Enrollment Trends at C of Charleston

The student population at College of Charleston is 10,885 (9,972 undergraduate and 913 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 734 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at C of Charleston is 91.61% which is decreased by 516 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 218 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.11 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

707 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 313.45% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 11,030 where 10,885 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.61% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.39% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 516 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 218 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.11 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in C of Charleston than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at College of Charleston since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	11,619	10,488	3,957	6,531	1,131	267	864
2014-15	11,456 -163	10,440 -48	3,886 -71	6,554 23	1,016 -115	241 -26	775 -89
2015-16	11,531 75	10,468 28	3,841 -45	6,627 73	1,063 47	257 16	806 31
2016-17	11,294 -237	10,375 -93	3,795 -46	6,580 -47	919 -144	224 -33	695 -111
2017-18	10,863 -431	9,895 -480	3,629 -166	6,266 -314	968 49	249 25	719 24
2018-19	10,783 -80	9,880 -15	3,517 -112	6,363 97	903 -65	239 -10	664 -55
2019-20	10,545 -238	9,600 -280	3,435 -82	6,165 -198	945 42	238 -1	707 43
2020-21	10,384 -161	9,300 -300	3,207 -228	6,093 -72	1,084 139	273 35	811 104
2021-22	10,941 557	9,967 667	3,349 142	6,618 525	974 -110	220 -53	754 -57
2022-23	10,885 -56	9,972 5	3,281 -68	6,691 73	913 -61	217 -3	696 -58
Average	11,030	10,039	3,590	6,449	992	243	749

College of Charleston Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 10,039 where 9,972 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 College of Charleston since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	10,488	9,708	3,573	6,135	780	384	396
2014-15	10,440	9,608	3,502	6,106	832	384	448
2015-16	10,468	9,590	3,452	6,138	878	389	489
2016-17	10,375	9,524	3,404	6,120	851	391	460
2017-18	9,895	9,083	3,249	5,834	812	380	432
2018-19	9,880	9,103	3,148	5,955	777	369	408
2019-20	9,600	8,762	3,009	5,753	838	426	412
2020-21	9,300	8,466	2,820	5,646	834	387	447
2021-22	9,967	9,230	3,031	6,199	737	318	419
2022-23	9,972	9,185	2,956	6,229	787	325	462
Average	10,039	10,039	3,214	6,012	10,039	375	437

College of Charleston Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 992 where 913 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 College of Charleston since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,131	314	117	197	817	150	667
2014-15	1,016	265	85	180	751	156	595
2015-16	1,063	288	102	186	775	155	620
2016-17	919	291	89	202	628	135	493
2017-18	968	259	86	173	709	163	546
2018-19	903	255	89	166	648	150	498
2019-20	945	263	90	173	682	148	534
2020-21	1,084	288	109	179	796	164	632
2021-22	974	319	89	230	655	131	524
2022-23	913	279	85	194	634	132	502
Average	992	992	94	188	992	148	561

College of Charleston Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 78.42%. The percentage was 81.82% 10 years ago and C of Charleston still has a high percentage of white students. 1.98% of enrolled students is Asian and 6.04% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at College of Charleston 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	15	177	749	471	17	9,507	354
2014-15	21	181	823	478	13	9,221	401
2015-16	22	200	902	528	16	9,175	404
2016-17	27	227	918	561	19	8,885	404
2017-18	36	237	876	574	25	8,402	397
2018-19	46	222	850	609	19	8,339	398
2019-20	36	204	807	630	14	8,157	381
2020-21	31	201	767	693	11	8,028	385
2021-22	18	212	716	744	6	8,610	376
2022-23	12	215	657	742	4	8,536	408
Average	26	208	807	603	14	8,686	391

College of Charleston Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

707 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 313.45% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at College of Charleston from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	11,456	171	320	10,965
2015-16	11,531	247	595	10,689
2016-17	11,294	307	1,203	9,784
2017-18	10,863	407	1,701	8,755
2018-19	10,783	425	1,821	8,537
2019-20	10,545	514	2,489	7,542
2020-21	10,384	1,347	7,971	1,066
2021-22	10,941	842	6,124	3,975
2022-23	10,885	707	5,084	5,094
Average	10,965	552	3,034	7,379

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