Enrollment Trends at The Catholic University of America

The student population at The Catholic University of America is 4,968 (3,011 undergraduate and 1,957 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,757 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at The Catholic University of America is 60.61% which is decreased by 702 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 1,055 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.19 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

392 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 3.43% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 5,916 where 4,968 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

60.61% of total students is undergraduate students and 39.39% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 702 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 1,055 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.19 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in The Catholic University of America than male students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	6,725	3,713	1,701	2,012	3,012	1,487	1,525
2014-15	6,699 -26	3,572 -141	1,672 -29	1,900 -112	3,127 115	1,461 -26	1,666 141
2015-16	6,521 -178	3,480 -92	1,627 -45	1,853 -47	3,041 -86	1,456 -5	1,585 -81
2016-17	6,076 -445	3,241 -239	1,473 -154	1,768 -85	2,835 -206	1,308 -148	1,527 -58
2017-18	6,023 -53	3,315 74	1,515 42	1,800 32	2,708 -127	1,262 -46	1,446 -81
2018-19	5,956 -67	3,332 17	1,557 42	1,775 -25	2,624 -84	1,140 -122	1,484 38
2019-20	5,771 -185	3,279 -53	1,484 -73	1,795 20	2,492 -132	1,129 -11	1,363 -121
2020-21	5,366 -405	3,055 -224	1,344 -140	1,711 -84	2,311 -181	1,060 -69	1,251 -112
2021-22	5,059 -307	2,929 -126	1,292 -52	1,637 -74	2,130 -181	1,006 -54	1,124 -127
2022-23	4,968 -91	3,011 82	1,296 4	1,715 78	1,957 -173	971 -35	986 -138
Average	5,916	3,293	1,496	1,797	2,624	1,228	1,396

The Catholic University of America Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 3,293 where 3,011 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 The Catholic University of America since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,713	3,456	1,605	1,851	257	96	161
2014-15	3,572	3,355	1,590	1,765	217	82	135
2015-16	3,480	3,331	1,549	1,782	149	78	71
2016-17	3,241	3,096	1,416	1,680	145	57	88
2017-18	3,315	3,194	1,458	1,736	121	57	64
2018-19	3,332	3,198	1,497	1,701	134	60	74
2019-20	3,279	3,168	1,430	1,738	111	54	57
2020-21	3,055	2,934	1,274	1,660	121	70	51
2021-22	2,929	2,805	1,242	1,563	124	50	74
2022-23	3,011	2,789	1,225	1,564	222	71	151
Average	3,293	3,293	1,429	1,704	3,293	68	93

The Catholic University of America Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,624 where 1,957 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 The Catholic University of America since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	3,012	1,300	684	616	1,712	803	909
2014-15	3,127	1,256	643	613	1,871	818	1,053
2015-16	3,041	1,164	653	511	1,877	803	1,074
2016-17	2,835	1,078	603	475	1,757	705	1,052
2017-18	2,708	1,013	546	467	1,695	716	979
2018-19	2,624	1,059	507	552	1,565	633	932
2019-20	2,492	1,054	526	528	1,438	603	835
2020-21	2,311	996	500	496	1,315	560	755
2021-22	2,130	887	456	431	1,243	550	693
2022-23	1,957	825	423	402	1,132	548	584
Average	2,624	2,624	554	509	2,624	674	887

The Catholic University of America Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 59.08%. The percentage was 55.76% 10 years ago and The Catholic University of America still has a high percentage of white students. 3.38% of enrolled students is Asian and 8.07% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at The Catholic University of America 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	12	226	518	566	6	3,750	211
2014-15	12	206	561	612	4	3,696	248
2015-16	13	204	544	623	5	3,606	301
2016-17	9	204	522	590	2	3,548	282
2017-18	9	197	463	611	1	3,528	329
2018-19	10	220	454	636	3	3,457	319
2019-20	11	199	436	628	3	3,424	280
2020-21	7	171	370	629	3	3,254	246
2021-22	7	165	329	598	3	3,087	241
2022-23	6	168	401	638	4	2,935	243
Average	10	196	460	613	3	3,429	270

The Catholic University of America Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

392 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 8% of total students. The number of online students has increased 3.43% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at The Catholic University of America from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,699	379	205	6,115
2015-16	6,521	541	207	5,773
2016-17	6,076	553	118	5,405
2017-18	6,023	524	269	5,230
2018-19	5,956	414	367	5,175
2019-20	5,771	315	423	5,033
2020-21	5,366	3,107	2,156	103
2021-22	5,059	470	795	3,794
2022-23	4,968	392	654	3,922
Average	5,827	744	577	4,506

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