Enrollment Trends at Elmhurst

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,563 where 3,997 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

80.39% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.61% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 373 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 326 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.62 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Elmhurst than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Elmhurst 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	3,298	2,840	1,143	1,697	458	156	302
2016-17	3,403 105	2,856 16	1,168 25	1,688 -9	547 89	190 34	357 55
2017-18	3,481 78	2,875 19	1,123 -45	1,752 64	606 59	201 11	405 48
2018-19	3,426 -55	2,848 -27	1,127 4	1,721 -31	578 -28	192 -9	386 -19
2019-20	3,453 27	2,891 43	1,103 -24	1,788 67	562 -16	184 -8	378 -8
2020-21	3,421 -32	2,838 -53	1,065 -38	1,773 -15	583 21	184	399 21
2021-22	3,518 97	2,914 76	1,122 57	1,792 19	604 21	204 20	400 1
2022-23	3,731 213	3,027 113	1,170 48	1,857 65	704 100	251 47	453 53
2023-24	3,906 175	3,138 111	1,201 31	1,937 80	768 64	285 34	483 30
2024-25	3,997 91	3,213 75	1,248 47	1,965 28	784 16	275 -10	509 26
Average	3,563	2,944	1,147	1,797	619	212	407

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,944 where 3,213 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 Elmhurst 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	2,840	2,677	1,081	1,596	163	62	101
2016-17	2,856	2,712	1,116	1,596	144	52	92
2017-18	2,875	2,732	1,072	1,660	143	51	92
2018-19	2,848	2,710	1,066	1,644	138	61	77
2019-20	2,891	2,722	1,039	1,683	169	64	105
2020-21	2,838	2,687	1,003	1,684	151	62	89
2021-22	2,914	2,689	1,011	1,678	225	111	114
2022-23	3,027	2,831	1,075	1,756	196	95	101
2023-24	3,138	2,938	1,111	1,827	200	90	110
2024-25	3,213	3,002	1,155	1,847	211	93	118
Average	2,944	2,944	1,073	1,697	2,944	74	100

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 619 where 784 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 Elmhurst 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	458	83	6	77	375	150	225
2016-17	547	124	14	110	423	176	247
2017-18	606	150	18	132	456	183	273
2018-19	578	161	21	140	417	171	246
2019-20	562	164	24	140	398	160	238
2020-21	583	190	35	155	393	149	244
2021-22	604	176	32	144	428	172	256
2022-23	704	260	46	214	444	205	239
2023-24	768	290	52	238	478	233	245
2024-25	784	288	40	248	496	235	261
Average	619	619	29	160	619	183	247

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 44.38% and the percentage of black students is 5.55% at Elmhurst University. 7.91% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 28.10% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 67.86% to 44.38%. Asian enrollment grew from 5.67% to 7.91%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.12% to 5.55%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 15.59% to 28.10%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7140 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5085 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Elmhurst 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	1	187	169	514	5	2,238	98
2016-17	4	185	190	570	3	2,242	101
2017-18	5	181	175	647	4	2,237	105
2018-19	6	182	162	726	3	2,135	97
2019-20	7	204	176	762	4	2,061	80
2020-21	6	235	195	833	7	1,961	80
2021-22	5	235	198	845	3	1,955	84
2022-23	5	259	211	945	3	1,857	95
2023-24	4	315	200	1,052	3	1,853	93
2024-25	3	316	222	1,123	2	1,774	109
Average	5	230	190	802	4	2,031	94