Enrollment Trends at U of Charleston

The student population at University of Charleston is 3,059 (2,365 undergraduate and 694 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 1,124 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Charleston is 77.31% which is increased by 979 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 145 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 0.66 to 1 which means that male students enrolled more than female students.

1,734 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 430.28% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 2,557 where 3,059 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

77.31% of total students is undergraduate students and 22.69% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 979 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 145 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 0.66 to 1 and it means that there are more male students enrolled in U of Charleston than female students.

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,935	1,386	577	809	549	281	268
2014-15	2,111 176	1,549 163	659 82	890 81	562 13	293 12	269 1
2015-16	2,327 216	1,727 178	905 246	822 -68	600 38	319 26	281 12
2016-17	2,425 98	1,761 34	963 58	798 -24	664 64	361 42	303 22
2017-18	2,481 56	1,831 70	1,008 45	823 25	650 -14	386 25	264 -39
2018-19	2,623 142	1,930 99	1,083 75	847 24	693 43	421 35	272 8
2019-20	2,718 95	1,907 -23	1,060 -23	847 0	811 118	455 34	356 84
2020-21	2,967 249	2,115 208	1,233 173	882 35	852 41	507 52	345 -11
2021-22	2,926 -41	2,162 47	1,267 34	895 13	764 -88	443 -64	321 -24
2022-23	3,059 133	2,365 203	1,432 165	933 38	694 -70	410 -33	284 -37
Average	2,557	1,873	1,019	855	684	388	296

University of Charleston Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 1,873 where 2,365 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 University of Charleston since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	1,386	1,250	513	737	136	64	72
2014-15	1,549	1,355	579	776	194	80	114
2015-16	1,727	1,292	584	708	435	321	114
2016-17	1,761	1,218	552	666	543	411	132
2017-18	1,831	1,220	523	697	611	485	126
2018-19	1,930	1,205	529	676	725	554	171
2019-20	1,907	1,172	508	664	735	552	183
2020-21	2,115	1,189	538	651	926	695	231
2021-22	2,162	1,123	511	612	1,039	756	283
2022-23	2,365	1,307	660	647	1,058	772	286
Average	1,873	1,873	550	683	1,873	469	171

University of Charleston Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 684 where 694 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 University of Charleston since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	549	538	276	262	11	5	6
2014-15	562	540	282	258	22	11	11
2015-16	600	581	309	272	19	10	9
2016-17	664	631	338	293	33	23	10
2017-18	650	598	353	245	52	33	19
2018-19	693	604	356	248	89	65	24
2019-20	811	654	342	312	157	113	44
2020-21	852	691	402	289	161	105	56
2021-22	764	590	328	262	174	115	59
2022-23	694	546	316	230	148	94	54
Average	684	684	330	267	684	57	29

University of Charleston Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 63.94%. The percentage was 60.41% 10 years ago and U of Charleston still has a high percentage of white students. 2.35% of enrolled students is Asian and 11.70% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University 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	13	52	205	43	3	1,169	16
2014-15	19	57	209	54	2	1,294	21
2015-16	19	59	223	38	7	1,294	11
2016-17	8	50	219	62	9	1,219	39
2017-18	23	54	256	62	9	1,204	8
2018-19	24	55	287	90	7	1,303	5
2019-20	30	71	347	95	13	1,353	0
2020-21	48	72	381	149	10	1,521	0
2021-22	44	76	373	196	10	1,637	0
2022-23	43	72	358	223	21	1,956	0
Average	27	62	286	101	9	1,395	10

University of Charleston Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

1,734 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 57% of total students. The number of online students has increased 430.28% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Charleston from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	2,111	327	419	1,365
2015-16	2,327	657	589	1,081
2016-17	2,425	868	535	1,022
2017-18	2,481	919	725	837
2018-19	2,623	1,050	896	677
2019-20	2,718	1,156	894	668
2020-21	2,967	1,628	681	658
2021-22	2,926	1,555	710	661
2022-23	3,059	1,734	645	680
Average	2,626	1,099	677	850

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