Enrollment Trends at Cleveland State

The student population at Cleveland State University is 14,385 (9,776 undergraduate and 4,609 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 3,112 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Cleveland State is 67.96% which is decreased by 2,357 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 755 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.17 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

1,576 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 109.85% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 16,103 where 14,385 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

67.96% of total students is undergraduate students and 32.04% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,357 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 755 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.17 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Cleveland State than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	17,497	12,133	5,547	6,586	5,364	2,264	3,100
2014-15	16,936 -561	11,826 -307	5,455 -92	6,371 -215	5,110 -254	2,170 -94	2,940 -160
2015-16	16,915 -21	12,101 275	5,714 259	6,387 16	4,814 -296	2,052 -118	2,762 -178
2016-17	16,864 -51	12,352 251	5,843 129	6,509 122	4,512 -302	1,900 -152	2,612 -150
2017-18	16,371 -493	12,078 -274	5,585 -258	6,493 -16	4,293 -219	1,728 -172	2,565 -47
2018-19	16,069 -302	11,999 -79	5,579 -6	6,420 -73	4,070 -223	1,570 -158	2,500 -65
2019-20	15,433 -636	11,564 -435	5,301 -278	6,263 -157	3,869 -201	1,504 -66	2,365 -135
2020-21	15,247 -186	11,166 -398	4,939 -362	6,227 -36	4,081 212	1,631 127	2,450 85
2021-22	15,308 61	10,481 -685	4,663 -276	5,818 -409	4,827 746	2,229 598	2,598 148
2022-23	14,385 -923	9,776 -705	4,453 -210	5,323 -495	4,609 -218	2,182 -47	2,427 -171
Average	16,103	11,548	5,308	6,240	4,555	1,923	2,632

Cleveland State University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 11,548 where 9,776 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 Cleveland State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,133	8,998	4,174	4,824	3,135	1,373	1,762
2014-15	11,826	8,673	4,124	4,549	3,153	1,331	1,822
2015-16	12,101	9,124	4,370	4,754	2,977	1,344	1,633
2016-17	12,352	9,221	4,401	4,820	3,131	1,442	1,689
2017-18	12,078	9,268	4,364	4,904	2,810	1,221	1,589
2018-19	11,999	9,348	4,468	4,880	2,651	1,111	1,540
2019-20	11,564	9,097	4,272	4,825	2,467	1,029	1,438
2020-21	11,166	8,803	3,929	4,874	2,363	1,010	1,353
2021-22	10,481	8,241	3,709	4,532	2,240	954	1,286
2022-23	9,776	7,810	3,592	4,218	1,966	861	1,105
Average	11,548	11,548	4,140	4,718	11,548	1,168	1,522

Cleveland State University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,555 where 4,609 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 Cleveland State University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	5,364	1,827	724	1,103	3,537	1,540	1,997
2014-15	5,110	1,818	758	1,060	3,292	1,412	1,880
2015-16	4,814	2,269	1,032	1,237	2,545	1,020	1,525
2016-17	4,512	2,121	948	1,173	2,391	952	1,439
2017-18	4,293	2,062	822	1,240	2,231	906	1,325
2018-19	4,070	1,920	741	1,179	2,150	829	1,321
2019-20	3,869	1,836	711	1,125	2,033	793	1,240
2020-21	4,081	2,012	862	1,150	2,069	769	1,300
2021-22	4,827	2,865	1,466	1,399	1,962	763	1,199
2022-23	4,609	2,912	1,523	1,389	1,697	659	1,038
Average	4,555	4,555	959	1,206	4,555	964	1,426

Cleveland State University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.75%. The percentage was 61.68% 10 years ago and Cleveland State still has a high percentage of white students. 3.51% of enrolled students is Asian and 14.38% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Cleveland 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	31	468	3,081	721	15	10,793	384
2014-15	26	504	2,927	731	18	10,437	435
2015-16	38	527	2,852	765	20	10,390	456
2016-17	32	567	2,768	807	16	10,408	464
2017-18	31	561	2,546	832	15	10,387	508
2018-19	26	540	2,369	937	14	10,185	529
2019-20	28	516	2,245	986	16	9,919	553
2020-21	22	498	2,207	1,005	13	9,627	552
2021-22	29	504	2,208	941	11	8,742	518
2022-23	27	505	2,068	984	12	7,732	479
Average	29	519	2,527	871	15	9,862	488

Cleveland State University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,576 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 11% of total students. The number of online students has increased 109.85% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Cleveland State University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	16,936	751	3,807	12,378
2015-16	16,915	906	4,088	11,921
2016-17	16,864	932	4,235	11,697
2017-18	16,371	978	4,341	11,052
2018-19	16,069	1,073	4,611	10,385
2019-20	15,433	1,107	4,567	9,759
2020-21	15,247	7,221	7,306	720
2021-22	15,308	1,518	5,187	8,603
2022-23	14,385	1,576	5,578	7,231
Average	15,948	1,785	4,858	9,305

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