Enrollment Trends at Providence

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,633 where 4,666 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

90.78% of total students is undergraduate students and 9.22% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 208 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 104 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Providence than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Providence College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,562	4,028	1,793	2,235	534	211	323
2016-17	4,568 6	4,034 6	1,799 6	2,235	534	226 15	308 -15
2017-18	4,646 78	4,079 45	1,839 40	2,240 5	567 33	238 12	329 21
2018-19	4,674 28	4,132 53	1,874 35	2,258 18	542 -25	221 -17	321 -8
2019-20	4,618 -56	4,096 -36	1,903 29	2,193 -65	522 -20	212 -9	310 -11
2020-21	4,821 203	4,298 202	1,948 45	2,350 157	523 1	207 -5	316 6
2021-22	4,671 -150	4,179 -119	1,891 -57	2,288 -62	492 -31	199 -8	293 -23
2022-23	4,473 -198	3,996 -183	1,841 -50	2,155 -133	477 -15	187 -12	290 -3
2023-24	4,635 162	4,191 195	1,935 94	2,256 101	444 -33	188 1	256 -34
2024-25	4,666 31	4,236 45	1,946 11	2,290 34	430 -14	168 -20	262 6
Average	4,633	4,127	1,877	2,250	507	206	301

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,127 where 4,236 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 Providence College 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	4,028	3,746	1,659	2,087	282	134	148
2016-17	4,034	3,779	1,682	2,097	255	117	138
2017-18	4,079	3,826	1,732	2,094	253	107	146
2018-19	4,132	3,904	1,780	2,124	228	94	134
2019-20	4,096	3,891	1,804	2,087	205	99	106
2020-21	4,298	4,098	1,846	2,252	200	102	98
2021-22	4,179	4,001	1,808	2,193	178	83	95
2022-23	3,996	3,830	1,761	2,069	166	80	86
2023-24	4,191	4,081	1,868	2,213	110	67	43
2024-25	4,236	4,163	1,911	2,252	73	35	38
Average	4,127	4,127	1,785	2,147	4,127	92	103

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 507 where 430 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 Providence College 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	534	219	99	120	315	112	203
2016-17	534	214	94	120	320	132	188
2017-18	567	229	93	136	338	145	193
2018-19	542	192	80	112	350	141	209
2019-20	522	205	84	121	317	128	189
2020-21	523	195	84	111	328	123	205
2021-22	492	204	103	101	288	96	192
2022-23	477	214	97	117	263	90	173
2023-24	444	214	109	105	230	79	151
2024-25	430	251	109	142	179	59	120
Average	507	507	95	119	507	111	182

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.76%. The percentage was 77.42% 10 years ago and Providence still has a high percentage of white students. 1.44% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.51% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.55% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 77.42% to 78.76%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.23% to 1.44%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.16% to 2.51%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 7.91% to 8.55%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3706 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This decreased from 0.3921 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

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

• Trends Table
• 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	10	56	190	361	14	3,532	79
2016-17	11	52	186	397	14	3,531	67
2017-18	10	57	192	410	14	3,611	79
2018-19	8	56	184	428	16	3,593	95
2019-20	7	61	180	457	12	3,540	95
2020-21	5	76	176	466	13	3,707	110
2021-22	2	67	177	440	11	3,597	116
2022-23	2	79	166	396	5	3,429	140
2023-24	2	67	150	374	3	3,666	142
2024-25	3	67	117	399	3	3,675	141
Average	6	64	172	413	11	3,588	106