Enrollment Trends at Franciscan University

The student population at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University is 1,228 (891 undergraduate and 337 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 475 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Franciscan University is 72.56% which is decreased by 595 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 120 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 3.82 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

71 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 10.94% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 1,450 where 1,228 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

72.56% of total students is undergraduate students and 27.44% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 595 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 120 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.82 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Franciscan University than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,703	1,486	200	1,286	217	77	140
2014-15	1,722 19	1,551 65	179 -21	1,372 86	171 -46	74 -3	97 -43
2015-16	1,651 -71	1,447 -104	154 -25	1,293 -79	204 33	73 -1	131 34
2016-17	1,409 -242	1,221 -226	141 -13	1,080 -213	188 -16	67 -6	121 -10
2017-18	1,446 37	1,193 -28	158 17	1,035 -45	253 65	68 1	185 64
2018-19	1,368 -78	1,120 -73	196 38	924 -111	248 -5	76 8	172 -13
2019-20	1,294 -74	1,018 -102	187 -9	831 -93	276 28	79 3	197 25
2020-21	1,366 72	1,034 16	171 -16	863 32	332 56	96 17	236 39
2021-22	1,315 -51	962 -72	173 2	789 -74	353 21	92 -4	261 25
2022-23	1,228 -87	891 -71	162 -11	729 -60	337 -16	93 1	244 -17
Average	1,450	1,192	172	1,020	258	80	178

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,192 where 891 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 Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,486	873	117	756	613	83	530
2014-15	1,551	762	89	673	789	90	699
2015-16	1,447	622	69	553	825	85	740
2016-17	1,221	508	61	447	713	80	633
2017-18	1,193	494	63	431	699	95	604
2018-19	1,120	523	90	433	597	106	491
2019-20	1,018	513	78	435	505	109	396
2020-21	1,034	525	81	444	509	90	419
2021-22	962	475	72	403	487	101	386
2022-23	891	479	71	408	412	91	321
Average	1,192	1,192	79	498	1,192	93	522

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 258 where 337 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 Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	217	138	54	84	79	23	56
2014-15	171	126	51	75	45	23	22
2015-16	204	129	48	81	75	25	50
2016-17	188	150	60	90	38	7	31
2017-18	253	197	59	138	56	9	47
2018-19	248	198	68	130	50	8	42
2019-20	276	236	75	161	40	4	36
2020-21	332	262	86	176	70	10	60
2021-22	353	268	78	190	85	14	71
2022-23	337	258	80	178	79	13	66
Average	258	258	66	130	258	14	48

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.67%. The percentage was 67.53% 10 years ago and Franciscan University still has a high percentage of white students. 3.83% of enrolled students is Asian and 18.40% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady 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	19	65	408	31	4	1,150	0
2014-15	12	60	356	69	3	1,188	0
2015-16	10	49	302	179	5	1,012	0
2016-17	9	42	249	134	2	867	0
2017-18	10	49	247	112	5	931	0
2018-19	9	40	212	105	5	924	0
2019-20	12	45	172	89	3	923	0
2020-21	14	49	230	84	4	971	0
2021-22	12	45	249	81	3	868	0
2022-23	13	47	226	73	2	831	17
Average	12	49	265	96	4	967	2

Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

71 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 6% of total students. The number of online students has increased 10.94% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	1,722	64	414	1,244
2015-16	1,651	245	166	1,240
2016-17	1,409	224	111	1,074
2017-18	1,446	204	185	1,057
2018-19	1,368	128	187	1,053
2019-20	1,294	82	392	820
2020-21	1,366	540	686	140
2021-22	1,315	457	663	195
2022-23	1,228	71	380	777
Average	1,422	224	354	844

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