Enrollment Trends for Ohio Colleges

Student Population Changes

The average number of students over the past 11 years is 480,785, and 500,397 students were attending the schools in the academic year 2024-2025.

Of the total students, 84.68% are undergraduate students and 15.32% are graduate students. Over the past 11, the number of undergraduate students increased by 85,102, and the graduate student enrollment decreased by 3,665.

The women to men ratio is 1.33 to 1, meaning that there are more women students enrolled in Ohio Colleges than men students.

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

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	493,342	401,635	182,641	218,994	91,707	38,891	52,816
2015-16	486,466 -6,876	395,422 -6,213	180,479 -2,162	214,943 -4,051	91,044 -663	39,101 210	51,943 -873
2016-17	485,353 -1,113	394,016 -1,406	180,209 -270	213,807 -1,136	91,337 293	38,866 -235	52,471 528
2017-18	477,869 -7,484	388,260 -5,756	177,516 -2,693	210,744 -3,063	89,609 -1,728	37,570 -1,296	52,039 -432
2018-19	472,750 -5,119	383,427 -4,833	174,806 -2,710	208,621 -2,123	89,323 -286	36,561 -1,009	52,762 723
2019-20	471,788 -962	383,976 549	173,186 -1,620	210,790 2,169	87,812 -1,511	35,624 -937	52,188 -574
2020-21	467,604 -4,184	381,385 -2,591	169,103 -4,083	212,282 1,492	86,219 -1,593	34,556 -1,068	51,663 -525
2021-22	460,221 -7,383	371,354 -10,031	163,923 -5,180	207,431 -4,851	88,867 2,648	35,804 1,248	53,063 1,400
2022-23	485,661 25,440	398,477 27,123	174,612 10,689	223,865 16,434	87,184 -1,683	35,413 -391	51,771 -1,292
2023-24	487,188 1,527	399,452 975	175,447 835	224,005 140	87,736 552	35,899 486	51,837 66
2024-25	500,397 13,209	412,780 13,328	180,546 5,099	232,234 8,229	87,617 -119	35,427 -472	52,190 353
Average	480,785	391,835	175,679	216,156	88,950	36,701	52,249

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the past 11 years is 391,835. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Undergraduate students increased by 11,145 from 401,635 to 412,780.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Ohio Colleges since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	401,635	307,002	146,008	160,994	94,633	36,633	58,000
2015-16	395,422	308,233	146,590	161,643	87,189	33,889	53,300
2016-17	394,016	306,989	145,947	161,042	87,027	34,262	52,765
2017-18	388,260	305,472	144,906	160,566	82,788	32,610	50,178
2018-19	383,427	302,778	143,185	159,593	80,649	31,621	49,028
2019-20	383,976	296,642	138,971	157,671	87,334	34,215	53,119
2020-21	381,385	285,783	131,394	154,389	95,602	37,709	57,893
2021-22	371,354	277,958	128,008	149,950	93,396	35,915	57,481
2022-23	398,477	280,675	128,986	151,689	117,802	45,626	72,176
2023-24	399,452	279,342	129,143	150,199	120,110	46,304	73,806
2024-25	412,780	284,034	131,069	152,965	128,746	49,477	79,269
Average	391,835	391,835	137,655	156,427	391,835	38,024	59,729

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the past 11 years is 88,950. Compared 11 years ago, the number of Graduate students decreased by 4,090 from 91,707 to 87,617.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Ohio Colleges since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Fulltime			Parttime
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	91,707	52,150	24,188	27,962	39,557	14,703	24,854
2015-16	91,044	52,916	24,599	28,317	38,128	14,502	23,626
2016-17	91,337	52,367	24,077	28,290	38,970	14,789	24,181
2017-18	89,609	51,869	23,272	28,597	37,740	14,298	23,442
2018-19	89,323	52,096	22,804	29,292	37,227	13,757	23,470
2019-20	87,812	51,560	22,105	29,455	36,252	13,519	22,733
2020-21	86,219	50,100	21,130	28,970	36,119	13,426	22,693
2021-22	88,867	52,457	22,357	30,100	36,410	13,447	22,963
2022-23	87,184	52,344	22,515	29,829	34,840	12,898	21,942
2023-24	87,736	53,194	22,971	30,223	34,542	12,928	21,614
2024-25	87,617	52,689	22,364	30,325	34,928	13,063	21,865
Average	88,950	88,950	22,944	29,215	88,950	13,757	23,035

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 57.00%. The percentage was 71.85% 10 years ago and Ohio Colleges still has a high percentage of white students. 3.73% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.74% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ohio Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).

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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
	2014-15	1,045	12,865	44,930	15,989	424	354,474	12,338
2015-16	1,060	13,351	43,664	17,066	438	344,621	13,453
2016-17	988	14,085	42,964	17,688	343	342,983	14,316
2017-18	921	14,551	42,560	18,643	329	336,426	15,368
2018-19	905	15,204	41,709	19,659	325	330,484	15,750
2019-20	840	16,073	40,758	20,586	331	330,935	16,478
2020-21	801	17,045	41,181	21,975	326	327,372	17,088
2021-22	774	17,651	41,398	22,417	334	314,994	16,878
2022-23	1,038	19,121	45,336	24,555	387	326,970	18,539
2023-24	1,035	20,017	46,235	25,410	936	323,148	19,520
2024-25	1,116	21,461	50,215	27,285	439	327,608	20,205
Average	957	16,493	43,723	21,025	419	332,729	16,358

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

104,595 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 18% of total students. The number of online students has increased 131.61% since 2013.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ohio Colleges from 2012 to 2025.

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart