Enrollment Trends at Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 62 where 100 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 100 students in 2025 and was lowest at 55 in 2024. Overall, enrollment rose from 71 to 100 students, a net gain of 29 (40.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing since 2015.

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Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	71	8	63
2016-17	-	-	-
2017-18	63	9	54
2018-19	65 2	8 -1	57 3
2019-20	73 8	7 -1	66 9
2020-21	60 -13	9 2	51 -15
2021-22	65 5	15 6	50 -1
2022-23	64 -1	9 -6	55 5
2023-24	55 -9	3 -6	52 -3
2024-25	100 45	5 2	95 43
Average	62	7	54

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.00%. The percentage was 100.00% 10 years ago and Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing still has a high percentage of white students. 1.00% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.00% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 13.00% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 100.00% to 79.00%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.00% to 1.00%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.00% to 6.00%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.00% to 13.00%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3552 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.0000 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing 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	0	0	0	0	0	71	0
2016-17
2017-18	0	0	1	1	0	61	0
2018-19	0	0	0	3	0	62	0
2019-20	0	1	0	1	0	71	0
2020-21	0	0	0	2	0	58	0
2021-22	0	0	1	1	0	63	0
2022-23	0	0	2	1	0	61	0
2023-24	0	1	2	2	0	50	0
2024-25	0	1	6	13	1	79	0
Average	0	0	1	2	0	58	0

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Joseph F McCloskey School of Nursing does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.