Enrollment Trends at Chatham

The student population at Chatham University is 2,387 (1,499 undergraduate and 888 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 217 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Chatham is 62.80% which is increased by 526 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 309 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 3.05 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

389 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 3.46% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,286 where 2,387 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

62.80% of total students is undergraduate students and 37.20% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 526 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 309 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 3.05 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Chatham than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,170	973	88	885	1,197	243	954
2014-15	2,134 -36	930 -43	97 9	833 -52	1,204 7	237 -6	967 13
2015-16	2,224 90	1,034 104	177 80	857 24	1,190 -14	217 -20	973 6
2016-17	2,110 -114	1,002 -32	193 16	809 -48	1,108 -82	227 10	881 -92
2017-18	2,269 159	1,208 206	288 95	920 111	1,061 -47	231 4	830 -51
2018-19	2,336 67	1,254 46	314 26	940 20	1,082 21	233 2	849 19
2019-20	2,437 101	1,408 154	384 70	1,024 84	1,029 -53	212 -21	817 -32
2020-21	2,353 -84	1,358 -50	366 -18	992 -32	995 -34	192 -20	803 -14
2021-22	2,439 86	1,456 98	383 17	1,073 81	983 -12	203 11	780 -23
2022-23	2,387 -52	1,499 43	415 32	1,084 11	888 -95	174 -29	714 -66
Average	2,286	1,212	271	942	1,074	217	857

Chatham University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,212 where 1,499 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 Chatham University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	973	611	26	585	362	62	300
2014-15	930	562	27	535	368	70	298
2015-16	1,034	667	98	569	367	79	288
2016-17	1,002	745	151	594	257	42	215
2017-18	1,208	951	240	711	257	48	209
2018-19	1,254	1,021	296	725	233	18	215
2019-20	1,408	1,142	341	801	266	43	223
2020-21	1,358	1,071	308	763	287	58	229
2021-22	1,456	1,155	325	830	301	58	243
2022-23	1,499	1,192	353	839	307	62	245
Average	1,212	1,212	217	695	1,212	54	247

Chatham University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,074 where 888 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 Chatham University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,197	877	179	698	320	64	256
2014-15	1,204	844	184	660	360	53	307
2015-16	1,190	849	171	678	341	46	295
2016-17	1,108	780	173	607	328	54	274
2017-18	1,061	736	164	572	325	67	258
2018-19	1,082	769	178	591	313	55	258
2019-20	1,029	706	144	562	323	68	255
2020-21	995	703	141	562	292	51	241
2021-22	983	692	151	541	291	52	239
2022-23	888	661	126	535	227	48	179
Average	1,074	1,074	161	601	1,074	56	256

Chatham University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 67.03%. The percentage was 61.84% 10 years ago and Chatham still has a high percentage of white students. 4.11% of enrolled students is Asian and 7.12% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Chatham 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	41	164	44	1	1,342	33
2014-15	6	51	165	68	1	1,283	30
2015-16	8	58	178	70	1	1,333	35
2016-17	6	54	192	62	3	1,363	22
2017-18	6	62	190	76	2	1,517	30
2018-19	7	74	162	82	1	1,599	32
2019-20	3	81	164	115	2	1,617	48
2020-21	6	81	171	114	1	1,572	32
2021-22	2	83	177	106	0	1,694	15
2022-23	5	98	170	115	0	1,600	4
Average	5	68	173	85	1	1,492	28

Chatham University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

389 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 16% of total students. The number of online students has increased 3.46% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Chatham University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,134	376	526	1,232
2015-16	2,224	377	602	1,245
2016-17	2,110	331	567	1,212
2017-18	2,269	316	764	1,189
2018-19	2,336	338	621	1,377
2019-20	2,437	381	583	1,473
2020-21	2,353	709	1,384	260
2021-22	2,439	418	749	1,272
2022-23	2,387	389	694	1,304
Average	2,299	404	721	1,174

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