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.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 2,354 students in 2016 and was lowest at 1,990 in 2021. Overall, enrollment dropped from 2,354 to 2,334 students, a net loss of 20 (0.8%).

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