Enrollment Trends at CUW

The student population at Concordia University-Wisconsin is 4,988 (2,817 undergraduate and 2,171 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 2,955 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at CUW is 56.48% which is decreased by 1,546 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,409 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 2.02 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,747 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -6.73% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 6,722 where 4,988 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

56.48% of total students is undergraduate students and 43.52% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 1,546 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,409 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.02 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in CUW than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	7,943	4,363	1,485	2,878	3,580	1,071	2,509
2014-15	8,161 218	4,377 14	1,532 47	2,845 -33	3,784 204	1,038 -33	2,746 237
2015-16	8,268 107	4,337 -40	1,546 14	2,791 -54	3,931 147	1,137 99	2,794 48
2016-17	7,721 -547	3,830 -507	1,335 -211	2,495 -296	3,891 -40	1,119 -18	2,772 -22
2017-18	7,288 -433	3,709 -121	1,259 -76	2,450 -45	3,579 -312	1,025 -94	2,554 -218
2018-19	6,374 -914	3,493 -216	1,226 -33	2,267 -183	2,881 -698	826 -199	2,055 -499
2019-20	5,777 -597	3,309 -184	1,220 -6	2,089 -178	2,468 -413	666 -160	1,802 -253
2020-21	5,492 -285	3,094 -215	1,158 -62	1,936 -153	2,398 -70	635 -31	1,763 -39
2021-22	5,204 -288	2,914 -180	1,117 -41	1,797 -139	2,290 -108	574 -61	1,716 -47
2022-23	4,988 -216	2,817 -97	1,054 -63	1,763 -34	2,171 -119	598 24	1,573 -143
Average	6,722	3,624	1,293	2,331	3,097	869	2,228

Concordia University-Wisconsin Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,624 where 2,817 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 Concordia University-Wisconsin since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,363	3,059	1,153	1,906	1,304	332	972
2014-15	4,377	3,112	1,168	1,944	1,265	364	901
2015-16	4,337	3,004	1,133	1,871	1,333	413	920
2016-17	3,830	2,698	980	1,718	1,132	355	777
2017-18	3,709	2,616	972	1,644	1,093	287	806
2018-19	3,493	2,410	910	1,500	1,083	316	767
2019-20	3,309	2,318	903	1,415	991	317	674
2020-21	3,094	2,235	876	1,359	859	282	577
2021-22	2,914	2,192	891	1,301	722	226	496
2022-23	2,817	1,961	780	1,181	856	274	582
Average	3,624	3,624	977	1,584	3,624	317	747

Concordia University-Wisconsin Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,097 where 2,171 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 Concordia University-Wisconsin since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,580	1,617	491	1,126	1,963	580	1,383
2014-15	3,784	1,765	519	1,246	2,019	519	1,500
2015-16	3,931	1,837	558	1,279	2,094	579	1,515
2016-17	3,891	1,971	637	1,334	1,920	482	1,438
2017-18	3,579	1,780	594	1,186	1,799	431	1,368
2018-19	2,881	1,312	415	897	1,569	411	1,158
2019-20	2,468	1,197	345	852	1,271	321	950
2020-21	2,398	1,259	373	886	1,139	262	877
2021-22	2,290	1,210	337	873	1,080	237	843
2022-23	2,171	1,236	389	847	935	209	726
Average	3,097	3,097	466	1,053	3,097	403	1,176

Concordia University-Wisconsin Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 62.57%. The percentage was 67.75% 10 years ago and CUW still has a high percentage of white students. 3.79% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.04% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Concordia University-Wisconsin 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	76	163	1,042	176	6	5,381	269
2014-15	79	173	1,000	202	9	5,656	234
2015-16	64	194	963	164	9	5,621	215
2016-17	74	162	832	106	8	5,298	189
2017-18	58	144	764	67	11	4,905	191
2018-19	44	146	533	34	12	4,234	149
2019-20	46	125	472	28	6	4,002	135
2020-21	34	124	423	276	2	3,688	137
2021-22	24	100	421	296	3	3,520	118
2022-23	19	189	401	263	2	3,121	111
Average	52	152	685	161	7	4,543	175

Concordia University-Wisconsin Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,747 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 35% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -6.73% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Concordia University-Wisconsin from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,161	1,873	1,491	4,797
2015-16	8,268	2,110	680	5,478
2016-17	7,721	1,956	625	5,140
2017-18	7,288	1,647	964	4,677
2018-19	6,374	1,442	843	4,089
2019-20	5,777	1,328	914	3,535
2020-21	5,492	1,508	1,390	2,594
2021-22	5,204	1,472	1,264	2,468
2022-23	4,988	1,747	1,098	2,143
Average	6,586	1,676	1,030	3,880

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