Enrollment Trends at North Carolina Central

The student population at North Carolina Central University is 7,553 (5,634 undergraduate and 1,919 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 540 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at North Carolina Central is 74.59% which is decreased by 586 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 46 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 2.39 to 1 which means that majority of population is on female students.

1,593 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 157.35% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 7,978 where 7,553 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

74.59% of total students is undergraduate students and 25.41% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 586 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 46 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 2.39 to 1 and it means that there are far more female students enrolled in North Carolina Central than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	8,093	6,220	2,055	4,165	1,873	582	1,291
2014-15	7,687 -406	5,917 -303	1,992 -63	3,925 -240	1,770 -103	568 -14	1,202 -89
2015-16	8,011 324	6,168 251	2,069 77	4,099 174	1,843 73	596 28	1,247 45
2016-17	8,094 83	6,283 115	2,115 46	4,168 69	1,811 -32	554 -42	1,257 10
2017-18	8,097 3	6,355 72	2,120 5	4,235 67	1,742 -69	514 -40	1,228 -29
2018-19	8,207 110	6,434 79	2,061 -59	4,373 138	1,773 31	472 -42	1,301 73
2019-20	8,011 -196	6,101 -333	1,928 -133	4,173 -200	1,910 137	478 6	1,432 131
2020-21	8,078 67	6,067 -34	1,825 -103	4,242 69	2,011 101	506 28	1,505 73
2021-22	7,953 -125	5,892 -175	1,739 -86	4,153 -89	2,061 50	531 25	1,530 25
2022-23	7,553 -400	5,634 -258	1,705 -34	3,929 -224	1,919 -142	525 -6	1,394 -136
Average	7,978	6,107	1,961	4,146	1,871	533	1,339

North Carolina Central University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 6,107 where 5,634 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 North Carolina Central University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,220	5,297	1,784	3,513	923	271	652
2014-15	5,917	5,035	1,723	3,312	882	269	613
2015-16	6,168	5,247	1,800	3,447	921	269	652
2016-17	6,283	5,342	1,871	3,471	941	244	697
2017-18	6,355	5,363	1,828	3,535	992	292	700
2018-19	6,434	5,328	1,739	3,589	1,106	322	784
2019-20	6,101	5,012	1,595	3,417	1,089	333	756
2020-21	6,067	4,962	1,526	3,436	1,105	299	806
2021-22	5,892	4,770	1,438	3,332	1,122	301	821
2022-23	5,634	4,646	1,434	3,212	988	271	717
Average	6,107	6,107	1,674	3,426	6,107	287	720

North Carolina Central University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 1,871 where 1,919 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 North Carolina Central University since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,873	1,253	431	822	620	151	469
2014-15	1,770	1,189	412	777	581	156	425
2015-16	1,843	1,275	445	830	568	151	417
2016-17	1,811	1,306	415	891	505	139	366
2017-18	1,742	1,271	391	880	471	123	348
2018-19	1,773	1,236	342	894	537	130	407
2019-20	1,910	1,275	325	950	635	153	482
2020-21	2,011	1,345	343	1,002	666	163	503
2021-22	2,061	1,417	380	1,037	644	151	493
2022-23	1,919	1,323	379	944	596	146	450
Average	1,871	1,871	386	903	1,871	146	436

North Carolina Central University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 9.52% and the percentage of black students is 74.51% at North Carolina Central University. 1.36% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at North Carolina Central 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	35	109	6,228	210	0	904	232
2014-15	39	96	5,843	221	2	882	267
2015-16	34	116	6,045	260	3	881	330
2016-17	26	109	6,103	397	2	889	329
2017-18	35	98	6,092	412	2	888	344
2018-19	36	104	6,120	461	4	856	399
2019-20	30	103	5,950	504	2	863	395
2020-21	31	112	5,930	536	0	880	427
2021-22	30	107	5,897	550	4	809	358
2022-23	35	103	5,628	533	6	719	362
Average	33	106	5,984	408	3	857	344

North Carolina Central University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,593 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 21% of total students. The number of online students has increased 157.35% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at North Carolina Central University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	7,687	619	1,737	5,331
2015-16	8,011	673	1,865	5,473
2016-17	8,094	787	2,131	5,176
2017-18	8,097	944	2,512	4,641
2018-19	8,207	1,063	2,544	4,600
2019-20	8,011	1,331	2,440	4,240
2020-21	8,078	1,500	2,829	3,749
2021-22	7,953	1,812	3,054	3,087
2022-23	7,553	1,593	2,997	2,963
Average	7,966	1,147	2,457	4,362

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