708 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.5075 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at DePauw 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	6	79	117	82	0	1,574	150
2016-17	7	72	123	119	0	1,514	132
2017-18	8	80	112	145	0	1,452	106
2018-19	5	76	116	176	0	1,421	77
2019-20	3	67	112	185	0	1,250	53
2020-21	1	57	109	161	0	1,090	43
2021-22	0	48	98	150	0	1,068	48
2022-23	0	47	100	140	0	1,032	43
2023-24	0	43	104	140	0	1,042	47
2024-25	0	48	114	158	0	1,080	55
Average	3	62	111	146	0	1,252	75

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

DePauw University does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.