Enrollment Trends at UP

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,022 where 3,285 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 3 year-over-year increases and 6 decreases. It peaked at 4,396 students in 2018 and was lowest at 3,285 in 2025. Overall, enrollment dropped from 4,338 to 3,285 students, a net loss of 1,053 (24.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Portland since 2015.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	4,338	3,770	1,562	2,208	568	215	353
2016-17	4,383 45	3,798 28	1,544 -18	2,254 46	585 17	228 13	357 4
2017-18	4,396 13	3,883 85	1,565 21	2,318 64	513 -72	190 -38	323 -34
2018-19	4,280 -116	3,787 -96	1,510 -55	2,277 -41	493 -20	173 -17	320 -3
2019-20	4,254 -26	3,798 11	1,489 -21	2,309 32	456 -37	179 6	277 -43
2020-21	3,999 -255	3,559 -239	1,371 -118	2,188 -121	440 -16	159 -20	281 4
2021-22	4,033 34	3,589 30	1,364 -7	2,225 37	444 4	156 -3	288 7
2022-23	3,793 -240	3,390 -199	1,228 -136	2,162 -63	403 -41	146 -10	257 -31
2023-24	3,457 -336	3,136 -254	1,173 -55	1,963 -199	321 -82	124 -22	197 -60
2024-25	3,285 -172	2,986 -150	1,053 -120	1,933 -30	299 -22	127 3	172 -25
Average	4,022	3,570	1,386	2,184	452	170	283

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,570 where 2,986 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 University of Portland 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	3,770	3,698	1,522	2,176	72	40	32
2016-17	3,798	3,708	1,497	2,211	90	47	43
2017-18	3,883	3,792	1,518	2,274	91	47	44
2018-19	3,787	3,702	1,467	2,235	85	43	42
2019-20	3,798	3,743	1,461	2,282	55	28	27
2020-21	3,559	3,456	1,329	2,127	103	42	61
2021-22	3,589	3,483	1,321	2,162	106	43	63
2022-23	3,390	3,309	1,190	2,119	81	38	43
2023-24	3,136	3,051	1,136	1,915	85	37	48
2024-25	2,986	2,915	1,019	1,896	71	34	37
Average	3,570	3,570	1,346	2,140	3,570	40	44

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 452 where 299 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 University of Portland 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	568	137	68	69	431	147	284
2016-17	585	110	52	58	475	176	299
2017-18	513	117	44	73	396	146	250
2018-19	493	113	49	64	380	124	256
2019-20	456	107	55	52	349	124	225
2020-21	440	112	50	62	328	109	219
2021-22	444	130	62	68	314	94	220
2022-23	403	116	49	67	287	97	190
2023-24	321	102	43	59	219	81	138
2024-25	299	117	66	51	182	61	121
Average	452	452	54	62	452	116	220

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 39.57% and the percentage of black students is 2.92% at University of Portland. 20.52% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 20.24% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 61.30% to 39.57%. Asian enrollment grew from 10.67% to 20.52%. Black student enrollment increased from 1.27% to 2.92%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 10.51% to 20.24%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7510 which indicates that quite diverse. This increased from 0.5957 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Portland 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	7	463	55	456	59	2,659	330
2016-17	11	485	57	506	72	2,614	347
2017-18	11	539	57	519	84	2,545	345
2018-19	13	554	63	522	64	2,470	318
2019-20	13	632	60	550	58	2,301	361
2020-21	14	660	65	533	47	2,094	315
2021-22	13	721	79	572	46	2,014	334
2022-23	14	701	85	623	44	1,743	341
2023-24	11	686	95	605	45	1,484	316
2024-25	14	674	96	665	43	1,300	298
Average	12	612	71	555	56	2,122	331