Enrollment Trends at CMU CGES

The student population at Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies is 3,145 (2,808 undergraduate and 337 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,410 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CMU CGES is 89.28% which is decreased by 1,522 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 112 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.50 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,484 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 27.82% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,941 where 3,145 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

89.28% of total students is undergraduate students and 10.72% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,522 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 112 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.50 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in CMU CGES than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,555	4,330	1,514	2,816	225	49	176
2014-15	4,537 -18	4,291 -39	1,360 -154	2,931 115	246 21	60 11	186 10
2015-16	4,516 -21	4,255 -36	1,351 -9	2,904 -27	261 15	61 1	200 14
2016-17	4,298 -218	3,953 -302	1,299 -52	2,654 -250	345 84	80 19	265 65
2017-18	3,999 -299	3,667 -286	1,163 -136	2,504 -150	332 -13	68 -12	264 -1
2018-19	3,863 -136	3,558 -109	1,157 -6	2,401 -103	305 -27	79 11	226 -38
2019-20	3,821 -42	3,502 -56	1,117 -40	2,385 -16	319 14	71 -8	248 22
2020-21	3,429 -392	3,123 -379	896 -221	2,227 -158	306 -13	75 4	231 -17
2021-22	3,242 -187	2,886 -237	822 -74	2,064 -163	356 50	83 8	273 42
2022-23	3,145 -97	2,808 -78	809 -13	1,999 -65	337 -19	89 6	248 -25
Average	3,941	3,637	1,149	2,489	303	72	232

Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,637 where 2,808 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 Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,330	1,246	251	995	3,084	1,263	1,821
2014-15	4,291	1,233	259	974	3,058	1,101	1,957
2015-16	4,255	1,088	231	857	3,167	1,120	2,047
2016-17	3,953	1,032	253	779	2,921	1,046	1,875
2017-18	3,667	1,085	245	840	2,582	918	1,664
2018-19	3,558	1,059	223	836	2,499	934	1,565
2019-20	3,502	1,018	216	802	2,484	901	1,583
2020-21	3,123	955	198	757	2,168	698	1,470
2021-22	2,886	949	188	761	1,937	634	1,303
2022-23	2,808	893	172	721	1,915	637	1,278
Average	3,637	3,637	224	832	3,637	925	1,656

Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 303 where 337 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 Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	225	199	45	154	26	4	22
2014-15	246	201	53	148	45	7	38
2015-16	261	213	54	159	48	7	41
2016-17	345	73	28	45	272	52	220
2017-18	332	80	29	51	252	39	213
2018-19	305	86	33	53	219	46	173
2019-20	319	74	25	49	245	46	199
2020-21	306	83	24	59	223	51	172
2021-22	356	79	23	56	277	60	217
2022-23	337	87	26	61	250	63	187
Average	303	303	34	84	303	38	148

Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 84.36%. The percentage was 69.62% 10 years ago and CMU CGES still has a high percentage of white students. 1.18% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.20% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies 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	3	3	64	6	0	3,171	0
2014-15	15	29	232	37	2	3,894	40
2015-16	15	27	202	49	4	3,992	52
2016-17	17	36	179	62	3	3,775	63
2017-18	16	34	155	93	2	3,440	63
2018-19	16	38	153	120	0	3,361	67
2019-20	13	40	141	103	3	3,357	62
2020-21	4	41	141	124	4	2,935	72
2021-22	9	36	157	134	1	2,682	76
2022-23	10	37	132	113	2	2,653	62
Average	12	32	156	84	2	3,326	56

Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,484 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 47% of total students. The number of online students has increased 27.82% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	4,537	1,161	386	2,990
2015-16	4,516	1,368	405	2,743
2016-17	4,298	1,415	436	2,447
2017-18	3,999	1,554	372	2,073
2018-19	3,863	1,720	380	1,763
2019-20	3,821	1,893	288	1,640
2020-21	3,429	1,703	320	1,406
2021-22	3,242	1,651	253	1,338
2022-23	3,145	1,484	357	1,304
Average	3,872	1,550	355	1,967

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