Enrollment Trends at Rivier

The student population at Rivier University is 2,551 (1,340 undergraduate and 1,211 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 205 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Rivier is 52.53% which is decreased by 251 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 456 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.13 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

580 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 10.27% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,416 where 2,551 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

52.53% of total students is undergraduate students and 47.47% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 251 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 456 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.13 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Rivier than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,346	1,591	293	1,298	755	148	607
2014-15	2,349 3	1,526 -65	291 -2	1,235 -63	823 68	306 158	517 -90
2015-16	2,599 250	1,396 -130	275 -16	1,121 -114	1,203 380	540 234	663 146
2016-17	2,635 36	1,396 0	287 12	1,109 -12	1,239 36	482 -58	757 94
2017-18	2,431 -204	1,426 30	271 -16	1,155 46	1,005 -234	262 -220	743 -14
2018-19	2,319 -112	1,445 19	309 38	1,136 -19	874 -131	162 -100	712 -31
2019-20	2,332 13	1,438 -7	300 -9	1,138 2	894 20	168 6	726 14
2020-21	2,178 -154	1,296 -142	250 -50	1,046 -92	882 -12	175 7	707 -19
2021-22	2,424 246	1,454 158	334 84	1,120 74	970 88	230 55	740 33
2022-23	2,551 127	1,340 -114	330 -4	1,010 -110	1,211 241	486 256	725 -15
Average	2,416	1,431	294	1,137	986	296	690

Rivier University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,431 where 1,340 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 Rivier University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,591	891	202	689	700	91	609
2014-15	1,526	788	200	588	738	91	647
2015-16	1,396	778	216	562	618	59	559
2016-17	1,396	839	233	606	557	54	503
2017-18	1,426	908	217	691	518	54	464
2018-19	1,445	946	229	717	499	80	419
2019-20	1,438	943	211	732	495	89	406
2020-21	1,296	868	190	678	428	60	368
2021-22	1,454	942	259	683	512	75	437
2022-23	1,340	946	288	658	394	42	352
Average	1,431	1,431	225	660	1,431	70	476

Rivier University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 986 where 1,211 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 Rivier University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	755	164	36	128	591	112	479
2014-15	823	318	183	135	505	123	382
2015-16	1,203	602	396	206	601	144	457
2016-17	1,239	488	303	185	751	179	572
2017-18	1,005	221	81	140	784	181	603
2018-19	874	162	50	112	712	112	600
2019-20	894	147	40	107	747	128	619
2020-21	882	150	47	103	732	128	604
2021-22	970	220	109	111	750	121	629
2022-23	1,211	585	393	192	626	93	533
Average	986	986	164	142	986	132	548

Rivier University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.33%. The percentage was 77.41% 10 years ago and Rivier still has a high percentage of white students. 21.44% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.43% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rivier 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	11	69	60	98	3	1,816	24
2014-15	9	294	59	86	2	1,675	36
2015-16	10	566	67	68	2	1,683	39
2016-17	11	516	83	74	0	1,701	91
2017-18	10	220	92	79	2	1,775	53
2018-19	11	122	110	93	3	1,742	51
2019-20	10	121	117	100	1	1,745	44
2020-21	4	127	155	94	2	1,574	36
2021-22	9	201	198	107	3	1,696	44
2022-23	6	547	215	94	5	1,488	40
Average	9	278	116	89	2	1,690	46

Rivier University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

580 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 10.27% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Rivier University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,349	526	393	1,430
2015-16	2,599	649	597	1,353
2016-17	2,635	834	869	932
2017-18	2,431	648	867	916
2018-19	2,319	750	282	1,287
2019-20	2,332	294	1,282	756
2020-21	2,178	733	336	1,109
2021-22	2,424	733	543	1,148
2022-23	2,551	580	702	1,269
Average	2,424	639	652	1,133

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