Enrollment Trends at North Park

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,835 where 2,557 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment decreased every year from 2016 to 2025, falling from 3,159 to 2,557 students, a loss of 602 (19.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at North Park 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	3,159	2,151	788	1,363	1,008	322	686
2016-17	3,043 -116	2,123 -28	794 6	1,329 -34	920 -88	291 -31	629 -57
2017-18	2,937 -106	2,029 -94	748 -46	1,281 -48	908 -12	296 5	612 -17
2018-19	2,900 -37	1,976 -53	756 8	1,220 -61	924 16	326 30	598 -14
2019-20	2,892 -8	1,912 -64	737 -19	1,175 -45	980 56	354 28	626 28
2020-21	2,831 -61	1,846 -66	752 15	1,094 -81	985 5	367 13	618 -8
2021-22	2,749 -82	1,849 3	749 -3	1,100 6	900 -85	356 -11	544 -74
2022-23	2,660 -89	1,868 19	784 35	1,084 -16	792 -108	285 -71	507 -37
2023-24	2,624 -36	1,876 8	812 28	1,064 -20	748 -44	268 -17	480 -27
2024-25	2,557 -67	1,841 -35	810 -2	1,031 -33	716 -32	245 -23	471 -9
Average	2,835	1,947	773	1,174	888	311	577

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,947 where 1,841 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 North Park 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	2,151	1,867	699	1,168	284	89	195
2016-17	2,123	1,884	710	1,174	239	84	155
2017-18	2,029	1,812	681	1,131	217	67	150
2018-19	1,976	1,783	691	1,092	193	65	128
2019-20	1,912	1,723	669	1,054	189	68	121
2020-21	1,846	1,682	689	993	164	63	101
2021-22	1,849	1,699	691	1,008	150	58	92
2022-23	1,868	1,746	739	1,007	122	45	77
2023-24	1,876	1,759	762	997	117	50	67
2024-25	1,841	1,748	770	978	93	40	53
Average	1,947	1,947	710	1,060	1,947	63	114

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 888 where 716 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 North Park 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	1,008	123	56	67	885	266	619
2016-17	920	142	55	87	778	236	542
2017-18	908	137	46	91	771	250	521
2018-19	924	110	33	77	814	293	521
2019-20	980	112	33	79	868	321	547
2020-21	985	134	45	89	851	322	529
2021-22	900	113	32	81	787	324	463
2022-23	792	105	34	71	687	251	436
2023-24	748	137	38	99	611	230	381
2024-25	716	184	36	148	532	209	323
Average	888	888	41	89	888	270	488

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 32.42% and the percentage of black students is 11.03% at North Park University. 8.21% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 28.71% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 49.83% to 32.42%. Asian enrollment grew from 7.28% to 8.21%. Black student enrollment increased from 9.88% to 11.03%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 17.51% to 28.71%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7927 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.7046 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

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

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• 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	6	230	312	553	37	1,574	112
2016-17	8	231	286	599	40	1,466	104
2017-18	8	249	260	650	40	1,340	103
2018-19	9	244	266	704	28	1,258	82
2019-20	9	265	304	692	12	1,205	71
2020-21	7	247	357	719	9	1,140	77
2021-22	9	252	296	710	5	1,084	80
2022-23	6	216	268	728	6	966	80
2023-24	5	198	261	734	4	903	82
2024-25	6	210	282	734	4	829	77
Average	7	234	289	682	19	1,177	87