Enrollment Trends at Gonzaga

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,437 where 7,470 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 7,567 students in 2017 and was lowest at 7,253 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 7,491 to 7,470 students, a net loss of 21 (0.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Gonzaga 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	7,491	5,062	2,348	2,714	2,429	902	1,527
2016-17	7,567 76	5,183 121	2,458 110	2,725 11	2,384 -45	851 -51	1,533 6
2017-18	7,506 -61	5,192 9	2,486 28	2,706 -19	2,314 -70	820 -31	1,494 -39
2018-19	7,563 57	5,304 112	2,505 19	2,799 93	2,259 -55	789 -31	1,470 -24
2019-20	7,537 -26	5,211 -93	2,434 -71	2,777 -22	2,326 67	815 26	1,511 41
2020-21	7,295 -242	4,852 -359	2,274 -160	2,578 -199	2,443 117	836 21	1,607 96
2021-22	7,381 86	4,986 134	2,285 11	2,701 123	2,395 -48	815 -21	1,580 -27
2022-23	7,253 -128	5,084 98	2,346 61	2,738 37	2,169 -226	757 -58	1,412 -168
2023-24	7,306 53	5,163 79	2,399 53	2,764 26	2,143 -26	779 22	1,364 -48
2024-25	7,470 164	5,281 118	2,451 52	2,830 66	2,189 46	812 33	1,377 13
Average	7,437	5,132	2,399	2,733	2,305	818	1,488

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 5,132 where 5,281 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 Gonzaga University since 2015.

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• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
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Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	5,062	4,974	2,312	2,662	88	36	52
2016-17	5,183	5,080	2,412	2,668	103	46	57
2017-18	5,192	5,106	2,441	2,665	86	45	41
2018-19	5,304	5,237	2,472	2,765	67	33	34
2019-20	5,211	5,123	2,400	2,723	88	34	54
2020-21	4,852	4,744	2,225	2,519	108	49	59
2021-22	4,986	4,909	2,248	2,661	77	37	40
2022-23	5,084	4,998	2,298	2,700	86	48	38
2023-24	5,163	5,081	2,356	2,725	82	43	39
2024-25	5,281	5,190	2,409	2,781	91	42	49
Average	5,132	5,132	2,357	2,687	5,132	41	46

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,305 where 2,189 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 Gonzaga 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	2,429	599	298	301	1,830	604	1,226
2016-17	2,384	575	275	300	1,809	576	1,233
2017-18	2,314	599	278	321	1,715	542	1,173
2018-19	2,259	607	248	359	1,652	541	1,111
2019-20	2,326	639	279	360	1,687	536	1,151
2020-21	2,443	687	304	383	1,756	532	1,224
2021-22	2,395	1,811	622	1,189	584	193	391
2022-23	2,169	1,639	591	1,048	530	166	364
2023-24	2,143	1,685	615	1,070	458	164	294
2024-25	2,189	1,760	646	1,114	429	166	263
Average	2,305	2,305	416	645	2,305	402	843

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 61.22%. The percentage was 69.91% 10 years ago and Gonzaga still has a high percentage of white students. 5.86% of enrolled students is Asian and 1.90% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.52% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 69.91% to 61.22%. Asian enrollment grew from 4.18% to 5.86%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.64% to 1.90%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 8.40% to 13.52%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5979 which indicates that moderately diverse. This increased from 0.4999 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Gonzaga University 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	58	313	123	629	35	5,237	350
2016-17	62	339	127	659	22	5,257	372
2017-18	61	322	128	691	25	5,274	389
2018-19	57	351	132	716	27	5,284	421
2019-20	58	378	131	688	32	5,253	449
2020-21	49	371	156	723	21	5,036	470
2021-22	54	415	132	814	24	4,985	465
2022-23	54	420	122	859	25	4,598	460
2023-24	50	430	125	895	23	4,451	513
2024-25	48	438	142	1,010	24	4,573	537
Average	55	378	132	768	26	4,995	443