Enrollment Trends at Butler

The student population at Butler University is 5,525 (4,427 undergraduate and 1,098 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 698 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Butler is 80.13% which is increased by 376 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 322 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.55 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

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

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,235 where 5,525 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

80.13% of total students is undergraduate students and 19.87% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 376 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 322 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.55 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Butler than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,827	4,051	1,599	2,452	776	340	436
2014-15	4,848 21	4,062 11	1,636 37	2,426 -26	786 10	335 -5	451 15
2015-16	4,797 -51	4,028 -34	1,622 -14	2,406 -20	769 -17	328 -7	441 -10
2016-17	5,095 298	4,290 262	1,729 107	2,561 155	805 36	318 -10	487 46
2017-18	5,145 50	4,293 3	1,696 -33	2,597 36	852 47	281 -37	571 84
2018-19	5,495 350	4,698 405	1,894 198	2,804 207	797 -55	272 -9	525 -46
2019-20	5,515 20	4,685 -13	1,852 -42	2,833 29	830 33	311 39	519 -6
2020-21	5,544 29	4,492 -193	1,779 -73	2,713 -120	1,052 222	367 56	685 166
2021-22	5,559 15	4,537 45	1,815 36	2,722 9	1,022 -30	343 -24	679 -6
2022-23	5,525 -34	4,427 -110	1,785 -30	2,642 -80	1,098 76	384 41	714 35
Average	5,235	4,356	1,741	2,616	879	328	551

Butler University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,356 where 4,427 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 Butler University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,051	3,974	1,553	2,421	77	46	31
2014-15	4,062	3,980	1,595	2,385	82	41	41
2015-16	4,028	3,978	1,590	2,388	50	32	18
2016-17	4,290	4,199	1,691	2,508	91	38	53
2017-18	4,293	4,182	1,662	2,520	111	34	77
2018-19	4,698	4,520	1,840	2,680	178	54	124
2019-20	4,685	4,509	1,797	2,712	176	55	121
2020-21	4,492	4,347	1,734	2,613	145	45	100
2021-22	4,537	4,352	1,753	2,599	185	62	123
2022-23	4,427	4,259	1,729	2,530	168	56	112
Average	4,356	4,356	1,694	2,536	4,356	46	80

Butler University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 879 where 1,098 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 Butler University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	776	374	142	232	402	198	204
2014-15	786	402	146	256	384	189	195
2015-16	769	393	132	261	376	196	180
2016-17	805	445	147	298	360	171	189
2017-18	852	453	123	330	399	158	241
2018-19	797	435	131	304	362	141	221
2019-20	830	436	156	280	394	155	239
2020-21	1,052	468	167	301	584	200	384
2021-22	1,022	473	151	322	549	192	357
2022-23	1,098	437	130	307	661	254	407
Average	879	879	143	289	879	185	262

Butler University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.84%. The percentage was 81.85% 10 years ago and Butler still has a high percentage of white students. 3.95% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.58% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Butler 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	10	135	173	139	0	3,951	60
2014-15	8	119	182	146	0	4,006	91
2015-16	7	136	190	181	0	3,933	101
2016-17	9	156	198	190	1	4,192	129
2017-18	9	172	189	182	1	4,241	137
2018-19	7	191	189	233	1	4,486	181
2019-20	10	185	181	265	1	4,553	180
2020-21	10	184	189	302	0	4,592	168
2021-22	7	203	214	334	0	4,476	191
2022-23	9	218	253	328	0	4,411	181
Average	9	170	196	230	0	4,284	142

Butler University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

435 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has decreased % since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Butler University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,848	0	0	4,848
2015-16	4,797	0	0	4,797
2016-17	5,095	0	0	5,095
2017-18	5,145	4	0	5,141
2018-19	5,495	0	0	5,495
2019-20	5,515	17	101	5,397
2020-21	5,544	179	252	5,113
2021-22	5,559	300	118	5,141
2022-23	5,525	435	1,149	3,941
Average	5,280	104	180	4,996

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