Enrollment Trends at Bradley

The student population at Bradley University is 5,552 (4,143 undergraduate and 1,409 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 122 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Bradley is 74.62% which is decreased by 682 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 804 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.24 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

911 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 7,491.67% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,632 where 5,552 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

74.62% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.38% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 682 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 804 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.24 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Bradley than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,430	4,825	2,309	2,516	605	312	293
2014-15	5,300 -130	4,588 -237	2,231 -78	2,357 -159	712 107	396 84	316 23
2015-16	5,338 38	4,439 -149	2,179 -52	2,260 -97	899 187	467 71	432 116
2016-17	5,598 260	4,473 34	2,213 34	2,260 0	1,125 226	463 -4	662 230
2017-18	5,844 246	4,649 176	2,295 82	2,354 94	1,195 70	361 -102	834 172
2018-19	5,882 38	4,606 -43	2,270 -25	2,336 -18	1,276 81	298 -63	978 144
2019-20	5,929 47	4,636 30	2,284 14	2,352 16	1,293 17	295 -3	998 20
2020-21	5,855 -74	4,574 -62	2,243 -41	2,331 -21	1,281 -12	257 -38	1,024 26
2021-22	5,588 -267	4,331 -243	2,144 -99	2,187 -144	1,257 -24	279 22	978 -46
2022-23	5,552 -36	4,143 -188	2,036 -108	2,107 -80	1,409 152	441 162	968 -10
Average	5,632	4,526	2,220	2,306	1,105	357	748

Bradley University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,526 where 4,143 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 Bradley University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,825	4,618	2,196	2,422	207	113	94
2014-15	4,588	4,370	2,094	2,276	218	137	81
2015-16	4,439	4,222	2,061	2,161	217	118	99
2016-17	4,473	4,278	2,102	2,176	195	111	84
2017-18	4,649	4,512	2,227	2,285	137	68	69
2018-19	4,606	4,462	2,189	2,273	144	81	63
2019-20	4,636	4,508	2,211	2,297	128	73	55
2020-21	4,574	4,450	2,174	2,276	124	69	55
2021-22	4,331	4,215	2,076	2,139	116	68	48
2022-23	4,143	4,026	1,963	2,063	117	73	44
Average	4,526	4,526	2,129	2,237	4,526	91	69

Bradley University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,105 where 1,409 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 Bradley University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	605	294	156	138	311	156	155
2014-15	712	395	232	163	317	164	153
2015-16	899	477	280	197	422	187	235
2016-17	1,125	524	242	282	601	221	380
2017-18	1,195	474	169	305	721	192	529
2018-19	1,276	377	140	237	899	158	741
2019-20	1,293	312	102	210	981	193	788
2020-21	1,281	331	92	239	950	165	785
2021-22	1,257	360	138	222	897	141	756
2022-23	1,409	505	289	216	904	152	752
Average	1,105	1,105	184	221	1,105	173	527

Bradley University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.93%. The percentage was 76.89% 10 years ago and Bradley still has a high percentage of white students. 4.56% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.15% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Bradley 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	13	179	314	290	5	4,175	197
2014-15	10	144	245	282	5	3,507	69
2015-16	9	142	212	267	4	3,088	69
2016-17	8	137	231	308	3	2,780	83
2017-18	7	213	454	528	0	4,106	102
2018-19	10	214	483	546	1	4,140	178
2019-20	22	234	512	589	3	4,073	163
2020-21	21	246	523	614	4	3,952	169
2021-22	13	243	516	632	3	3,629	182
2022-23	18	253	508	647	3	3,383	151
Average	13	201	400	470	3	3,683	136

Bradley University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

911 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 7,491.67% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Bradley University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,300	12	357	4,931
2015-16	5,338	116	586	4,636
2016-17	5,598	442	615	4,541
2017-18	5,844	696	677	4,471
2018-19	5,882	906	679	4,297
2019-20	5,929	946	890	4,093
2020-21	5,855	1,465	4,240	150
2021-22	5,588	921	2,063	2,604
2022-23	5,552	911	1,819	2,822
Average	5,654	713	1,325	3,616

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