Enrollment Trends at Clarkson

The student population at Clarkson University is 3,719 (2,668 undergraduate and 1,051 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 7 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Clarkson is 71.74% which is decreased by 442 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 435 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.55 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

281 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 91.16% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 4,040 where 3,719 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

71.74% of total students is undergraduate students and 28.26% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 442 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 435 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.55 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in Clarkson than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,726	3,110	2,229	881	616	387	229
2014-15	3,873 147	3,247 137	2,290 61	957 76	626 10	400 13	226 -3
2015-16	3,910 37	3,257 10	2,286 -4	971 14	653 27	424 24	229 3
2016-17	4,384 474	3,268 11	2,288 2	980 9	1,116 463	686 262	430 201
2017-18	4,233 -151	3,090 -178	2,155 -133	935 -45	1,143 27	673 -13	470 40
2018-19	4,274 41	3,091 1	2,127 -28	964 29	1,183 40	688 15	495 25
2019-20	4,301 27	3,081 -10	2,130 3	951 -13	1,220 37	691 3	529 34
2020-21	4,025 -276	2,905 -176	2,011 -119	894 -57	1,120 -100	615 -76	505 -24
2021-22	3,953 -72	2,852 -53	1,976 -35	876 -18	1,101 -19	610 -5	491 -14
2022-23	3,719 -234	2,668 -184	1,835 -141	833 -43	1,051 -50	558 -52	493 2
Average	4,040	3,057	2,133	924	983	573	410

Clarkson University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,057 where 2,668 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 Clarkson University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,110	3,084	2,214	870	26	15	11
2014-15	3,247	3,166	2,228	938	81	62	19
2015-16	3,257	3,185	2,234	951	72	52	20
2016-17	3,268	3,203	2,249	954	65	39	26
2017-18	3,090	3,021	2,106	915	69	49	20
2018-19	3,091	3,016	2,075	941	75	52	23
2019-20	3,081	3,012	2,086	926	69	44	25
2020-21	2,905	2,845	1,970	875	60	41	19
2021-22	2,852	2,796	1,937	859	56	39	17
2022-23	2,668	2,625	1,811	814	43	24	19
Average	3,057	3,057	2,091	904	3,057	42	20

Clarkson University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 983 where 1,051 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 Clarkson University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	616	518	315	203	98	72	26
2014-15	626	464	283	181	162	117	45
2015-16	653	448	259	189	205	165	40
2016-17	1,116	687	394	293	429	292	137
2017-18	1,143	646	359	287	497	314	183
2018-19	1,183	635	321	314	548	367	181
2019-20	1,220	607	314	293	613	377	236
2020-21	1,120	613	316	297	507	299	208
2021-22	1,101	640	340	300	461	270	191
2022-23	1,051	603	308	295	448	250	198
Average	983	983	321	265	983	252	145

Clarkson University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.05%. The percentage was 77.27% 10 years ago and Clarkson still has a high percentage of white students. 4.28% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.47% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Clarkson 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	8	122	83	153	1	2,879	72
2014-15	10	122	77	168	1	2,994	73
2015-16	12	117	78	159	1	3,041	77
2016-17	10	184	105	190	2	3,313	96
2017-18	11	176	96	187	1	3,084	110
2018-19	12	174	110	184	0	3,181	121
2019-20	7	193	127	204	2	3,135	138
2020-21	12	190	128	191	2	2,994	142
2021-22	8	178	135	235	0	2,871	133
2022-23	11	159	129	226	0	2,605	112
Average	10	162	107	190	1	3,010	107

Clarkson University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

281 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 91.16% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Clarkson University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	3,873	147	74	3,652
2015-16	3,910	170	90	3,650
2016-17	4,384	246	307	3,831
2017-18	4,233	251	252	3,730
2018-19	4,274	252	489	3,533
2019-20	4,301	297	414	3,590
2020-21	4,025	779	2,550	696
2021-22	3,953	244	615	3,094
2022-23	3,719	281	435	3,003
Average	4,075	296	581	3,198

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