How many students at Cleveland State? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 14,385 students have enrolled in Cleveland State University with 9,776 undergraduate and 4,609 graduate students.

By gender, 6,635 male and 7,750 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively fewer students compared to similar colleges (16,325 students in average - public Research University (high research activity)).

1,576 students are enrolled exclusively, and 5,578 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

Cleveland State University has a total of 14,385 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 9,776 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 4,609 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 6,635 male and 7,750 female students (the male-female ratio is 46:54) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total14,3859,7764,609
Men6,6354,4532,182
Women7,7505,3232,427
Cleveland State University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCleveland State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCleveland State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,732 White, 2,068 Black, and 505 Asian students out of a total of 14,385 are attending at Cleveland State University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American271413
Asian505244261
Black2,0686871,381
Hispanic984386598
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1275
White7,7323,3894,343
Two or more races479185294
Race Unknown403178225
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American251411
Asian413207206
Black1,6285721,056
Hispanic831341490
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders1174
White5,8762,7853,091
Two or more races400164236
Race Unknown1115457
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American202
Asian923755
Black440115325
Hispanic15345108
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders101
White1,8566041,252
Two or more races792158
Race Unknown292124168
Cleveland State University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartCleveland State University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartCleveland State University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, Cleveland State has 231 students under 18 years old and 44 students over 65 years old. There are 10,374 students under 25 years old, and 4,930 students over 25 years old out of 15,308 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 231 students are younger than 18 and 28 students are older than 65. Cleveland State has 8,457 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,023 students aged 25 and over.

It has 1,917 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,907 students aged 25 and over.

*The age distribution is based on 2021-2022 enrollment data.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1823114388
18-193,0251,7211,304
20-213,3451,9021,443
22-243,7731,8521,921
25-292,3561,1851,171
30-341,007560447
35-39548324224
40-49630443187
50-6434525689
Over 65442816
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1823114388
18-193,0241,7201,304
20-213,2301,8371,393
22-241,972990982
25-29967486481
30-34439231208
35-3922913990
40-4921614868
50-6414410935
Over 65281513
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
18-19110
20-211156550
22-241,801862939
25-291,389699690
30-34568329239
35-39319185134
40-49414295119
50-6420114754
Over 6516133
Cleveland State University 2022 Student Population by Age chartCleveland State University 2022 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartCleveland State University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartCleveland State University 2022 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartCleveland State University 2022 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartCleveland State University 2022 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Cleveland State University, 1,576 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,578 students are enrolled in some online courses.

1,519 students lived in Ohio or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 57 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students14,3851,5765,578
Undergraduate9,7768194,205
Graduate4,6097571,373
Online Student Population by Locality
Ohio ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students1,5194017
Undergraduate802143
Graduate7172614
Cleveland State University 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 9,776 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 897 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 9.18%.678 students have transferred in as full-time status and 219 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time7,132
Transfer-in Full-time678
Regular Part-time1,747
Transfer-in Part-time219

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