Enrollment Trends at Gallaudet

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,457 where 1,335 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 1,578 students in 2018 and was lowest at 1,322 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 1,477 to 1,335 students, a net loss of 142 (9.6%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Gallaudet 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	1,477	1,011	479	532	466	119	347
2016-17	1,566 89	1,121 110	541 62	580 48	445 -21	107 -12	338 -9
2017-18	1,578 12	1,129 8	492 -49	637 57	449 4	124 17	325 -13
2018-19	1,557 -21	1,138 9	518 26	620 -17	419 -30	120 -4	299 -26
2019-20	1,485 -72	1,075 -63	491 -27	584 -36	410 -9	104 -16	306 7
2020-21	1,451 -34	1,019 -56	457 -34	562 -22	432 22	103 -1	329 23
2021-22	1,433 -18	1,012 -7	462 5	550 -12	421 -11	105 2	316 -13
2022-23	1,322 -111	914 -98	436 -26	478 -72	408 -13	110 5	298 -18
2023-24	1,364 42	919 5	440 4	479 1	445 37	111 1	334 36
2024-25	1,335 -29	875 -44	412 -28	463 -16	460 15	109 -2	351 17
Average	1,457	1,021	473	549	436	111	324

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,021 where 875 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 Gallaudet 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	1,011	959	458	501	52	21	31
2016-17	1,121	1,082	524	558	39	17	22
2017-18	1,129	1,074	470	604	55	22	33
2018-19	1,138	1,066	491	575	72	27	45
2019-20	1,075	1,005	460	545	70	31	39
2020-21	1,019	905	406	499	114	51	63
2021-22	1,012	911	421	490	101	41	60
2022-23	914	852	409	443	62	27	35
2023-24	919	823	394	429	96	46	50
2024-25	875	766	373	393	109	39	70
Average	1,021	1,021	441	504	1,021	32	45

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 436 where 460 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 Gallaudet 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	466	295	66	229	171	53	118
2016-17	445	297	66	231	148	41	107
2017-18	449	288	73	215	161	51	110
2018-19	419	275	73	202	144	47	97
2019-20	410	267	59	208	143	45	98
2020-21	432	256	53	203	176	50	126
2021-22	421	239	41	198	182	64	118
2022-23	408	257	61	196	151	49	102
2023-24	445	256	60	196	189	51	138
2024-25	460	269	63	206	191	46	145
Average	436	436	62	208	436	50	116

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 43.97% and the percentage of black students is 15.36% at Gallaudet University. 4.94% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 21.12% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 50.17% to 43.97%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.18% to 4.94%. Black student enrollment increased from 10.83% to 15.36%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.70% to 21.12%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7355 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7123 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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• Interactive Chart
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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	8	47	160	158	1	741	160
2016-17	7	62	212	156	6	838	50
2017-18	9	68	213	151	8	835	61
2018-19	9	64	215	186	6	815	57
2019-20	9	73	224	200	9	738	52
2020-21	10	70	204	233	11	692	56
2021-22	10	77	205	259	11	678	41
2022-23	8	69	207	247	8	610	29
2023-24	7	70	207	267	6	630	25
2024-25	3	66	205	282	7	587	28
Average	8	67	205	214	7	716	56