Enrollment Trends at Clayton State

The student population at Clayton State University is 5,847 (5,283 undergraduate and 564 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,414 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Clayton State is 90.35% which is decreased by 1,610 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 196 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.24 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

2,073 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 147.97% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,893 where 5,847 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

90.35% of total students is undergraduate students and 9.65% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,610 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 196 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.24 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in Clayton State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,261	6,893	2,085	4,808	368	129	239
2014-15	7,022 -239	6,632 -261	2,072 -13	4,560 -248	390 22	143 14	247 8
2015-16	7,012 -10	6,587 -45	2,084 12	4,503 -57	425 35	138 -5	287 40
2016-17	6,996 -16	6,555 -32	2,045 -39	4,510 7	441 16	143 5	298 11
2017-18	7,003 7	6,555 0	2,028 -17	4,527 17	448 7	132 -11	316 18
2018-19	7,038 35	6,597 42	2,017 -11	4,580 53	441 -7	114 -18	327 11
2019-20	6,879 -159	6,368 -229	1,950 -67	4,418 -162	511 70	141 27	370 43
2020-21	7,052 173	6,376 8	1,868 -82	4,508 90	676 165	189 48	487 117
2021-22	6,817 -235	6,145 -231	1,807 -61	4,338 -170	672 -4	181 -8	491 4
2022-23	5,847 -970	5,283 -862	1,644 -163	3,639 -699	564 -108	162 -19	402 -89
Average	6,893	6,399	1,960	4,439	494	147	346

Clayton State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,399 where 5,283 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 Clayton State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,893	3,939	1,225	2,714	2,954	860	2,094
2014-15	6,632	3,711	1,187	2,524	2,921	885	2,036
2015-16	6,587	3,626	1,157	2,469	2,961	927	2,034
2016-17	6,555	3,636	1,136	2,500	2,919	909	2,010
2017-18	6,555	3,743	1,184	2,559	2,812	844	1,968
2018-19	6,597	3,870	1,157	2,713	2,727	860	1,867
2019-20	6,368	3,835	1,153	2,682	2,533	797	1,736
2020-21	6,376	3,680	1,035	2,645	2,696	833	1,863
2021-22	6,145	3,435	1,000	2,435	2,710	807	1,903
2022-23	5,283	3,023	938	2,085	2,260	706	1,554
Average	6,399	6,399	1,117	2,533	6,399	843	1,907

Clayton State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 494 where 564 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 Clayton State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	368	153	54	99	215	75	140
2014-15	390	153	54	99	237	89	148
2015-16	425	135	43	92	290	95	195
2016-17	441	175	72	103	266	71	195
2017-18	448	147	56	91	301	76	225
2018-19	441	143	41	102	298	73	225
2019-20	511	210	56	154	301	85	216
2020-21	676	327	95	232	349	94	255
2021-22	672	271	72	199	401	109	292
2022-23	564	255	68	187	309	94	215
Average	494	494	61	136	494	86	211

Clayton State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 13.48% and the percentage of black students is 61.72% at Clayton State University. 6.58% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Clayton State 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	10	360	4,497	104	5	1,687	203
2014-15	12	369	4,307	177	3	1,574	189
2015-16	16	364	4,377	234	8	1,497	178
2016-17	12	411	4,279	335	8	1,430	181
2017-18	14	410	4,256	404	9	1,379	228
2018-19	9	429	4,319	481	7	1,283	233
2019-20	7	440	4,287	530	6	1,141	220
2020-21	12	496	4,459	584	6	1,063	191
2021-22	16	431	4,427	581	7	923	195
2022-23	17	385	3,609	625	7	788	165
Average	13	410	4,282	406	7	1,277	198

Clayton State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

2,073 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 36% of total students. The number of online students has increased 147.97% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Clayton State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,022	836	2,624	3,562
2015-16	7,012	767	1,896	4,349
2016-17	6,996	896	2,286	3,814
2017-18	7,003	1,048	439	5,516
2018-19	7,038	1,212	2,589	3,237
2019-20	6,879	1,428	2,536	2,915
2020-21	7,052	3,705	3,052	295
2021-22	6,817	2,867	3,026	924
2022-23	5,847	2,073	2,376	1,398
Average	6,852	1,648	2,314	2,890

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