Enrollment Trends at Carson-Newman

The student population at Carson-Newman University is 2,586 (1,519 undergraduate and 1,067 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 541 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Carson-Newman is 58.74% which is decreased by 194 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 735 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.77 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

851 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 179.93% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,573 where 2,586 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

58.74% of total students is undergraduate students and 41.26% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 194 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 735 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.77 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Carson-Newman than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,045	1,713	771	942	332	113	219
2014-15	2,362 317	1,757 44	756 -15	1,001 59	605 273	200 87	405 186
2015-16	2,528 166	1,752 -5	741 -15	1,011 10	776 171	230 30	546 141
2016-17	2,659 131	1,812 60	759 18	1,053 42	847 71	259 29	588 42
2017-18	2,514 -145	1,690 -122	711 -48	979 -74	824 -23	250 -9	574 -14
2018-19	2,560 46	1,774 84	724 13	1,050 71	786 -38	240 -10	546 -28
2019-20	2,725 165	1,840 66	744 20	1,096 46	885 99	243 3	642 96
2020-21	2,911 186	1,722 -118	710 -34	1,012 -84	1,189 304	298 55	891 249
2021-22	2,835 -76	1,695 -27	725 15	970 -42	1,140 -49	273 -25	867 -24
2022-23	2,586 -249	1,519 -176	668 -57	851 -119	1,067 -73	266 -7	801 -66
Average	2,573	1,727	731	997	845	237	608

Carson-Newman University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,727 where 1,519 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 Carson-Newman University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,713	1,658	756	902	55	15	40
2014-15	1,757	1,686	732	954	71	24	47
2015-16	1,752	1,691	716	975	61	25	36
2016-17	1,812	1,734	724	1,010	78	35	43
2017-18	1,690	1,608	673	935	82	38	44
2018-19	1,774	1,661	683	978	113	41	72
2019-20	1,840	1,716	693	1,023	124	51	73
2020-21	1,722	1,592	659	933	130	51	79
2021-22	1,695	1,566	669	897	129	56	73
2022-23	1,519	1,408	616	792	111	52	59
Average	1,727	1,727	692	940	1,727	39	57

Carson-Newman University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 845 where 1,067 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 Carson-Newman University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	332	103	42	61	229	71	158
2014-15	605	126	52	74	479	148	331
2015-16	776	114	36	78	662	194	468
2016-17	847	221	94	127	626	165	461
2017-18	824	189	82	107	635	168	467
2018-19	786	178	81	97	608	159	449
2019-20	885	176	84	92	709	159	550
2020-21	1,189	187	83	104	1,002	215	787
2021-22	1,140	173	98	75	967	175	792
2022-23	1,067	170	95	75	897	171	726
Average	845	845	75	89	845	163	519

Carson-Newman University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 74.90%. The percentage was 79.22% 10 years ago and Carson-Newman still has a high percentage of white students. 1.47% of enrolled students is Asian and 9.09% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Carson-Newman 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	5	11	162	26	1	1,620	36
2014-15	3	13	153	34	0	1,714	0
2015-16	8	11	184	57	0	1,978	43
2016-17	14	10	194	63	1	2,121	43
2017-18	10	14	202	69	1	1,959	63
2018-19	13	17	206	70	4	2,059	57
2019-20	15	18	219	98	2	2,175	49
2020-21	17	24	243	123	1	2,300	59
2021-22	24	37	246	137	2	2,145	77
2022-23	19	38	235	128	4	1,937	71
Average	13	19	204	81	2	2,001	50

Carson-Newman University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

851 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 33% of total students. The number of online students has increased 179.93% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Carson-Newman University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,362	304	514	1,544
2015-16	2,528	428	609	1,491
2016-17	2,659	540	517	1,602
2017-18	2,514	378	754	1,382
2018-19	2,560	454	718	1,388
2019-20	2,725	660	637	1,428
2020-21	2,911	879	845	1,187
2021-22	2,835	887	870	1,078
2022-23	2,586	851	831	904
Average	2,631	598	699	1,334

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