Enrollment Trends at CDU

The student population at Catholic Distance University is 168 (75 undergraduate and 93 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 18 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CDU is 44.64% which is decreased by 27 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 9 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.81 to 1 which means that male students enrolled slightly more than female students.

168 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -9.68% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 10 years is 159 where 168 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

44.64% of total students is undergraduate students and 55.36% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 27 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 9 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.81 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more male students enrolled in CDU than female students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Catholic Distance University since 2014.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	186	102	53	49	84	46	38
2015-16	0 -186	0 -102	0 -53	0 -49	0 -84	0 -46	0 -38
2016-17	159 159	89 89	44 44	45 45	70 70	33 33	37 37
2017-18	187 28	89 0	41 -3	48 3	98 28	59 26	39 2
2018-19	203 16	84 -5	43 2	41 -7	119 21	67 8	52 13
2019-20	175 -28	78 -6	43 0	35 -6	97 -22	48 -19	49 -3
2020-21	180 5	77 -1	34 -9	43 8	103 6	55 7	48 -1
2021-22	173 -7	82 5	43 9	39 -4	91 -12	50 -5	41 -7
2022-23	168 -5	75 -7	38 -5	37 -2	93 2	55 5	38 -3
Average	159	75	38	37	84	46	38

Catholic Distance University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 10 years is 75 where 75 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 Catholic Distance University since 2014.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	102	0	0	0	102	53	49
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	89	10	7	3	79	37	42
2017-18	89	14	5	9	75	36	39
2018-19	84	8	2	6	76	41	35
2019-20	78	13	9	4	65	34	31
2020-21	77	14	6	8	63	28	35
2021-22	82	8	4	4	74	39	35
2022-23	75	15	8	7	60	30	30
Average	75	75	5	5	75	33	33

Catholic Distance University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 10 years is 84 where 93 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 Catholic Distance University since 2014.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2014-15	84	1	0	1	83	46	37
2015-16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2016-17	70	4	3	1	66	30	36
2017-18	98	10	5	5	88	54	34
2018-19	119	3	3	0	116	64	52
2019-20	97	2	2	0	95	46	49
2020-21	103	5	1	4	98	54	44
2021-22	91	7	3	4	84	47	37
2022-23	93	27	16	11	66	39	27
Average	84	84	4	3	84	42	35

Catholic Distance University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 69.64%. The percentage was 40.32% 10 years ago and CDU still has a high percentage of white students. 4.76% of enrolled students is Asian and 2.98% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Catholic Distance University over the past 10 years (2014-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2014-15	0	6	3	11	0	75	0
2015-16
2016-17	0	9	5	9	0	93	2
2017-18	0	7	5	6	1	121	0
2018-19	0	10	6	28	0	118	0
2019-20	0	7	2	15	0	115	1
2020-21	0	6	5	26	0	123	0
2021-22	1	8	5	24	0	123	4
2022-23	0	8	5	26	0	117	3
Average	0	7	4	16	0	98	1

Catholic Distance University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

168 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 100% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -9.68% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Catholic Distance University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	186	186	0	0
2015-16	-	-	-	-
2016-17	159	159	0	0
2017-18	187	187	0	0
2018-19	203	203	0	0
2019-20	175	175	0	0
2020-21	180	180	0	0
2021-22	173	173	0	0
2022-23	168	168	0	0
Average	159	159	0	0

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