Student Population at Capella University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
39,727	13,280	26,447

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 39,727 students have enrolled in Capella University with 13,280 undergraduate and 26,447 graduate students.

By gender, 6,599 male and 33,128 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (25,222 students in average - private (for-profit) Doctoral / Research University).

Capella is a completely online college and 39,727 students are enrolled exclusively.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Capella University has a total of 39,727 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 13,280 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 26,447 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 6,599 male and 33,128 female students (the male-female ratio is 17:83) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	39,727	13,280	26,447
Men	6,599	2,239	4,360
Women	33,128	11,041	22,087

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 18,747 White, 10,981 Black, and 1,376 Asian students out of a total of 39,727 are attending at Capella University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	181	35	146
Asian	1,376	315	1,061
Black	10,981	1,706	9,275
Hispanic	4,604	843	3,761
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	157	16	141
White	18,747	2,990	15,757
Two or more races	1,364	210	1,154
Race Unknown	2,093	421	1,672

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	66	15	51
Asian	459	111	348
Black	3,052	435	2,617
Hispanic	1,693	336	1,357
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	67	11	56
White	6,613	1,069	5,544
Two or more races	463	68	395
Race Unknown	818	182	636

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	115	20	95
Asian	917	204	713
Black	7,929	1,271	6,658
Hispanic	2,911	507	2,404
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	90	5	85
White	12,134	1,921	10,213
Two or more races	901	142	759
Race Unknown	1,275	239	1,036

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Capella University, 39,727 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 0 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,269 students lived in Minnesota or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 38,458 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses
All Students	39,727	39,727
Undergraduate	13,280	13,280
Graduate	26,447	26,447

Online Student Population by Locality
	Minnesota Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	1,269	38,295	163
Undergraduate	464	12,795	21
Graduate	805	25,500	142

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 13,280 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 4,836 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 36.42%.1,308 students have transferred in as full-time status and 3,528 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	1,984
Transfer-in Full-time	1,308
Regular Part-time	6,460
Transfer-in Part-time	3,528