Enrollment Trends at Rowan

The student population at Rowan University is 19,535 (15,231 undergraduate and 4,304 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 6,186 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Rowan is 77.97% which is increased by 4,280 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 1,906 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.03 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

2,486 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 159.50% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 17,749 where 19,535 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

77.97% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.03% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 4,280 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 1,906 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.03 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Rowan.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	13,349	10,951	5,533	5,418	2,398	950	1,448
2014-15	14,778 1,429	12,022 1,071	6,312 779	5,710 292	2,756 358	1,036 86	1,720 272
2015-16	16,155 1,377	13,169 1,147	7,086 774	6,083 373	2,986 230	1,129 93	1,857 137
2016-17	17,372 1,217	14,345 1,176	7,775 689	6,570 487	3,027 41	1,142 13	1,885 28
2017-18	18,484 1,112	15,401 1,056	8,372 597	7,029 459	3,083 56	1,215 73	1,868 -17
2018-19	19,465 981	16,120 719	8,847 475	7,273 244	3,345 262	1,385 170	1,960 92
2019-20	19,618 153	16,011 -109	8,687 -160	7,324 51	3,607 262	1,521 136	2,086 126
2020-21	19,678 60	15,963 -48	8,435 -252	7,528 204	3,715 108	1,572 51	2,143 57
2021-22	19,052 -626	15,119 -844	7,940 -495	7,179 -349	3,933 218	1,643 71	2,290 147
2022-23	19,535 483	15,231 112	7,820 -120	7,411 232	4,304 371	1,791 148	2,513 223
Average	17,749	14,433	7,681	6,753	3,315	1,338	1,977

Rowan University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 14,433 where 15,231 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 Rowan University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	10,951	9,348	4,895	4,453	1,603	638	965
2014-15	12,022	10,499	5,677	4,822	1,523	635	888
2015-16	13,169	11,710	6,405	5,305	1,459	681	778
2016-17	14,345	12,731	7,017	5,714	1,614	758	856
2017-18	15,401	13,634	7,545	6,089	1,767	827	940
2018-19	16,120	14,043	7,790	6,253	2,077	1,057	1,020
2019-20	16,011	14,055	7,742	6,313	1,956	945	1,011
2020-21	15,963	13,832	7,369	6,463	2,131	1,066	1,065
2021-22	15,119	13,061	6,958	6,103	2,058	982	1,076
2022-23	15,231	13,207	6,886	6,321	2,024	934	1,090
Average	14,433	14,433	6,828	5,784	14,433	852	969

Rowan University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,315 where 4,304 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 Rowan University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,398	1,151	538	613	1,247	412	835
2014-15	2,756	1,254	585	669	1,502	451	1,051
2015-16	2,986	1,348	634	714	1,638	495	1,143
2016-17	3,027	1,477	695	782	1,550	447	1,103
2017-18	3,083	1,492	722	770	1,591	493	1,098
2018-19	3,345	1,618	790	828	1,727	595	1,132
2019-20	3,607	1,808	884	924	1,799	637	1,162
2020-21	3,715	1,969	952	1,017	1,746	620	1,126
2021-22	3,933	2,113	1,013	1,100	1,820	630	1,190
2022-23	4,304	2,533	1,252	1,281	1,771	539	1,232
Average	3,315	3,315	807	870	3,315	532	1,107

Rowan University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 60.50%. The percentage was 69.99% 10 years ago and Rowan still has a high percentage of white students. 8.16% of enrolled students is Asian and 10.14% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Rowan 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	35	714	1,154	1,152	12	9,343	289
2014-15	35	814	1,342	1,301	13	10,205	317
2015-16	30	912	1,592	1,520	16	10,894	370
2016-17	36	1,014	1,794	1,651	15	11,460	433
2017-18	27	1,122	1,848	1,789	17	11,960	459
2018-19	26	1,307	1,900	2,007	24	12,536	589
2019-20	22	1,450	1,942	2,156	22	12,722	652
2020-21	17	1,527	1,965	2,252	15	12,556	689
2021-22	22	1,537	1,930	2,248	15	11,967	647
2022-23	22	1,594	1,981	2,342	18	11,819	672
Average	27	1,199	1,745	1,842	17	11,546	512

Rowan University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,486 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has increased 159.50% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Rowan University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,778	958	1,587	12,233
2015-16	16,155	1,095	2,344	12,716
2016-17	17,372	1,116	3,324	12,932
2017-18	18,484	1,275	4,042	13,167
2018-19	19,465	1,524	4,688	13,253
2019-20	19,618	1,653	5,041	12,924
2020-21	19,654	2,063	9,565	8,026
2021-22	19,052	2,481	7,269	9,302
2022-23	19,535	2,486	8,291	8,758
Average	18,235	1,628	5,128	11,479

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