How many students at CNU? For the academic year 2023-2024, total of 4,503 students have enrolled in Christopher Newport University with 4,407 undergraduate and 96 graduate students.

By gender, 2,144 male and 2,359 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (3,134 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 4,503 enrolled students for the academic year 2023-2024. 4,407 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 96 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 2,144 male and 2,359 female students (the male-female ratio is 48:52) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2023-2024 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total4,5034,40796
Men2,1442,10539
Women2,3592,30257
Christopher Newport University 2024 Student Population by Gender and Race chartChristopher Newport University 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartChristopher Newport University 2024 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 3,254 White, 378 Black, and 184 Asian students out of a total of 4,503 are attending at Christopher Newport University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2023-2024 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American514
Asian18480104
Black378206172
Hispanic369164205
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders422
White3,2541,5451,709
Two or more races244112132
Race Unknown532924
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American514
Asian18379104
Black375205170
Hispanic362160202
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders422
White3,1771,5151,662
Two or more races240110130
Race Unknown502921
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American---
Asian110
Black312
Hispanic743
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders---
White773047
Two or more races422
Race Unknown303
Christopher Newport University 2024 Student Population by Gender and Race chartChristopher Newport University 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartChristopher Newport University 2024 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 4,442 students under 25 years old, and 61 students over 25 years old out of 4,503 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 13 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. CNU has 4,354 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 53 students aged 25 and over.

It has 88 graduate students aged under 25 and 8 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1813112
18-191,9791,037942
20-211,9111,035876
22-24539247292
25-29451827
30-341174
35-39110
40-49101
50-64110
Over 65220
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1813112
18-191,9791,037942
20-211,9061,033873
22-24456199257
25-29401426
30-34954
40-49101
50-64110
Over 65220
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
20-21523
22-24834835
25-29541
30-34220
35-39110
Christopher Newport University 2024 Student Population by Age chartChristopher Newport University 2024 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartChristopher Newport University 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartChristopher Newport University 2024 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartChristopher Newport University 2024 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartChristopher Newport University 2024 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 4,407 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 151 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.43%.141 students have transferred in as full-time status and 10 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time4,180
Transfer-in Full-time141
Regular Part-time76
Transfer-in Part-time10

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