Enrollment Trends at Benedictine

The student population at Benedictine University is 3,123 (2,042 undergraduate and 1,081 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,195 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Benedictine is 65.39% which is decreased by 1,786 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,409 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.25 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,025 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -32.87% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,919 where 3,123 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

65.39% of total students is undergraduate students and 34.61% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,786 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,409 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.25 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Benedictine than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Benedictine University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,318	3,828	1,509	2,319	2,490	728	1,762
2014-15	6,307 -11	3,818 -10	1,584 75	2,234 -85	2,489 -1	718 -10	1,771 9
2015-16	5,954 -353	3,347 -471	1,456 -128	1,891 -343	2,607 118	756 38	1,851 80
2016-17	5,892 -62	3,171 -176	1,389 -67	1,782 -109	2,721 114	799 43	1,922 71
2017-18	5,100 -792	2,884 -287	1,279 -110	1,605 -177	2,216 -505	558 -241	1,658 -264
2018-19	4,940 -160	2,718 -166	1,242 -37	1,476 -129	2,222 6	600 42	1,622 -36
2019-20	4,401 -539	2,493 -225	1,146 -96	1,347 -129	1,908 -314	568 -32	1,340 -282
2020-21	3,779 -622	2,299 -194	1,123 -23	1,176 -171	1,480 -428	419 -149	1,061 -279
2021-22	3,378 -401	2,185 -114	1,092 -31	1,093 -83	1,193 -287	311 -108	882 -179
2022-23	3,123 -255	2,042 -143	1,073 -19	969 -124	1,081 -112	313 2	768 -114
Average	4,919	2,879	1,289	1,589	2,041	577	1,464

Benedictine University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,879 where 2,042 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Benedictine University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,828	3,056	1,252	1,804	772	257	515
2014-15	3,818	3,072	1,293	1,779	746	291	455
2015-16	3,347	2,756	1,221	1,535	591	235	356
2016-17	3,171	2,708	1,208	1,500	463	181	282
2017-18	2,884	2,473	1,098	1,375	411	181	230
2018-19	2,718	2,372	1,078	1,294	346	164	182
2019-20	2,493	2,131	1,007	1,124	362	139	223
2020-21	2,299	1,939	976	963	360	147	213
2021-22	2,185	1,837	947	890	348	145	203
2022-23	2,042	1,787	976	811	255	97	158
Average	2,879	2,879	1,106	1,308	2,879	184	282

Benedictine University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,041 where 1,081 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Benedictine University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,490	532	193	339	1,958	535	1,423
2014-15	2,489	430	126	304	2,059	592	1,467
2015-16	2,607	500	150	350	2,107	606	1,501
2016-17	2,721	520	161	359	2,201	638	1,563
2017-18	2,216	370	119	251	1,846	439	1,407
2018-19	2,222	365	100	265	1,857	500	1,357
2019-20	1,908	315	107	208	1,593	461	1,132
2020-21	1,480	342	103	239	1,138	316	822
2021-22	1,193	318	99	219	875	212	663
2022-23	1,081	214	62	152	867	251	616
Average	2,041	2,041	122	269	2,041	455	1,195

Benedictine University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 38.14% and the percentage of black students is 9.54% at Benedictine University. 15.15% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Benedictine University over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	25	683	719	397	16	2,832	0
2014-15	20	755	703	464	15	2,811	0
2015-16	25	743	587	492	19	2,520	0
2016-17	25	678	490	555	23	2,265	0
2017-18	24	743	373	564	18	1,861	0
2018-19	22	514	333	558	19	1,554	0
2019-20	38	539	426	552	18	1,730	0
2020-21	33	504	353	481	13	1,500	60
2021-22	23	492	315	475	11	1,296	60
2022-23	16	473	298	447	9	1,191	58
Average	25	612	460	499	16	1,956	18

Benedictine University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,025 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 33% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -32.87% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Benedictine University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,307	1,527	396	4,384
2015-16	5,954	1,514	534	3,906
2016-17	5,892	1,505	317	4,070
2017-18	5,100	1,523	466	3,111
2018-19	4,940	1,479	555	2,906
2019-20	4,401	1,289	543	2,569
2020-21	3,779	3,348	414	17
2021-22	3,378	1,291	1,732	355
2022-23	3,123	1,025	1,377	721
Average	4,764	1,611	704	2,449

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