Enrollment Trends at Creighton

The student population at Creighton University is 8,397 (4,290 undergraduate and 4,107 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 378 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Creighton is 51.09% which is increased by 214 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 164 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.46 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

1,458 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -2.34% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 8,537 where 8,397 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

51.09% of total students is undergraduate students and 48.91% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 214 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 164 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.46 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in Creighton than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,019	4,076	1,664	2,412	3,943	1,801	2,142
2014-15	8,236 217	4,065 -11	1,698 34	2,367 -45	4,171 228	1,823 22	2,348 206
2015-16	8,435 199	4,163 98	1,797 99	2,366 -1	4,272 101	1,770 -53	2,502 154
2016-17	8,393 -42	4,203 40	1,809 12	2,394 28	4,190 -82	1,667 -103	2,523 21
2017-18	8,654 261	4,255 52	1,864 55	2,391 -3	4,399 209	1,725 58	2,674 151
2018-19	8,910 256	4,446 191	1,911 47	2,535 144	4,464 65	1,742 17	2,722 48
2019-20	8,821 -89	4,472 26	1,878 -33	2,594 59	4,349 -115	1,663 -79	2,686 -36
2020-21	8,770 -51	4,458 -14	1,826 -52	2,632 38	4,312 -37	1,705 42	2,607 -79
2021-22	8,735 -35	4,481 23	1,827 1	2,654 22	4,254 -58	1,671 -34	2,583 -24
2022-23	8,397 -338	4,290 -191	1,789 -38	2,501 -153	4,107 -147	1,626 -45	2,481 -102
Average	8,537	4,291	1,806	2,485	4,246	1,719	2,527

Creighton University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 4,291 where 4,290 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 Creighton University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	4,076	3,815	1,545	2,270	261	119	142
2014-15	4,065	3,842	1,604	2,238	223	94	129
2015-16	4,163	3,909	1,682	2,227	254	115	139
2016-17	4,203	3,981	1,719	2,262	222	90	132
2017-18	4,255	4,011	1,772	2,239	244	92	152
2018-19	4,446	4,291	1,834	2,457	155	77	78
2019-20	4,472	4,325	1,811	2,514	147	67	80
2020-21	4,458	4,330	1,761	2,569	128	65	63
2021-22	4,481	4,366	1,779	2,587	115	48	67
2022-23	4,290	4,184	1,741	2,443	106	48	58
Average	4,291	4,291	1,725	2,381	4,291	82	104

Creighton University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 4,246 where 4,107 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 Creighton University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,943	2,896	1,324	1,572	1,047	477	570
2014-15	4,171	2,928	1,250	1,678	1,243	573	670
2015-16	4,272	2,877	1,200	1,677	1,395	570	825
2016-17	4,190	2,796	1,166	1,630	1,394	501	893
2017-18	4,399	2,829	1,150	1,679	1,570	575	995
2018-19	4,464	2,828	1,178	1,650	1,636	564	1,072
2019-20	4,349	2,903	1,172	1,731	1,446	491	955
2020-21	4,312	2,931	1,203	1,728	1,381	502	879
2021-22	4,254	3,010	1,211	1,799	1,244	460	784
2022-23	4,107	3,038	1,221	1,817	1,069	405	664
Average	4,246	4,246	1,208	1,696	4,246	512	831

Creighton University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 70.31%. The percentage was 73.28% 10 years ago and Creighton still has a high percentage of white students. 8.75% of enrolled students is Asian and 3.22% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Creighton 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	40	712	288	433	28	5,876	255
2014-15	36	742	330	472	25	5,961	259
2015-16	37	750	299	522	22	6,026	282
2016-17	34	742	279	578	21	5,952	304
2017-18	40	745	290	586	26	6,173	350
2018-19	41	784	266	629	31	6,419	354
2019-20	33	735	283	632	26	6,393	364
2020-21	26	710	279	679	22	6,375	365
2021-22	27	723	268	748	13	6,268	395
2022-23	24	735	270	735	11	5,904	425
Average	34	738	285	601	23	6,135	335

Creighton University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,458 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 17% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -2.34% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Creighton University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	8,236	1,493	1,472	5,271
2015-16	8,435	1,652	1,808	4,975
2016-17	8,393	1,567	1,627	5,199
2017-18	8,654	2,021	1,420	5,213
2018-19	8,910	2,035	1,509	5,366
2019-20	8,821	1,890	1,438	5,493
2020-21	8,770	1,987	3,136	3,647
2021-22	8,735	1,694	1,689	5,352
2022-23	8,397	1,458	1,671	5,268
Average	8,595	1,755	1,752	5,087

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