Enrollment Trends at Providence

The student population at Providence College is 4,473 (3,996 undergraduate and 477 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 192 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Providence is 89.34% which is decreased by 139 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 53 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

72 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 63.64% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,623 where 4,473 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

89.34% of total students is undergraduate students and 10.66% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 139 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 53 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.21 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Providence than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,665	4,135	1,808	2,327	530	218	312
2014-15	4,533 -132	4,022 -113	1,769 -39	2,253 -74	511 -19	231 13	280 -32
2015-16	4,562 29	4,028 6	1,793 24	2,235 -18	534 23	211 -20	323 43
2016-17	4,568 6	4,034 6	1,799 6	2,235 0	534 0	226 15	308 -15
2017-18	4,646 78	4,079 45	1,839 40	2,240 5	567 33	238 12	329 21
2018-19	4,674 28	4,132 53	1,874 35	2,258 18	542 -25	221 -17	321 -8
2019-20	4,618 -56	4,096 -36	1,903 29	2,193 -65	522 -20	212 -9	310 -11
2020-21	4,821 203	4,298 202	1,948 45	2,350 157	523 1	207 -5	316 6
2021-22	4,671 -150	4,179 -119	1,891 -57	2,288 -62	492 -31	199 -8	293 -23
2022-23	4,473 -198	3,996 -183	1,841 -50	2,155 -133	477 -15	187 -12	290 -3
Average	4,623	4,100	1,847	2,253	523	215	308

Providence College Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,100 where 3,996 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 Providence College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,135	3,798	1,668	2,130	337	140	197
2014-15	4,022	3,717	1,633	2,084	305	136	169
2015-16	4,028	3,746	1,659	2,087	282	134	148
2016-17	4,034	3,779	1,682	2,097	255	117	138
2017-18	4,079	3,826	1,732	2,094	253	107	146
2018-19	4,132	3,904	1,780	2,124	228	94	134
2019-20	4,096	3,891	1,804	2,087	205	99	106
2020-21	4,298	4,098	1,846	2,252	200	102	98
2021-22	4,179	4,001	1,808	2,193	178	83	95
2022-23	3,996	3,830	1,761	2,069	166	80	86
Average	4,100	4,100	1,737	2,122	4,100	109	132

Providence College Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 523 where 477 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 Providence College since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	530	184	86	98	346	132	214
2014-15	511	217	110	107	294	121	173
2015-16	534	219	99	120	315	112	203
2016-17	534	214	94	120	320	132	188
2017-18	567	229	93	136	338	145	193
2018-19	542	192	80	112	350	141	209
2019-20	522	205	84	121	317	128	189
2020-21	523	195	84	111	328	123	205
2021-22	492	204	103	101	288	96	192
2022-23	477	214	97	117	263	90	173
Average	523	523	93	114	523	122	194

Providence College Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.66%. The percentage was 76.96% 10 years ago and Providence still has a high percentage of white students. 1.77% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.71% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Providence College 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	52	182	290	7	3,590	68
2014-15	8	51	189	318	9	3,509	77
2015-16	10	56	190	361	14	3,532	79
2016-17	11	52	186	397	14	3,531	67
2017-18	10	57	192	410	14	3,611	79
2018-19	8	56	184	428	16	3,593	95
2019-20	7	61	180	457	12	3,540	95
2020-21	5	76	176	466	13	3,707	110
2021-22	2	67	177	440	11	3,597	116
2022-23	2	79	166	396	5	3,429	140
Average	7	61	182	396	12	3,564	93

Providence College Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

72 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 63.64% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Providence College from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,533	44	81	4,408
2015-16	4,562	36	70	4,456
2016-17	4,568	27	72	4,469
2017-18	4,646	25	38	4,583
2018-19	4,674	22	78	4,574
2019-20	4,618	22	69	4,527
2020-21	4,821	359	4,121	341
2021-22	4,671	34	55	4,582
2022-23	4,473	72	190	4,211
Average	4,618	71	530	4,017

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