Enrollment Trends at DeSales

The student population at DeSales University is 2,991 (2,225 undergraduate and 766 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 279 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at DeSales is 74.39% which is decreased by 261 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 18 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.93 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

675 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 79.52% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,251 where 2,991 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

74.39% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.61% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 261 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 18 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.93 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in DeSales than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,270	2,486	951	1,535	784	320	464
2014-15	3,190 -80	2,383 -103	949 -2	1,434 -101	807 23	309 -11	498 34
2015-16	3,136 -54	2,291 -92	909 -40	1,382 -52	845 38	322 13	523 25
2016-17	3,309 173	2,388 97	954 45	1,434 52	921 76	340 18	581 58
2017-18	3,315 6	2,345 -43	912 -42	1,433 -1	970 49	357 17	613 32
2018-19	3,438 123	2,499 154	902 -10	1,597 164	939 -31	327 -30	612 -1
2019-20	3,460 22	2,492 -7	898 -4	1,594 -3	968 29	335 8	633 21
2020-21	3,302 -158	2,398 -94	885 -13	1,513 -81	904 -64	296 -39	608 -25
2021-22	3,101 -201	2,309 -89	845 -40	1,464 -49	792 -112	260 -36	532 -76
2022-23	2,991 -110	2,225 -84	787 -58	1,438 -26	766 -26	233 -27	533 1
Average	3,251	2,382	899	1,482	870	310	560

DeSales University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 2,382 where 2,225 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 DeSales University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,486	1,840	753	1,087	646	198	448
2014-15	2,383	1,794	763	1,031	589	186	403
2015-16	2,291	1,738	729	1,009	553	180	373
2016-17	2,388	1,854	781	1,073	534	173	361
2017-18	2,345	1,811	751	1,060	534	161	373
2018-19	2,499	1,959	755	1,204	540	147	393
2019-20	2,492	1,963	756	1,207	529	142	387
2020-21	2,398	1,930	755	1,175	468	130	338
2021-22	2,309	1,949	734	1,215	360	111	249
2022-23	2,225	1,901	691	1,210	324	96	228
Average	2,382	2,382	747	1,127	2,382	152	355

DeSales University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 870 where 766 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 DeSales University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	784	227	75	152	557	245	312
2014-15	807	273	75	198	534	234	300
2015-16	845	349	115	234	496	207	289
2016-17	921	410	129	281	511	211	300
2017-18	970	422	132	290	548	225	323
2018-19	939	402	126	276	537	201	336
2019-20	968	430	131	299	538	204	334
2020-21	904	447	123	324	457	173	284
2021-22	792	407	108	299	385	152	233
2022-23	766	406	104	302	360	129	231
Average	870	870	112	266	870	198	294

DeSales University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.18%. The percentage was 72.97% 10 years ago and DeSales still has a high percentage of white students. 4.58% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.12% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at DeSales 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	22	84	146	249	5	2,386	0
2014-15	18	93	135	267	4	2,407	0
2015-16	3	69	121	309	1	2,357	62
2016-17	1	94	119	328	1	2,428	85
2017-18	0	90	143	367	1	2,378	79
2018-19	4	112	148	402	3	2,411	78
2019-20	5	110	180	373	1	2,423	92
2020-21	3	113	182	360	2	2,323	77
2021-22	1	126	151	346	2	2,216	68
2022-23	1	137	153	345	3	2,129	66
Average	6	103	148	335	2	2,346	61

DeSales University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

675 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 23% of total students. The number of online students has increased 79.52% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at DeSales University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,190	376	364	2,450
2015-16	3,136	453	490	2,193
2016-17	3,309	500	242	2,567
2017-18	3,315	592	230	2,493
2018-19	3,438	602	484	2,352
2019-20	3,460	702	538	2,220
2020-21	3,302	820	1,291	1,191
2021-22	3,101	681	705	1,715
2022-23	2,991	675	634	1,682
Average	3,249	600	553	2,096

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