Enrollment Trends at RHIT

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,192 where 2,334 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

99.19% of total students is undergraduate students and 0.81% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 46 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 66 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.32 to 1 and it means that there are far more male students enrolled in RHIT than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	2,354	2,269	1,758	511	85	67	18
2016-17	2,278 -76	2,202 -67	1,647 -111	555 44	76 -9	61 -6	15 -3
2017-18	2,245 -33	2,168 -34	1,630 -17	538 -17	77 1	57 -4	20 5
2018-19	2,142 -103	2,085 -83	1,571 -59	514 -24	57 -20	46 -11	11 -9
2019-20	2,038 -104	2,000 -85	1,515 -56	485 -29	38 -19	29 -17	9 -2
2020-21	1,990 -48	1,972 -28	1,495 -20	477 -8	18 -20	16 -13	2 -7
2021-22	2,101 111	2,081 109	1,568 73	513 36	20 2	18 2	2
2022-23	2,188 87	2,169 88	1,641 73	528 15	19 -1	15 -3	4 2
2023-24	2,250 62	2,235 66	1,695 54	540 12	15 -4	14 -1	1 -3
2024-25	2,334 84	2,315 80	1,750 55	565 25	19 4	13 -1	6 5
Average	2,192	2,150	1,627	523	42	34	9

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,150 where 2,315 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 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 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	2,269	2,240	1,739	501	29	19	10
2016-17	2,202	2,180	1,632	548	22	15	7
2017-18	2,168	2,147	1,612	535	21	18	3
2018-19	2,085	2,063	1,553	510	22	18	4
2019-20	2,000	1,980	1,499	481	20	16	4
2020-21	1,972	1,952	1,477	475	20	18	2
2021-22	2,081	2,058	1,551	507	23	17	6
2022-23	2,169	2,138	1,618	520	31	23	8
2023-24	2,235	2,213	1,681	532	22	14	8
2024-25	2,315	2,297	1,737	560	18	13	5
Average	2,150	2,150	1,610	517	2,150	17	6

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 42 where 19 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 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 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	85	51	39	12	34	28	6
2016-17	76	48	36	12	28	25	3
2017-18	77	49	34	15	28	23	5
2018-19	57	30	24	6	27	22	5
2019-20	38	18	13	5	20	16	4
2020-21	18	10	9	1	8	7	1
2021-22	20	15	13	2	5	5	0
2022-23	19	15	11	4	4	4	0
2023-24	15	7	6	1	8	8	0
2024-25	19	12	7	5	7	6	1
Average	42	42	19	6	42	14	3

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 68.38%. The percentage was 71.67% 10 years ago and RHIT still has a high percentage of white students. 7.88% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.57% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 5.01% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 71.67% to 68.38%. Asian enrollment grew from 3.99% to 7.88%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.21% to 2.57%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 3.23% to 5.01%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.5188 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.4816 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 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	3	94	52	76	2	1,687	97
2016-17	3	100	53	95	3	1,592	98
2017-18	3	113	60	102	3	1,483	101
2018-19	2	120	64	101	2	1,390	95
2019-20	4	121	79	94	2	1,306	92
2020-21	3	129	95	106	0	1,305	99
2021-22	6	147	98	110	0	1,401	115
2022-23	6	171	81	112	0	1,484	128
2023-24	7	168	75	114	0	1,558	137
2024-25	6	184	60	117	1	1,596	152
Average	4	135	72	103	1	1,480	111