Enrollment Trends at OCU

The student population at Ohio Christian University is 1,600 (1,439 undergraduate and 161 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,111 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at OCU is 89.94% which is decreased by 2,089 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 22 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.37 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,287 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -46.51% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,339 where 1,600 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

89.94% of total students is undergraduate students and 10.06% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,089 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 22 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.37 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in OCU than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,711	3,528	1,392	2,136	183	90	93
2014-15	4,058 347	3,738 210	1,378 -14	2,360 224	320 137	153 63	167 74
2015-16	4,290 232	3,933 195	1,485 107	2,448 88	357 37	161 8	196 29
2016-17	4,661 371	4,213 280	1,508 23	2,705 257	448 91	216 55	232 36
2017-18	4,483 -178	3,990 -223	1,392 -116	2,598 -107	493 45	241 25	252 20
2018-19	3,660 -823	3,222 -768	1,132 -260	2,090 -508	438 -55	208 -33	230 -22
2019-20	2,843 -817	2,531 -691	897 -235	1,634 -456	312 -126	150 -58	162 -68
2020-21	2,186 -657	1,961 -570	799 -98	1,162 -472	225 -87	102 -48	123 -39
2021-22	1,900 -286	1,711 -250	666 -133	1,045 -117	189 -36	101 -1	88 -35
2022-23	1,600 -300	1,439 -272	591 -75	848 -197	161 -28	85 -16	76 -12
Average	3,339	3,027	1,124	1,903	313	151	162

Ohio Christian University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,027 where 1,439 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 Ohio Christian University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,528	1,748	691	1,057	1,780	701	1,079
2014-15	3,738	1,613	615	998	2,125	763	1,362
2015-16	3,933	2,485	903	1,582	1,448	582	866
2016-17	4,213	2,481	873	1,608	1,732	635	1,097
2017-18	3,990	2,429	839	1,590	1,561	553	1,008
2018-19	3,222	2,087	738	1,349	1,135	394	741
2019-20	2,531	1,627	584	1,043	904	313	591
2020-21	1,961	1,034	425	609	927	374	553
2021-22	1,711	860	376	484	851	290	561
2022-23	1,439	668	295	373	771	296	475
Average	3,027	3,027	634	1,069	3,027	490	833

Ohio Christian University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 313 where 161 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 Ohio Christian University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	183	111	51	60	72	39	33
2014-15	320	158	77	81	162	76	86
2015-16	357	290	134	156	67	27	40
2016-17	448	316	152	164	132	64	68
2017-18	493	401	194	207	92	47	45
2018-19	438	361	175	186	77	33	44
2019-20	312	234	112	122	78	38	40
2020-21	225	155	72	83	70	30	40
2021-22	189	142	77	65	47	24	23
2022-23	161	123	66	57	38	19	19
Average	313	313	111	118	313	40	44

Ohio Christian University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 48.63% and the percentage of black students is 16.00% at Ohio Christian University. 0.81% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Ohio Christian 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	14	21	1,040	77	0	2,011	74
2014-15	16	23	1,107	90	0	2,053	78
2015-16	20	20	1,183	84	0	1,944	109
2016-17	15	23	1,250	109	0	2,228	127
2017-18	16	21	1,202	106	1	2,149	119
2018-19	15	29	965	94	1	1,847	104
2019-20	9	19	696	79	7	1,467	64
2020-21	10	15	427	66	2	1,071	53
2021-22	9	15	351	56	4	829	36
2022-23	3	13	256	51	11	778	33
Average	13	20	848	81	3	1,638	80

Ohio Christian University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,287 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 81% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -46.51% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Ohio Christian University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,058	2,406	140	1,512
2015-16	4,290	2,458	37	1,795
2016-17	4,661	2,986	1,129	546
2017-18	4,483	2,584	1,483	416
2018-19	3,660	2,036	1,166	458
2019-20	2,843	1,510	879	454
2020-21	2,186	1,547	0	639
2021-22	1,900	1,543	0	357
2022-23	1,600	1,287	82	231
Average	3,298	2,040	546	712

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