Enrollment Trends at Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 379 where 405 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 7 year-over-year increases and 2 decreases. It peaked at 405 students in 2025 and was lowest at 310 in 2021. Overall, enrollment rose from 370 to 405 students, a net gain of 35 (9.5%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Franklin W Olin College of Engineering since 2015.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	370	186	184
2016-17	378 8	193 7	185 1
2017-18	380 2	196 3	184 -1
2018-19	390 10	195 -1	195 11
2019-20	386 -4	183 -12	203 8
2020-21	310 -76	150 -33	160 -43
2021-22	382 72	183 33	199 39
2022-23	386 4	194 11	192 -7
2023-24	402 16	208 14	194 2
2024-25	405 3	211 3	194
Average	379	190	189

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 41.73% and the percentage of black students is 1.98% at Franklin W Olin College of Engineering. 22.72% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 11.85% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 48.65% to 41.73%. Asian enrollment grew from 14.59% to 22.72%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.27% to 1.98%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.05% to 11.85%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7540 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7358 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Franklin W Olin College of Engineering 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	1	54	1	15	0	180	25
2016-17	1	48	5	20	0	183	23
2017-18	0	43	9	30	0	185	27
2018-19	0	48	8	36	0	167	31
2019-20	0	54	9	41	0	163	32
2020-21	0	52	12	36	0	120	29
2021-22	0	73	11	41	0	151	42
2022-23	0	79	13	36	0	153	39
2023-24	1	86	12	42	0	162	36
2024-25	0	92	8	48	0	169	31
Average	0	63	9	35	0	163	32

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Franklin W Olin College of Engineering does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.