Enrollment Trends at Brandeis

The student population at Brandeis University is 5,581 (3,687 undergraduate and 1,894 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 244 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Brandeis is 66.06% which is increased by 73 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 317 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.32 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

265 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -31.17% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,718 where 5,581 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

66.06% of total students is undergraduate students and 33.94% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 73 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 317 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.32 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Brandeis than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,825	3,614	1,568	2,046	2,211	1,090	1,121
2014-15	5,945 120	3,729 115	1,601 33	2,128 82	2,216 5	1,116 26	1,100 -21
2015-16	5,752 -193	3,621 -108	1,563 -38	2,058 -70	2,131 -85	1,036 -80	1,095 -5
2016-17	5,729 -23	3,608 -13	1,528 -35	2,080 22	2,121 -10	971 -65	1,150 55
2017-18	5,721 -8	3,635 27	1,480 -48	2,155 75	2,086 -35	901 -70	1,185 35
2018-19	5,800 79	3,639 4	1,434 -46	2,205 50	2,161 75	951 50	1,210 25
2019-20	5,825 25	3,688 49	1,444 10	2,244 39	2,137 -24	963 12	1,174 -36
2020-21	5,440 -385	3,493 -195	1,396 -48	2,097 -147	1,947 -190	859 -104	1,088 -86
2021-22	5,558 118	3,591 98	1,456 60	2,135 38	1,967 20	855 -4	1,112 24
2022-23	5,581 23	3,687 96	1,575 119	2,112 -23	1,894 -73	833 -22	1,061 -51
Average	5,718	3,631	1,505	2,126	2,087	958	1,130

Brandeis University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,631 where 3,687 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 Brandeis University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,614	3,599	1,562	2,037	15	6	9
2014-15	3,729	3,711	1,593	2,118	18	8	10
2015-16	3,621	3,602	1,554	2,048	19	9	10
2016-17	3,608	3,591	1,521	2,070	17	7	10
2017-18	3,635	3,620	1,476	2,144	15	4	11
2018-19	3,639	3,619	1,426	2,193	20	8	12
2019-20	3,688	3,673	1,436	2,237	15	8	7
2020-21	3,493	3,465	1,383	2,082	28	13	15
2021-22	3,591	3,568	1,451	2,117	23	5	18
2022-23	3,687	3,675	1,569	2,106	12	6	6
Average	3,631	3,631	1,497	2,115	3,631	7	11

Brandeis University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,087 where 1,894 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 Brandeis University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,211	1,787	843	944	424	247	177
2014-15	2,216	1,746	841	905	470	275	195
2015-16	2,131	1,600	752	848	531	284	247
2016-17	2,121	1,608	710	898	513	261	252
2017-18	2,086	1,538	675	863	548	226	322
2018-19	2,161	1,648	727	921	513	224	289
2019-20	2,137	1,633	738	895	504	225	279
2020-21	1,947	1,382	617	765	565	242	323
2021-22	1,967	1,552	699	853	415	156	259
2022-23	1,894	1,470	665	805	424	168	256
Average	2,087	2,087	727	870	2,087	231	260

Brandeis University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 39.87% and the percentage of black students is 5.54% at Brandeis University. 13.74% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Brandeis 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	6	549	267	301	4	2,589	101
2014-15	6	582	275	323	3	2,643	118
2015-16	6	577	279	330	2	2,535	124
2016-17	5	581	298	363	2	2,563	135
2017-18	7	589	286	351	6	2,581	146
2018-19	7	633	280	400	7	2,478	172
2019-20	8	649	276	405	6	2,454	185
2020-21	8	645	290	403	5	2,310	181
2021-22	7	775	327	417	8	2,335	87
2022-23	3	767	309	402	4	2,225	135
Average	6	635	289	370	5	2,471	138

Brandeis University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

265 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 5% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -31.17% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Brandeis University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	5,945	385	0	5,560
2015-16	5,752	399	44	5,309
2016-17	5,729	426	139	5,164
2017-18	5,721	382	67	5,272
2018-19	5,800	392	41	5,367
2019-20	5,825	339	41	5,445
2020-21	5,440	2,715	2,723	2
2021-22	5,558	380	2,750	2,428
2022-23	5,581	265	1,895	3,421
Average	5,706	631	856	4,219

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