Enrollment Trends at Roanoke

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,929 where 1,804 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 2 year-over-year increases and 7 decreases. It peaked at 2,035 students in 2018 and was lowest at 1,804 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,001 to 1,804 students, a net loss of 197 (9.8%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Roanoke 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	2,001	2,001	812	1,189	0	0	0
2016-17	1,984 -17	1,984 -17	817 5	1,167 -22	0	0	0
2017-18	2,035 51	2,035 51	859 42	1,176 9	0	0	0
2018-19	2,014 -21	2,014 -21	845 -14	1,169 -7	0	0	0
2019-20	2,003 -11	2,003 -11	850 5	1,153 -16	0	0	0
2020-21	1,920 -83	1,920 -83	833 -17	1,087 -66	0	0	0
2021-22	1,863 -57	1,863 -57	854 21	1,009 -78	0	0	0
2022-23	1,826 -37	1,826 -37	840 -14	986 -23	0	0	0
2023-24	1,835 9	1,824 -2	837 -3	987 1	11 11	9 9	2 2
2024-25	1,804 -31	1,793 -31	855 18	938 -49	11	7 -2	4 2
Average	1,929	1,926	840	1,086	2	2	1

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,926 where 1,793 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 Roanoke 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	2,001	1,942	786	1,156	59	26	33
2016-17	1,984	1,933	798	1,135	51	19	32
2017-18	2,035	1,973	833	1,140	62	26	36
2018-19	2,014	1,956	825	1,131	58	20	38
2019-20	2,003	1,942	817	1,125	61	33	28
2020-21	1,920	1,883	817	1,066	37	16	21
2021-22	1,863	1,817	829	988	46	25	21
2022-23	1,826	1,759	802	957	67	38	29
2023-24	1,824	1,768	809	959	56	28	28
2024-25	1,793	1,742	825	917	51	30	21
Average	1,926	1,926	814	1,057	1,926	26	29

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2 where 11 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 Roanoke College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2017-18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2018-19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2020-21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022-23	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2023-24	11	11	9	2	0	0	0
2024-25	11	11	7	4	0	0	0
Average	2	2	2	1	2	0	0

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 75.39%. The percentage was 81.56% 10 years ago and Roanoke still has a high percentage of white students. 1.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.26% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 6.87% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 81.56% to 75.39%. Asian enrollment grew from 1.40% to 1.61%. Black student enrollment increased from 5.65% to 7.26%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 4.00% to 6.87%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4194 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3284 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Roanoke College 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	9	28	113	80	2	1,632	76
2016-17	6	25	110	86	1	1,624	71
2017-18	2	20	115	95	2	1,626	95
2018-19	4	22	106	106	1	1,630	90
2019-20	3	27	106	105	1	1,623	82
2020-21	5	30	100	105	1	1,568	78
2021-22	6	35	94	107	1	1,513	67
2022-23	8	34	94	117	3	1,456	61
2023-24	6	33	116	119	2	1,415	71
2024-25	4	29	131	124	3	1,360	81
Average	5	28	109	104	2	1,545	77

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Roanoke College does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.