How many students at CNU? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 4,559 students have enrolled in Christopher Newport University with 4,449 undergraduate and 110 graduate students.

By gender, 2,113 male and 2,446 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (3,161 students in average - public Master's College and University (smaller programs)).

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


Student Population by Gender

Christopher Newport University has a total of 4,559 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 4,449 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 110 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,113 male and 2,446 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
Total4,5594,449110
Men2,1132,06746
Women2,4462,38264
Christopher Newport University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartChristopher Newport University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartChristopher Newport University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,369 White, 359 Black, and 184 Asian students out of a total of 4,559 are attending at Christopher Newport 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 American312
Asian18467117
Black359193166
Hispanic349146203
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders523
White3,3691,5711,798
Two or more races231104127
Race Unknown422418
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American312
Asian17964115
Black356192164
Hispanic338141197
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders523
White3,2891,5401,749
Two or more races22499125
Race Unknown392415
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian532
Black312
Hispanic1156
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White803149
Two or more races752
Race Unknown303
Christopher Newport University 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartChristopher Newport University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartChristopher Newport University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, CNU has 13 students under 18 years old and 2 students over 65 years old. There are 4,495 students under 25 years old, and 64 students over 25 years old out of 4,559 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 13 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. CNU has 4,397 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 52 students aged 25 and over.

It has 98 graduate students aged under 25 and 12 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1813103
18-191,9191,025894
20-212,0401,152888
22-24523227296
25-29451827
30-3412102
40-49312
50-64220
Over 65211
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1813103
18-191,9191,025894
20-212,0331,146887
22-24432176256
25-29381424
30-34981
40-49101
50-64220
Over 65211
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21761
22-24915140
25-29743
30-34321
40-49211
Christopher Newport University 2023 Student Population by Age chartChristopher Newport University 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartChristopher Newport University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartChristopher Newport University 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartChristopher Newport University 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartChristopher Newport University 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,449 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 144 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.24%.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time4,203
Transfer-in Full-time144
Regular Part-time102
Transfer-in Part-time0

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